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Dr. Patricia Ganz, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health distinguished professor of health policy and management, chosen for 2022 class of fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy.

The Los Angeles Times published a commentary by Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, on the costs of Congressional inaction on further pandemic response funding.

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

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.