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Portrait of Dr. Ron Brookmeyer
December 9, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Dean serves as adviser in U.S. State Department Health Inquiry

Dean and Distinguished Professor Ron Brookmeyer served on the federal panel that reported this month on possible causes of illnesses among U.S. government personnel and their families in overseas postings.

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COVID-19 vaccine
December 9, 2020
Food and Drug Administration awards $10 million contract to team to support vaccine safety program

Dr. Marc Suchard, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of biostatistics, co-leads team of researchers supporting FDA’s Biologics Effectiveness and Safety (BEST) program.

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December 9, 2020
Meditation, survivorship classes reduce symptoms of depression in younger breast cancer survivors

Dr. Patricia Ganz and Professor Catherine M. Crespi, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, are part of a UCLA-led research team that found interventions can be distributed on virtual platforms.

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Sudipto Banerjee
November 24, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Professor Named 2020 AAAS Fellow

Sudipto Banerjee, professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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November 24, 2020
Research helps identify high-risk populations to aid health officials combating the pandemic

A team of UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers has developed a method to better guide public policy related to the control and prevention of COVID-19, based on identifying those most at risk in the pandemic.

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Sudipto Banerjee
November 24, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor named 2020 AAAS Fellow

Sudipto Banerjee, professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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November 4, 2020
Married, single, kids or not, participating in workforce may protect women’s memory

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health-led research found an association between working for pay and slower memory decline, regardless of a woman’s marital or parenthood status.

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October 14, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health research yields improved methods to identify children at high risk of preventable death

Health care leaders have new, improved tools to identify children at the greatest risk of preventable deaths, based on surveys of more than 67 countries around the world by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

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October 12, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health welcomes nine new faculty members

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health welcomes nine new faculty members, in four different academic departments.

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October 8, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to host conference on addressing health care inequities

Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research sponsoring annual E.R. Brown Symposium: Healing a Fractured Society: Health Care as a Right.

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September 29, 2020
Research into SARS-CoV-2 mutation “hotspots” raises implications for vaccines and therapeutics

Christina Ramirez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of biostatistics, co-led study that found at least 10 distinct “hotspot” mutations in more than 80% of samples of the viruses’ genomes.

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September 17, 2020
UCLA and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities to co-host event on crisis management and the pandemic

On Sept. 29, UCLA and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities will co-host an event on crisis management and the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, “Perspectives of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Epidemiology, Prevention and Control in Pacific Rim Region,” will begin at 5:00 PM PDT.

Source: UCLA Newsroom Source: Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Read Full Article