Breast cancer risk estimates for individual women vary substantially depending on which risk assessment model is used, and women are likely receiving vastly different recommendations depending on the model used and the cutoff applied to define "high risk," according to a new study from UCLA. The study appears online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Current incidence rates indicate that about one in eight women born in the United States today will develop breast cancer at some time during her life. The risk increases with age.
Less than two months into the new year, there have already been more than 60 mass shootings in the United States and 5,103 people killed by gun violence, including the January shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay.
UCLA Fielding graduate students and doctoral candidates will showcase their posters highlighting recent research or practice projects on a variety of public health topics during the school's first Research, Innovation & Impact Day.
Business shutdowns and financial challenges. School and day care closures and lack of child care. Quarantine and household conflict. The pandemic’s stay-at-home orders intended to keep people safe from COVID-19, but did it have an adverse effect on their mental health?
UCLA Fielding's MPH | HP program invites prospective students to join an informational Q&A session.
UCLA Fielding's Health Policy and Management Alumni Association’s signature event, Leaders of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow, honors outstanding leaders in healthcare and raises funds to support student scholarships, as well as for programs and services that support students and the graduate network.
CLIMATE CHANGE is already jeopardizing health and well-being in the U.S. and abroad, and is projected to become a greater public health threat in the decades to come. The World Health Organization has outlined some of the key ways in which climate change affects health. As the examples in this issue demonstrate, Fielding School faculty, students and alumni are leading efforts to protect populations against this developing crisis.
Our virtual admit week will provide you with important information as you consider your graduate school choices. We will introduce you to the departments and offices at FSPH available to help you have a successful graduate school experience. Sessions will be recorded and made available after the completion of the week.
Join us for one, two or all sessions!
Our FSPH in-person admit day will be held on Friday, April 7th on UCLA's campus and will focus on community building. Join us then to meet our faculty, current students, staff and other admitted students!
Assessing the Effects of Sediment Augmentation on the Marsh Plain and Tidal Creeks at the Seal Beach Wetland
Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service & Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association, $151,678 for two years