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A professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has been honored by the university for his work as a researcher, scholar, and teacher while a professor emeritus, or retiree.
Dr. Roger Detels, distinguished research professor of epidemiology at…
Despite the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's full approval of the COVID-19 vaccine, 58.8% of Californians who are not fully vaccinated are still worried about its side effects, according to a new UCLA survey.
The finding is among the results of the 2022…
After 10 weeks of working with mentors and community partners to turn their health equity ideas into full project proposals, two UCLA students were named the winners of the Health Equity Challenge, a competition presented by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and…
HIV has an “early and substantial” impact on aging in infected people, accelerating biological changes in the body associated with normal aging within just two to three years of infection, according to a study by UCLA researchers and colleagues.
The findings…
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has updated its health data query tool, AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition™ (NE), with new topics and 2020 small area estimates that provide specific health and demographic data on Californians at progressively finer levels of…
COVID-19 spurred lockdowns and mask mandates more than two years ago. However, data released today from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) show Californians were still taking precautions, such as wearing masks and…
Based on a promising pilot program that screens for and treats depression in college students, researchers and faculty with UCLA’s Depression Grand Challenge have received a five-year, $12 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to increase the reach…
With COVID-19 still very much present, Dr. Shira Shafir, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, describes the start of the new school year in simple terms: “I think back-to-school is going to be a…
Dr. Frederick Zimmerman serves on the Healthcare Expenditure Collaborative, a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Population Health Improvement.
Dr. Frederick Zimmerman was named a 2019 expert member of the WHO’s Strategic Meeting on Social Determinants of Health.
Dr. Frederick Zimmerman was named president of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences.
Dr. Elizabeth (Becky) Yano was appointed a principal investigator for the PROVEN Coordinating Hub to Promote Research Optimizing Veterancentric EHR Networks.
Dr. Kenneth Wells was appointed chair of the National Academy of Sciences Committee to Evaluate Specific Programs in the Comprehensive Addiction/Recovery Act.
Dr. Kenneth Wells received the 2019 Department of Psychiatry’s Lifetime Teaching Award from UCLA.
Dr. Kenneth Wells received the 2019 Innovator Award from UCSF.
Dr. Kenneth Wells received the 2019 Advocate Award from the Psychiatric Education and Research Foundation.
Dr. Robert Weiss was named a fellow of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
Dr. May Wang received the 2019 Food & Nutrition Section Excellence in Dietary Guidance Award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Dr. Steven P. Wallace received the 2019 Arthur Cherkin Award from the UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology.
Dr. Dawn Upchurch was elected to serve as section councilor for the Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Practices Section of the American Public Health Association.