FSPH's Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health Marks Its First Year
The impact of the center covered a spectrum of applied research and organizational work, focused on increasing equity for an underserved community.
Is it Possible to Improve Nutritional Health and the Environment in One Bite?
A preview of Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes forthcoming book, in which she provides “recipes” for improving personal and planetary health.
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Nearly 400,000 Californians May Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water
New research found that the residents rely on drinking water that may contain high levels of the contaminants arsenic, nitrate or hexavalent chromium.
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Conservatorships Can Result in a ‘Bottleneck’ Effect in Psychiatric Hospitals

Research from FSPH's Dr. Kristen Choi and Dr. Marissa Seamans found that conservatorships often result in lengthy psychiatric hospitalizations due to a lack of permanent supportive housing and community-based treatment options.

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The 47th Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture | "Recognizing Opportunities"

Join the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health for the 47th Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture, featuring FSPH distinguished research professor of epidemiology Dr. Roger Detels, on Wednesday, February 9 at 12:00 PM PST.

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UCLA Newsroom | Dr. Robert Kim-Farley: "The Lessons of COVID-19, Two Years on"

Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, addresses the issue of how the United States has coped with the pandemic.

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FSPH News

UCLA FSPH Magazine | Our Path Forward

The challenges we face demand public health solutions.

The Magazine

"Public Health in America at a Breaking Point. The Question is Now 'Can it Recover?' '

USA Today interviewed Dr. Jody Heymann, distinguished professor of health policy and management and founding director of FSPH’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center, about the need for an improved public health and healthcare system in the United States, including more emphasis on preventative care.

USA Today, Gannett Newspapers

"More Kids in the Hospital With COVID Renew Fears for Medically Fragile Children"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Alice Kuo, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of health policy and management and of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, about the risks from COVID-19 for children who are immunocompromised or medically fragile.

Los Angeles Times

"Global Heating Linked to Early Birth and Damage to Babies’ Health, Scientists Find"

The Guardian quoted Dr. Lara Cushing, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity and an assistant professor of environmental health sciences, about research that found the risk of any premature birth was 15% higher the day after a day of excessive heat.

The Guardian