The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health chair and distinguished professor of epidemiology, about whether high school classes and athletic events should be postponed until the spring because of the current Omicron surge.
Source: Los Angeles Times Read Full ArticleDr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, addresses the status of COVID-19.
Source: UCLA Health Read Full ArticleA UCLA and UC Berkeley-led study finds 370,000 or more people rely on drinking water that may contain high levels of the contaminants arsenic, nitrate or hexavalent chromium.
Source: American Journal of Public Health Read Full ArticleDr. Carol Mangione, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, addresses how to reduce the risk of Type 2 Diabetes.
Source: UCLA Health Read Full ArticleThe Associated Press referenced research by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center, led by Dr. Jody Heymann, distinguished professor of health policy and management and founding director of FSPH’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center, about paid family leave.
Source: The Associated Press Read Full ArticleThe Wall Street Journal interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about the possibility of contracting COVID-19 and flu at the same time.
Source: Wall Street Journal Read Full ArticleResearch co-authored by Dr. Jian Li, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences, found that users of smokeless products had significantly lower levels of inflammation and oxidative stress biomarkers than cigarette smokers.
Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full ArticleUCLA researchers found that conservatorships often result in lengthy psychiatric hospitalizations due to a lack of permanent supportive housing and community-based treatment options.
Source: Psychiatric Services Read Full ArticleIn its first year, the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health (C-LARAH) has had impact across a spectrum of applied research and organizational work, focused on increasing equity for an underserved community.
Source: UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health Read Full ArticleDr. Roch Nianogo, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of epidemiology, was honored by the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust with the 2022 Toffler Scholar Award for his ongoing research into preventing Alzheimer’s disease in vulnerable populations.
Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full ArticleIn ‘Public Health Emergencies: Case Studies, Competencies, and Essential Services of Public Health,’ published this month by Springer Publishing, Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, writes that the pandemic offers the public, and public health specialists, ample lessons for the next public health crisis.
Read Full ArticleDiscover interviewed Dr. Vickie Mays, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and a psychologist, about how to sustain a new positive, healthy habit.
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