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Research Highlights
Among the groundbreaking contributions UCLA School of Public Health faculty have made are:
- Discovering the nutritional value of vitamin E
- Demonstrating how HIV-related immune deficiency is transmitted among homosexual men, a discovery that has
prevented millions of infections. School faculty led international efforts to control the spread of the
disease, particularly in China, Thailand, and other areas of Southeast Asia.
- Demonstrating that there is a genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis. Faculty determined that
individuals who developed MS were more likely to have childhood virus infections after the age of 10,
at which time the immune system has undergone changes associated with puberty and adolescence.
- Conducting critical research on the exposures to and adverse health effects of major environmental toxic
chemicals including diesel exhaust, MTBE, lead, arsenic, chromium, cadmium and pesticides. UCLA faculty played
important roles in translating scientific research findings into policy for protecting workers and the
public from these and other toxic chemicals.
For more on the school's research please see the UCLA SPH Magazine and click on Research Highlights.
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