Dr. Fielding is a Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Pediatrics. He teaches the Determinants of Health course and participates as faculty lecturer in several other Department courses. He received both his M.D., M.A. (History of Science) and M.P.H. from Harvard University, and his M.B.A. (Finance) from the Wharton School of Business Administration.
As the founding Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Health Enhancement, Education and Research, he helped develop the first comprehensive university-based center to focus on clinical and worksite prevention opportunities. He formerly served as the Founding Board Member and Chairman of the Board of the Executive Committee of The California Wellness Foundation. He was a founding member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and is Chair, U.S. Community Preventive Services Task Force. He is past President of the American College of Preventive Medicine, Chairman of the Federal Expert Advisory Panel in National Health Objectives for 2020, a member of the National Commission on Prevention Priorities, and was appointed as a member of the Expert Advisory Committee to the California State Department of Public Health.
Dr. Fielding is the recipient of several awards and was elected membership in the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine. He is the Author of over 175 original scientific articles and chapters, Editor of Annual Review of Public Health, and Associate Editor of the textbook, Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
Dr. Fielding served as Director of Public Health and Health Officer for Los Angeles County for over 16 years where he was responsible for the full range of public health activities for over ten million county residents.