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A Vision of Equity in Public Health

Source:
UCLA Magazine
Date:
June 10, 2021
Dr. Chandra Ford, founding director of the UCLA FSPH Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, was interviewed by UCLA Magazine about her work addressing racism as a public health issue. To achieve equity in public health, Dr. Ford says it is necessary to value all individuals and populations equally and to address power imbalances that prevent everyone from being healthy.
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"Reduced U.S. COVID-19 Data Reporting Worries Some Health Experts"

Source:
Wall Street Journal
Date:
June 9, 2021
The Wall Street Journal interviewed Dr. Shira Shafir, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about whether changes in state-level reporting could leave public-health leaders with blind spots as new variants of the coronavirus circulate and many parts of the world battle rising cases.
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Doctoral Candidate Claire Euiyoung Kim Recognized by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health for Excellence With Smith Fellowship

Date:
June 8, 2021
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health doctoral candidate Claire Euiyoung Kim has been recognized for scholastic excellence as a 2021 recipient of the Juneal Marie Smith Fellowship.
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Graduate Student Paulina Lin Recognized by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health with Fellowship

Date:
June 8, 2021
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate student Paulina Lin has been recognized for academic excellence as a 2021 recipient of the continuing student fellowship.
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Doctoral Student Michelle Kao Nakphong Recognized by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health for Excellence

Date:
June 8, 2021
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health doctoral student Michelle Kao Nakphong has been recognized for scholastic excellence as a 2021 recipient of the Juneal Marie Smith Fellowship.
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Dr. Onyebuchi A. Arah Elected President of Society for Epidemiologic Research

Source:
Society for Epidemiologic Research , UCLA Newsroom
Date:
June 7, 2021
Dr. Onyebuchi A. Arah, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, has been chosen as president-elect of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, or SER.
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"Two Servings of Fruit a day can Lower the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes"

Source:
Healthline
Date:
June 6, 2021
Healthline interviewed Dr. Dana Hunnes, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of community health sciences, about research that suggests eating at least two servings of fruit every day has been linked to a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
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"How Does COVID-19 end in the US?"

Source:
USA Today
Date:
June 5, 2021
USA Today interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about the likelihood the coronavirus will continue to keep mutating, no matter how low transmission rates become in the United States.
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What We’ve Learned About Disease in the 40 Years Since the Discovery of HIV/AIDS at UCLA

Source:
UCLA Health
Date:
June 3, 2021
UCLA Health interviewed Dr. Roger Detels, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health distinguished research professor of epidemiology and infectious diseases and director of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS), about what has been learned about the disease in the 40 years since the discovery of HIV/AIDS at UCLA.
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Children 12 and Older can now get the COVID-19 Vaccine – and Here’s why They Should

Source:
UCLA Health
Date:
June 2, 2021
UCLA Health 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 why children should get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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