UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor Anne Rimoin has been honored by the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) for her work researching infectious disease epidemiology.
Rimoin, professor in the Fielding School’s department of epidemiology, received the Roger Detels Distinguished Researcher Award in infectious disease epidemiology, awarded to an outstanding scholar with extraordinary contributions to the research field of infectious disease epidemiology.
“Epidemiology, at its core, is about patterns over time. It’s not just about numbers — it’s about history. I started as a historian, and I’ve never really stopped being one,” said Rimoin, the Gordon-Levin professor of Infectious Diseases and Public Health at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. “The outbreaks we study today are connected to the ones we didn’t study closely enough decades ago. The data we generate now will either guide the future — or leave it vulnerable.”
The award is named for Dr. Roger Detels, past president of both the SER and the International Epidemiological Association, and distinguished professor in the UCLA Fielding School’s department of epidemiology. Detels nominated Rimoin for the award, and she acknowledged that connection in her remarks at the awards ceremony, held as part of the SER’s annual convention.
“The SER has always valued rigor, context and community, and Roger’s work set the bar for what it means to do public health with purpose and persistence,” Rimoin said. “It means a great deal to be recognized in his name.”
The award was presented June 12 at the society’s 2025 annual conference in Boston.
Read more about the honor here.
