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The Fielding School is proud to announce Roch A. Nianogo, Hilary Aralis, Ilan Meyer and Elizabeth Yzquierdo as new faculty members.
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In March 2018, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health $9.5 million over five years to continue their work on possible connections between substance abuse and HIV infection. The work, which has officially begun this June, is a continuation of a study that launched in 2013 with a $7 million NIDA grant.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers determine risks based on age, gender and biomarker screening.
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As accelerated aging of different parts of women’s bodies comes to light, new questions are raised about hormone exposure and breast cancer risk.
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47 million Americans already demonstrate some evidence of susceptibility to the disease.
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded $5 million to researchers at UCLA to develop a resource and data center for millions of pieces of research, lab samples, statistics and other data aimed at boosting research into the effects of substance abuse on HIV/AIDS.
Read Full ArticleRisk calculator developed by UCLA and Los Angeles LGBT Center may fill that void.
Read Full ArticleZymo Research Corp. announced today that it has obtained an exclusive license for a methylation age predictor, also known as Horvath's Clock, so named for Dr. Steve Horvath, professor of biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, who is the developer of the epigenetic clock.
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New research finds 5 percent of population ages faster, faces shorter lifespan.
Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full ArticleIn a new study, UCLA researchers have found that BPS is just as harmful to the reproductive system as the chemical it replaced. BPS damages a woman’s eggs and at lower doses than BPA.
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Two UCLA studies show menopause, insomnia could increase women’s risk for aging-related diseases.
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Preventing drug use from becoming addiction would have health and also financial benefits.
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