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1. Fellowship Funds

It is the department’s practice that all admitted students receive two years of fellowship support. Fellowships cover living expenses, university fees, health insurance, and out-of-state tuition if needed. The first year of fellowship is taken in the first year of the program, and the second year of fellowship is normally taken in the fourth year. The university awards some multi-year fellowships to highly qualified students, and has a number of dissertation-year fellowships that are awarded on a competitive basis. Applicants and entering students should consult UCLA Graduate Division’s website on Financial Support for Entering Graduate Students .

2. Teaching Assistantships

In years when students do not receive fellowship support, they are awarded teaching assistantships which provide a salary in addition to covering university fees and health insurance. Summer teaching may also be available. If teaching performance is satisfactory and a student is maintaining normal progress in the program, it is possible to receive up to five years of TA support in the Department of Philosophy.

3. Funding for Non-Permanent-US-Resident Students

Until recently, given the constraints on funding to public universities, the UCLA Department of Philosophy has been constrained in the funding we could offer to graduate students who were not citizens or permanent residents of the US. Thanks to a new funding commitment made to our department, we can now do better. In keeping with our efforts to build a diverse community and link its discussions with a global conversation, the UCLA department intends to guarantee a minimum of six years of tuition and support at a highly competitive level to every incoming PhD student, irrespective of citizenship and residency status.

4. US Citizens and Permanent Residents not from California

Non-resident tuition fellowships are available to out-of-state US students in their first year only. Because the department will not pay more than one year of non-resident tuition for US citizens, it is extraordinarily important that all graduate students who are US citizens begin to establish “California residency for tuition purposes” before the first day of their first quarter on campus. More information can be found at the Registrar’s website, here .

5. Other Financial Assistance and Fellowship Opportunities

Both the university and extramural agencies offer various awards which are frequently obtained by our graduate students. Students are strongly encouraged to apply. Information can be found on UCLA Graduate Division’s page on Financial Support .

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Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Health Sciences

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The PhD in Environmental Health Sciences develops in-depth skills and knowledge that enable graduates to perform independent original research on contemporary environmental and occupational health challenges. Students work with their faculty advisor to identify an area of focus, and develop an appropriate training plan and research activities. Areas of academic focus can include, but are not limited to: aerosol science, air quality, climate change, exposure science, industrial hygiene, policy analysis, epidemiology, toxicology, or water quality.

The doctoral program encompasses the following major elements:

• Course work in the major field
• Written qualifying examinations, including proposals related to the dissertation
• Oral Qualifying Examination on the proposal for the dissertation (advancement to candidacy)
• Dissertation
• Oral defense of the dissertation 

1. Course Requirements

Students select a course of study upon consultation with Guidance Committee. Proficiency in biostatistics/statistics is required. Each specific required course can be waived if the equivalent has been successfully taken previously with a grade of B or better.

EHS required courses include:

• EHS C200C: Foundations of Environmental Health Sciences
• EHS 296: Research Topics in EHS required for each quarter in residence)
• EHS 411: Environmental Health Sciences Seminar: Taken once a year for two years 
• One full course (4 units or more at the 100 or 200 level) in Epidemiology 
• Students who have not previously completed a CEPH-accredited degree (bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree) are required to complete Public Health 201: Contemporary Health Issues.
• EHS 414A: Research Methods and Effective Communication
• EHS 414B: Research Methods and Effective Communication 

2.  Written Doctoral Qualifying Exam

The aim of the Written Doctoral Qualifying Examination is to verify that the candidate has state-of-the-art knowledge about the general areas of the major field (intended research and its relationships to environmental health sciences and to public health). The student must complete the minimum course requirements to the satisfaction of the Guidance Committee before taking the Examination.

3.  Oral Doctoral Qualifying Exam

On successful completion of the written Qualifying Examination, the doctoral committee is named to administer the Oral Qualifying Examination. The exam focuses on the proposal for the dissertation. It also includes the following as appropriate: theory and background research relevant to the proposed research beyond that reviewed in the proposal; methodological and analytic considerations pertinent to the proposed research, irrespective of whether these issues have been covered in the proposal; and feasibility. The proposed research must make an original contribution to the field. 

4. PhD Dissertation

After passing the University Oral Qualifying Examination, students may be advanced to candidacy and commence work on a dissertation in the principal field of study. The doctoral committee supervises the progress toward completion of the dissertation.

5. Final Oral Examination (Defense of Dissertation)

A final oral examination is required of all candidates.

Normative time from initial enrollment to advancement to candidacy is six to nine quarters (two to three calendar years), and from advancement to candidacy to filing of dissertation is six to nine quarters (two to three calendar years).

View a list of faculty in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.

Graduates of the department have pursued careers in both the private and public sectors as researchers, educators, managers, policymakers, and practitioners.

Examples of positions held by graduates include:

• Environmental Health Specialist
• Research Associate
• Air or Water Pollution Specialist
• Occupational Health Manager

For the most up to date fees and more information on fee breakdown, visit the  registrar's office .

Please see the cost and aid section of our website for information on awards, scholarships, training opportunities, employment, summer internship funding, and need-based aid. Please note that opportunities listed under 'Summer Internship Funding' are only applicable to MPH students.

Desired Qualifications

In addition to meeting the  University’s minimum requirements , students should have a bachelor's (or master's) degree in public health, environmental health, life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, environmental science, or a related field.  

Applicants with non-science majors who meet the following course work requirements will be considered for admission:

Course Work

• 1 university-level course or equivalent in Calculus, Linear Algebra, or Statistics
• 1 university-level course in Chemistry or equivalent
• 1 university-level course in Biology or equivalent

Students who do not have the prerequisites at the time of application may take equivalent courses at UCLA in their first year.

A doctoral (research) adviser in the department, subsequent to filing the application for admission, must accept the applicant. 

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This information is intended as an overview, and should be used as a guide only. Requirements, course offerings and other elements may change, and this overview may not list all details of the program. 

Admission requirements listed are departmental requirements, and are in addition to the University's minimum requirements. Many programs receive more applicants than can be admitted, so meeting the minimum requirements for admission does not ensure admission. Every effort is made to ensure minimum admissions requirements are up to date - for the most up-to-date information on the University's minimum requirements, please visit the  UCLA Graduate Division .

Fees are subject to change and should be used as a guide only. For the most up to date fees and more information on fee breakdown, visit the  registrar's office.

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Law and Philosophy

UCLA School of Law and the UCLA Department of Philosophy jointly offer a J.D./Ph.D. program for exceptionally talented and committed students who hope to dedicate their careers to research and teaching in law and philosophy.

Admission is extremely competitive, and it would be highly unusual for more than one candidate to be admitted in a year. It is possible for no candidates to be admitted in an admission cycle. Before being considered for the program, applicants must first be admitted independently to UCLA Law and the UCLA Philosophy Department. Each year, the Philosophy Ph.D. program receives approximately 300 applications, and in recent years the starting class has usually numbered between five and seven students.

A good candidate for the J.D./Ph.D. program would normally have a strong undergraduate philosophy background, with demonstrated ability to produce high-quality philosophical writing. One of the most important aspects of an application is a writing sample that displays exceptional aptitude for philosophical analysis. Most applicants have had substantial undergraduate training in philosophy or related subjects such as mathematics and logic. A good candidate will also have a demonstrated interest in the intersection between law and philosophy.

Candidates for the joint degree program must:

• Apply to the university under the "J.D./Ph.D. Program" listed under Concurrent Programs on the application site.
• Apply and be admitted to UCLA Law.
• Apply and be admitted to the Philosophy Ph.D. program.
• Apply to the joint degree program by both a) indicating on the law school and Ph.D. program applications that they seek admission to the joint degree program and b) submitting with each application an essay of between two and five pages explaining their interest in law and philosophy and in the joint degree program.
• Be accepted by the Law & Philosophy Program into the joint degree.  

Students already admitted into either the J.D. program or the Ph.D. program who wish to pursue the joint degree may apply to do so by completing the application steps listed above.

The J.D. normally takes three years. The Ph.D. normally takes six to seven years. Depending on their individual circumstances, some students may be able to save time on the coursework component of the program and thereby complete the joint degree program in less time than would be required to complete both degrees separately. A limited number of philosophy courses will be counted toward the J.D. requirements, and a limited number of law school courses will be counted toward the Ph.D. requirements.

The program could follow one of many paths. In the typical case, the student would be expected to focus solely on philosophy for the first year of the philosophy graduate program and solely on law for the first year of the law school program. Thereafter, the student could take courses in both schools during the same academic year. There are various ways in which the program could be structured, depending on the student’s interests and needs.

Students in the joint degree program will write a dissertation on a suitable topic related to law and philosophy.

The program aspires to enable students to graduate with a relatively minimal debt burden to permit them to teach in both humanities programs and law schools. Funding for both the Ph.D. and the J.D. involves a very generous package including grants, teaching assistantships and research assistantships, providing an unparalleled opportunity for the student dedicated to this field.

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Graduate Program: Environmental and Molecular Toxicology

UCLA's Graduate Program in Environmental and Molecular Toxicology offers the following degree(s):

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Masters available on Doctoral track

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Omid Amidi, MD

Doctor of Medicine: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY

Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Fellowship: University of California, Los Angeles

Nicholas Brownell, MD

Doctor of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine University of California, San Francisco

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Doctor of Medicine: University of Virginia School of Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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Doctor of Medicine: University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

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Devesha H. Kulkarni, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy: Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig

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Doctor of Medicine: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

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Kevork Khadarian, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Albany Medical College

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Doctor of Medicine: Keck School of Medicine of the USC

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Doctor of Medicine: Keck School of Medicine of USC

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Doctor of Medicine: David Geffen School of Medicine (UCLA), Los Angeles CA

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Doctor of Medicine: St. George's University School of Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine: University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine: Georgetown University School of Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine: David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA

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Doctor of Medicine: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine: New York Medical College

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Doctor of Medicine: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

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Doctor of Medicine: University of Alabam at Birmingham School of Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine: University of North Carolina School of Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine: Weill Cornell Medical College

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Charis Bush, DO

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine

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Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: Midwestern University – Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine

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Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine: St. Matthew's University (Grand Cayman), Cayman Islands

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Doctor of Medicine: University of Southern California

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Mark Benor, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Drexel University College of Medicine

Residency: Harbor UCLA Family Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Saint Maarten

Residency: Dignity Health California Hospital Family Medicine

Jorge Flautero, MD

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Doctor of Medicine: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

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Mike Oulashian, MD

Doctor of Medicine: American University of the Caribbean

Residency: Saint Joseph Family Medicine Residency Program

Jennifer Roberts-Kelly, DO

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medical School

Kashia A. Rosenau, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy: University of California, Los Angeles

Brian Young, MD

Doctor of Medicine: David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

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Doctor of Medicine: Autonomous University of Guadalajara

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Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, FASCO

MBBS: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

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Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD

Aaron Burkenroad, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Albert Einstein College of Medicine 

Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 

Fellowship: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Caroline Chen, MD

Doctor of Medicine: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Residency: UCLA Medical Center

Fellowship: UCLA Medical Center

Joseph Cleveland, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

Fellowship: Stanford University Medical Center/Stanford Cancer Center

Arjan Gower, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL

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Jingran Ji, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine: Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, PA

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Diane Prager, MD

Doctor of Medicine: University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Residency: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine

Maria Velez Velez, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Universidad CES

Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

HOSPITALIST

Osei Boadu, MD

Doctor of Medicine: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Tianyu "Sissi" Chen, MD

Residency: Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco

Maryam Hajiabbasi, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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Evan Jackson, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Meharry Medical College

Residency: Keck School of Medicine of USC

Kevin Keller, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Albany Medical College, NY

Residency: Boston Medical Center, MA

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Doctor of Medicine: University of Massachusetts Medical School

Residency: New York University School of Medicine

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Doctor of Medicine: University of Michigan Medical School & University of Michigan School of Public Health

Marek Kowalski, MD

Robert Kropp, MD

Doctor of Medicine: University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN

Residency: Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL

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Doctor of Medicine: New York University, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Isabel Lopez, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Residency: Emory University School of Medicine

Ana Mohammad-Zadeh, MD

Doctor of Medicine: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Residency: Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Ashley Pournamdari, MD

Doctor of Medicine: University of California, San Francisco

Eden Sharabi, MD, MS

Doctor of Medicine: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Kyle Strouse, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Wayne State University School of Medicine 

Residency: HCA West Florida Oak Hill Hospital

Nisha Sunku, MD

Doctor of Medicine: University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine

Kruti Vora, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Harvard Medical School

Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital

Helen Xu, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Erin Yim, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Residency: University of Southern California, Los Angeles

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Alexandria Borys, NP

Master of Science in Nursing: University of California, Los Angeles

Katherine Li, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Weill Cornell Medicine

Anita Sircar, MD

Residency: Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Fellowship: UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Multi-Campus

Farid Arman, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

PALLIATIVE CARE

Jessica Lucier, MD

David Oh, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Tufts University School of Medicine

Residency: Kaiser Permanente, Oakland Medical Center 

Fellowship: University of California, Los Angeles 

PULMONARY & CRITICAL CARE

Ruchika Sangani, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

Residency: Boston University Medical Center

Fellowship: Boston University Medical Center

RHEUMATOLOGY

Neha Singh, DO, MS

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University

Residency: University of California, Riverside

Fellowship: University of California, San Diego

Travis Patrick Welsh, MD

Doctor of Medicine: Medical College of Georgia

Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center

SLEEP MEDECINE

Thien Nguyen, DO

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Waco Family Medicine Institute

Neal Walia, MD

Residency: University of California, Davis Health

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Shawn laval smith was accused of stabbing brianna kupfer 46 times in an audio-recorded attack., by helen jeong • published september 10, 2024 • updated on september 10, 2024 at 4:18 pm.

A Los Angeles jury Tuesday handed a guilty verdict to a man accused of fatally stabbing a UCLA graduate student who was working inside a Hancock Park furniture store in January 2022.

The verdict came down in less than 24 hours after jury deliberations began in the trial against Shawn Laval Smith, who was charged with murdering Brianna Kupfer after he allegedly stabbed her 46 times at the Croft House furniture store on La Brea Avenue near Beverly Boulevard.

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During closing arguments Monday, the prosecution reiterated Smith’s hatred of women drove him to murder while the defense attorney claimed there was no premeditation while Smith’s defense attorney argued there was no premeditation in the killing, adding the case attracted a lot of attention because of the race.

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“This man hates women,” prosecutor Habib Balian said Monday, describing how Smith visited women in several stores in Hancock Park before targeting Kupfer because she was alone. “It's easier probably to sleep at night to think something is wrong with him rather than face the truth that this man was on a crusade to hunt, to destroy and to kill for the mere fact that she was female.”

Meanwhile, the defense attorney for Smith implied race was a factor in this case by putting up Kupfer and Smith’s photos side by side, attempting to explain the media attention for the case.  

“The thing we can’t talk about, the thing we consciously notice, is why it's attracted so many people,” Robert Haberer, Smith’s attorney, said.

While Smith had recorded himself saying he wanted to kill women a month before Kupfer’s death, his statements about women should not be considered motive, Haberer argued. 

Smith faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. 

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