Dr. Jonathan Fielding, UCLA Health Policy and Management professor-in-residence, founding director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and philanthropist for whom the UCLA School of Public Health is named, received the Fries Prize for Improving Health, for major accomplishments in health improvement that contribute to the greatest good for the greatest number.
The prize was given by the James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation. He was also named 2012 Honorary Fellow of the Society for Public Health Education for his visionary leadership and lifetime of contributions to public health.
