New research suggests that exposure to intense wildfire smoke during pregnancy may be associated with increased likelihood of autism in children. The peer-reviewed study, by researchers at UC Davis Health and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was published in the February edition of the journal Environment International.
Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in UCLA Fielding’s Department of Epidemiology, has been named one of the school’s “Alumni Hall of Fame” honorees for 2025.
Professor John Clemens is an infectious disease epidemiologist with over 30 years of experience designing, conducting, and analyzing large, population-based epidemiologic studies and vaccine field trials in low income countries and developing new methodologies for the clinical evaluation of vaccines. A graduate of Stanford (B.S.) and Yale (M.D.) Universities, Dr. Clemens is U.S.-Board Certified in Internal Medicine, and received his post-doctoral research training in clinical epidemiology at Yale.
Education
- BS, Biology, Stanford University
- MD, Medicine, Yale University
- Post-doctoral Fellowship, Clinical Epidemiology, Yale University
The growth and creation of Latino businesses helped bolster the U.S. economy even amid adversity, according to a new report by the Latino GDP team at UCLA and Cal Lutheran University.
Join the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health for the 51st Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, February 24 from 12pm – 1pm PT, via Zoom. The event will be hosted by the dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Dr. Ron Brookmeyer and feature Dr. Yifang Zhu delivering her lecture, "From Invisible to Visible: How air pollution research informs action in a changing climate."
Research led by UCLA's Dr. Anne Coleman, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Epidemiology and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at UCLA Health, suggests that routine heart health screening identifies people at higher risk for age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and other vision-threatening conditions.
Dr. Cody Ramin is a cancer epidemiologist with expertise in cancer prevention and survivorship. Her research seeks to use real world data to identify targeted approaches and early detection strategies to optimize health outcomes in cancer patients from the time of diagnosis through survivorship. Her current research program is focused on cardio-oncology, the late effects of cancer treatment, and health inequities in cancer survivors. Dr. Ramin received her PhD in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and MS in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H.
Education
- PhD, Biostatistics; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- SM, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
For Americans who felt 2025 was a ceaseless storm of norm-challenging change, there may be balm in the celebrations of the republic’s 250th birthday on July 4. Bruin experts, including UCLA Fielding's Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, a physician and professor in the departments of Community Health Sciences and Epidemiology, cast a light on the path ahead.
As the nation confronts rising chronic disease, climate-driven health emergencies, and deepening political polarization, the University of California convened its top public health leaders at UC Irvine for a rare, unfiltered assessment of the state of public health in America. Their consensus was stark: we are living through one of the most consequential shifts in public health science and governance in modern history.