Ninez Ponce, a professor and endowed chair in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, sat down with Daily Bruin News contributor Jiyoon Choi to discuss representation in healthcare and the California Health Interview Survey, which she leads.

The UCLA Fit for Health Program adopted a new approach to treating childhood obesity: considering the physical, emotional and social aspects of the disease.
Dr. Wendelin Slusser, a UCLA Health physician who specializes in clinical care, medical training and obesity research, founded the clinic about 15 years ago.

Some law enforcement protocols for handling mental health crises are not effective in supporting people at risk, according to UCLA experts and a fall evaluation of LAPD from the city controller.

Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg pledged $31 million to UCLA Research Park and the David Geffen School of Medicine in November.
Their contribution will primarily support initiatives and facilities at UCLA Research Park – a new 700,000-square-foot hub for biomedical research located two miles south of UCLA’s main campus.

UCLA is looking for a last-minute push in this year’s Big Ten blood donation competition, as the Bruins lie in the bottom half of 18 participating universities.

UCLA public health experts questioned the credibility of new federal dietary guidelines that may encourage Americans to consume more saturated fat.
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.

The UCLA Biomedical Artificial Intelligence Research Lab is using machine learning to improve the lives of patients.
Machine learning is a field of AI that learns from existing data to make predictions relationships regarding the population of the data, according to UCLA Extension.