UCLA School of Public Health

The UCLA School of Public Health is the graduate school of public health affiliated with UCLA, and is located within the Center for Health Sciences building on the UCLA campus. UCLA is located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The Dean of the school is Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH. The UCLA School of Public Health has more than 8,000 alumni and 80 full-time faculty, with students from over 35 countries.

History
UCLA began offering undergraduate instruction in public health in 1946. For the next fifteen years, public health instruction at UCLA was within a system-wide University of California public health school. In 1957, UCLA started a program that led to an advanced degree in public health. The UCLA School of Public Health was created on March 17th, 1961, and Lenor S. (Steve) Goerke was named the first dean.

In 2003, the School of Public Health began awarding an undergraduate minor in public health.

Departments and degrees
The UCLA School of Public Health offers degrees in the following departments :
 * Biostatistics — MPH, MS, PhD, DrPH
 * Community Health Sciences — MPH, MS, PhD, DrPH
 * Environmental Health Sciences — MPH, MS, PhD, DrPH
 * Epidemiology — MPH, MS, PhD, DrPH
 * Health Services — MPH, MS, PhD, DrPH

UCLA also offers two interdepartmental degrees :
 * Environmental Science & Engineering — DEnv
 * Molecular Toxicology — PhD

The School of Public Health offers the following joint degrees with other UCLA graduate schools :
 * School of Public Health/African Studies Program (MPH / MA)
 * School of Public Health/Asian American Studies Program (MPH / MA)
 * School of Public Health/Islamic Studies Program (MPH / MA)
 * School of Public Health/Latin American Studies Program (MPH / MA)
 * School of Public Health/School of Law (MPH / JD)
 * School of Public Health/School of Management (MPH / MBA)
 * School of Public Health/School of Medicine (MPH / MD)

Research centers
The UCLA School of Public Health sponsors or is associated with the following research centers :
 * Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
 * The Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Center Research
 * Center for Public Health and Disasters
 * Center for Environmental Genomics
 * Centers for Environmental Quality and Health
 * Center to Eliminate Health Disparities
 * Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities
 * UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
 * Center for Human Nutrition
 * Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center

Notable alumni
See list of UCLA Alumni Hall of Fame Members.

Notable faculty

 * Abdelmonem A. Afifi — Dean of School of Public Health (1985 - 2000)
 * Roslyn Alfin-Slater — Demonstrated that cholesterol in normal diets does not raise serum cholesterol
 * Lester Breslow — Dean of School of Public Health (1972 - 1980); Former president of the American Public Health Association
 * E. Richard Brown — Former president of the American Public Health Association
 * Roger Detels — Dean of School of Public Health (1980 - 1985); Demonstrated how HIV-related immune deficiency is transmitted among homosexual men
 * Gladys Emerson — Conducted research leading to the isolation and discovery of the nutritional value of vitamin E
 * Jonathan Fielding — Director of Public Health and Health Officer for Los Angeles County
 * Derek and Patrice Jelliffe — Led efforts to promote the benefits of breastfeeding on a global scale
 * Lenor S. (Steve) Goerke — Dean of School of Public Health — (1961 - 1972)
 * Milton Roemer - Internationally known health systems researcher. "Roemer's law" refers to the observation that in a fully insured population, any hospital bed that is built will be filled.
 * Ruth Roemer — Former president of the American Public Health Association
 * Linda Rosenstock — Dean of School of Public Health (2000 - Present)
 * John Froines — Professor in environmental health sciences, former Director of Toxic Substances for Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and member of the Chicago Seven.
 * Nine current faculty are elected members of the prestigious National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine