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March 23, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor named to California state environmental panel

Dr. Lara Cushing, the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity, will lend scientific expertise to state committee that monitors chemical exposures.

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March 21, 2022
"How the U.S. learned to stop worrying about COVID-19"

Governing interviewed Dr. David Eisenman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences and director of the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters, about the decision this month by Congress to delay action on new funding for COVID-19 relief.

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March 19, 2022
"Another COVID surge may be coming. Are we ready for it?"

The New York Times interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about the likelihood of a new surge in the United States.

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Dr. Carol Mangione
March 18, 2022
Dr. Carol Mangione named chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Dr. Carol Mangione, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, has been named chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

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March 12, 2022
"Long COVID patients, in search of relief, turn to private company"

NBC News quoted research by Dr. Joann Elmore, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, and Dr. Lauren Wisk, an FSPH researcher, about long COVID, which researchers call Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC).

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March 12, 2022
"Maskless at gym? At grocery? Dining indoors? Experts break down risks as COVID cases fall"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about how to remain safe even as public requirements for safety precautions are relaxed.

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UCLA Chancellor Gene Block
March 11, 2022
Confronting the ‘shadow pandemic’ of mental health disorders

UCLA Chancellor Dr. Gene Block cited research by Dr. Liwei Chen, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology, and Dr. Jian Li, Fielding School professor of environmental health sciences, in a column in the April, 2022 edition of UCLA Magazine.

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March 10, 2022
Report: Premium cigar ingredients as harmful as cigars and cigarettes

Dr. Steven Teutsch, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, led a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine team investigating the health effects of "premium" cigars.

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March 9, 2022
UCLA Fielding School team receives state grant for COVID-19 research

A team led by Dr. Vickie Mays and Dr. Ninez Ponce, both UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors of health policy and management, has received a state grant for COVID-19 data research in Los Angeles County.

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March 8, 2022
"Good end-of-life care out of reach for many Black nursing home residents"

U.S. News & World Report quoted Dr. Vickie Mays, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about research that shows that Black and Hispanic nursing home residents are far less likely to receive palliative care than their white peers.

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March 8, 2022
Elimination of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate linked to increase in uninsured, report says

Research co-authored by Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, found that U.S. Latinos saw a 5% increase in the probability of being uninsured after the elimination of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.

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March 8, 2022
Treatment of 'long COVID' hampered by limited research data, UCLA-led report says

In a new report, Dr. Joann Elmore, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, says research into 'long COVID' is hampered by research data of varying quality and consistency.

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