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Racism and Xenophobia on Social Media

Source:
American Journal of Public Health
Date:
April 16, 2021
The AJPH Podcast interviewed Dr. Gilbert Gee, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about the impact of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia on public health, and the role of social media in feeding or preventing racism and xenophobia.
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UCLA Fielding School Alumnus Honored for her Poetry About Explaining and Preventing Eating Disorders

Date:
April 14, 2021
Kamila Tan, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health alumnus, has been honored with the school’s Lester Breslow Impact Fellowship.
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Annual Report: 20 Ways the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Made an Impact in 2020

Source:
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Date:
April 14, 2021
In a "Letter from the Dean," UCLA Fielding School of Public Health dean and distinguished professor of biostatistics Ron Brookmeyer lauds the the work of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the center's 2020 annual report; the letter was published in the center's 2020 annual report.
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"J&J Vaccine Pause Won’t Affect California Reopening"

Source:
The Associated Press
Date:
April 13, 2021
The Associated Press interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about whether California’s pause on using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as federal agencies examine a rare side effect is likely to affect vaccination efforts.
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"'It Just Stays With You': The Corrosive Health Effects Of Decades Of Anti-Asian Violence"

Source:
WBUR-FM (NPR)
Date:
April 9, 2021
WBUR-FM interviewed Dr. Gilbert Gee, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about the impact of anti-Asian violence on the physical and mental health of Asian Americans, and the resultant need to change public policy.
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"California Latinos 'Multiple' Times More Likely to Die From COVID-19 Than Whites"

Source:
USA Today
Date:
April 9, 2021
USA TODAY interviewed Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about his research that found California Latinos were two to eight times more likely to die of COVID-19 than non-Hispanic whites
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"COVID-19 Origins: What to Know About the Search for the Start of the Virus"

Source:
ABC News
Date:
April 8, 2021
ABC News interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about the origins of COVID-19 and the need for disease surveillance to prevent outbreaks
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"Vaccinated and Eager for Normal Life, Californians are Venturing out. Is it too Much too Soon?"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
April 6, 2021
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about California’s reopening strategy
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"Seeing Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue"

Source:
UCLA Health
Date:
April 6, 2021
UCLA Health interviewed Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, and Dr. Ninez Ponce, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, about their research into gun ownership in understudied California populations
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"With Virus Rates low, Californians Eager to Return to Events"

Source:
The Associated Press
Date:
April 5, 2021
The Associated Press interviewed Dr. Christina Ramirez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of biostatistics, about safety measures to take in crowded venues, like sporting events, even after vaccination.
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