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The Fielding School's 2015 National Public Health Week was featured in the July 2015 edition of the "The Nation's Health," an American Public Health Association (APHA) publication.
In April 2015, Students of Color for Public Health (…
Patrick Allard was awarded the 2015 International ToxScholar Grant, the second time he has received this honor from the Society of Toxicology.
Sudipto Banerjee was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics ; awarded a Distinguished…
The FSPH Center for Health Policy Research will present "The Environmental Factors Driving Rising Obesity in California," a lecture as part of an ongoing series led by health policy experts.
Past seminar topics include applications of the California Health…
A June 2015 report released by the Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research was featured by UCLA Newsroom for finding that nearly one-quarter of California adults are obese as of 2011-12, up from 19.3 percent in 2001.
Dr. Joelle…
Published this month, Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer Survivors: Perspectives on Research Challenges and Opportunities features research underway or in development about women across various stages of treatment, from those suffering late-stage effects and…
UCLA's WORLD Policy Analysis Center launched a Father's Day-themed companion website with a unique line of e-greeting cards that highlight gender inequality experienced by fathers across the world.
Each greeting contains research-backed…
A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reports a link between exposure to green spaces at school and cognitive development in primary schoolchildren. Contact with nature is thought to play a crucial and irreplaceable role in…
For the past three years, the LAist newsroom's public affairs show "AirTalk" — which airs weekdays on 89.3 FM — has dedicated hundreds of on-air hours to COVID-19 coverage. One of the ways AirTalk has been able to deliver this information is through a powerhouse roster…
"More than a million California students could get access to condoms at school — no questions asked. Under a bill introduced this year, young people in California won't need to ask permission to grab a condom out of a…
“If policies are implemented where they are needed most, there could be a significant decrease in life expectancy disparities across Los Angeles,” Dr. Michael Jerrett, professor of environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and…
Pregnant women whose household tap water had higher levels of lithium had a moderately higher risk of their offspring being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to a new study led by a UCLA Health researcher.
The study, published April 3 in JAMA…
Long-term care hospitals — which care for people whose medical conditions require relatively lengthy treatment — are keeping patients longer than necessary because of the way that Medicare determines payment rates, according to a study from the UCLA Fielding School of…
FSPH faculty, students and staff packed the Dean's conference room on June 4 for the first-ever FSPH: Celebrating Our Teachers reception. During the event, Dean Jody Heymann thanked dozens of Fielding School professors and lecturers who have been recognized by students…
On Tuesday, June 2, the Fielding School launched a new research and training partnership with University of Kinshasa's School of Public Health. Surrounded by FSPH faculty, students and staff, Professor Emile Okitolonda, Dean of the Kinshasa School of Public Health and…
Under Brazil’s family health program, when a woman learns that she is pregnant, she contacts her local community health agent, who often is a neighbor.
Typically, the agent visits her home to arrange an appointment with the neighborhood’s family health team,…
Community Partners in Care (CPIC), a collaborative project involving several UCLA researchers, including FSPH faculty members Kenneth Wells (Health Policy and Management) and Thomas Belin (Biostatistics), has been awarded the 2015 Annual Award by…
Although 90 percent of women with early-stage breast cancer said they were aware they took a genomic test that identified their level of risk for a recurrence of the disease, 1 in 5 didn’t know the results of that analysis, according to a new fact sheet by the…
On May 18, Fielding School students, faculty and staff gathered to celebrate public health books written and edited by members of the FSPH community. Dozens of books were on display during the book party and several authors were on hand to talk with guests about their…
An impressive 3 in 4 California children ages 2 to 5 had a regular dental checkup in 2012, including those from poorer households, according to a new policy brief from the Fielding School's Center for Health Policy Research.
A decade earlier, just…