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A team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is training thousands of individuals across the state in public health techniques and strategies, including contact tracing, case investigation, and administration, in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The training program represents the next stage in California’s state-wide response to the COVID-19 epidemic.

UCLA FSPH research investigates COVID-19 case rates and pandemic protection, providing a metric for decisions to implement, continue, or relax measures.

Will our clean air last after COVID-19? UCLA study says it’s possible. Achieving net-zero emissions in California by 2050 can prevent thousands of deaths annually — in every community — researchers say.

The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is likely to kill more than 3,400 people experiencing homelessness across the United States, according to new estimates from researchers at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, Boston University, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health WORLD Policy Analysis Center found that gender equality is also associated with significantly lower maternal mortality.

Solutions to lower health risks for students and faculty include stretch breaks, more open classrooms.

In an email today to the UCLA campus, Emily Carter, executive vice chancellor and provost at UCLA, announced that Ron Brookmeyer, interim dean and professor of biostatistics, will become dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, effective January 15.