UCLA Fielding School of Public Health postdoctoral scholar Dr. Haoxuan Chen, whose research focuses on the complex interaction between the human respiratory system and the external environment, was selected to receive the prestigious Sheldon K. Friedlander Award from the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR).

After nearly four years of service, Dr.

The Fielding School of Public Health celebrated 235 graduating students at the UCLA FSPH Commencement Ceremony in Royce Hall. With more than one thousand family members, partners, friends, students, staff and faculty in attendance, degrees were conferred by Fielding School Dean Jody Heymann.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health staff members joined Black colleagues from schools across the University of California (UC) system for the 2023 UC Black Administrators' Council (UCBAC) Conference in February. The conference offered an opportunity for attendees to engage with one another, network, and explore the challenges and possibilities of leadership roles across UC.

The UCLA FSPH Center for Health Policy Research, MolinaCares, and California Health Care Foundation have announced 14 finalists in the 2023 Health Equity Challenge. The competition is an opportunity for UCLA graduate students to identify a health equity issue across Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties, create a proposal to address it, and work with a community-based organization to implement their project.

Among adults with disabilities and older adults in California who need assistance caring for themselves and completing routine daily tasks, 40% receive no help at all or get only limited help, according to research by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce.

The number of 18-to-24-year-olds in California who reported having thought about committing suicide at some point in their lives increased to 30.5% in 2021 from 23.9% in 2020 — the year COVID-19 emerged in the U.S. — according to new data published by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Those figures represent a dramatic increase from just five years ago. The research center’s 2016 survey found that 14.1% of California’s young adults said they had experienced thoughts of suicide at some point in their lives.

Health equity has become a priority across various organizations, especially during the past 2 1/2 years. As the COVID-19 pandemic intensified disparities, a spotlight was placed on inequities that have long existed across multiple social policy domains in California and across the nation.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the nation, only 30% of California adults said in July that they “always” wore a mask when they left their homes, according to a new UCLA survey. This is a significant decrease from the 54% who “always” wore a face covering in February and March.
 
And now most California adults (51%) said they “sometimes” or “never” use a mask, compared to 48% who said they “always” or “usually” do.