A professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has been honored by the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) for her work researching infectious disease epidemiology.
While Dr. Beate Ritz, professor in the UCLA Fielding SChool's departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, was undergoing training in psychiatry in Germany, her 62-year-old department chair developed Parkinson’s disease. It progressed rapidly.
“When I naively asked what causes Parkinson's,” Ritz recalled, “everybody said, ‘We don't know.’”
That question began more than 25 years of research into the neurodegenerative disorder for Ritz.
Two years after creating a master’s program designed to meet the ever-increasing need of the health industry for data analysis experts, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health celebrated the achievements of the program’s first graduating students.
The “hands-on experience” element of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s new bachelors’ degrees was in full evidence among the presentations at the program’s capstone event this month at UCLA Fielding. Fifteen student teams presented their projects in areas ranging from improving oral health for school-age children in Los Angeles to providing better support for caregivers in Long Beach.
What do barbershops, rescue dogs, simulated physical exams, and reimagining a neighborhood park have in common?
In the sharp minds of four UCLA graduate students, they’re key components of their proposals to advance health equity for Black men who have been victims of violence, foster youth, patients with autism in emergency departments, and children with disabilities, respectively.
A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student has been recognized for academic excellence and his research work at the school, one of the top public health graduate schools in the United States.
A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student has been recognized for academic excellence and dedicated service at the school, one of the top public health graduate schools in the United States.
A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health student has been recognized for academic excellence at the school, one of the top public health graduate schools in the United States.
The 2025 UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Student Academic Honors & Awards ceremony — a celebration of students' outstanding achievements — was held on Wednesday, June 11, and awards were conferred by Dr. Ron Brookmeyer, dean of UCLA Fielding, as well as faculty from across the school.
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health celebrated 390 graduating students at the 2025 Commencement ceremony in Royce Hall on Friday, June 13. Degrees were conferred by Dr. Ron Brookmeyer, dean of the UCLA Fielding School and a distinguished professor of biostatistics.