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Riti Shimkhada received her PhD in Epidemiology from UCLA with an emphasis on health services research. Shimkhada is a senior research scientist at UCLA’s Center for Health Policy Research, where she is involved in research on a number of health policy topics such as…
When I called the epidemiologist Denis Nash this week to discuss the country’s worsening COVID numbers, he was about to take a rapid test. “I came in on the subway to work this morning, and I got a text from home,” Nash, a professor at the City University of New York,…
Leah Vriesman is Professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Management. Dr. Vriesman is also the Associate Dean of Academic & Faculty Affairs at UCLA Extension.
She teaches Healthcare Strategy for the Executive…
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Few disciplines are as collaborative as public health. Practitioners and researchers collect evidence on what is needed to improve the health of populations, and develop policies and…
People suffering from long COVID-19 experience lingering negative effects on their physical, mental and social well-being in ways similar to symptoms endured by patients who are sick with other illnesses, according to UCLA research published today.
The findings,…
The University of California has a tradition of shared governance that was established in 1920. Under “shared governance,” the Faculty and Administration share responsibility for all activities within the University. Faculty are responsible for setting admissions…
Kyle Sullivan is Director of the Executive Programs in Health Policy & Management, in UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health.
Kyle obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from UC, Santa Barbara and went on to earn a Master’s in Social Work from UCLA,…
Kathryn G. Kietzman, PhD, MSW, is director of the Health Equity Program and a senior research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. She is also an associate researcher in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public…
UCLA requires certain forms for submission of contract and grants that are particular to UCLA such as the Request for Proposal Approval and Submission and Disclosure of Financial Interest statements.
Following is a link to the OCGA forms webpage and direct links…
Jacqueline Beltran is a research coordinator at the Biobehavioral Assessment Research Center known as BARC. BARC promotes research on high impact science in NIH identified high priority areas of public health research. The Center works to expand the toolboxes of clinical…
Bryan Astrachan is the coordinator of the National Education Safety and Security Initiative (NESSI) in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Bryan has spent several years in education including K-12, college and university. He…