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October 12, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to co-host discussion on sexual violence prevention in sports

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and UC Speaks Up (a public health violence prevention initiative of the University of California) will co-host an event focusing on sexual violence awareness and prevention among college communities.

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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 2, 2020
Fighting the health effects of climate change is the mission for new UCLA center

In response to the escalating health emergency that is already inflicting substantial damage on people in Southern California and around the world, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has created the UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions.

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August 18, 2020
Research ties gun purchases to fear of firearm regulations, kicks off major research initiative

A team that includes UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor James Macinko is moving forward in its study of why Americans buy firearms with the support of a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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August 6, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty awarded grant to address gun violence

A team led by Ninez Ponce, Fielding School professor and director of FSPH's Center for Health Policy Research, and Dr. Michael Rodriguez, professor of community health sciences at FSPH, has received a $596,000 grant from the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research to address data gaps about gun use and improve firearms policies.

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July 14, 2020
Public health emergency preparedness and response: grounding the field in evidence

Despite the investments in research and the growing body of empirical literature on a range of preparedness and response capabilities and functions, there has been no national-level, comprehensive review and grading of evidence for public health emergency preparedness and response practices comparable to those utilized in medicine and other public health fields.

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May 29, 2020
UCLA AASC & FSPH launch COVID-19 Multilingual Resource Hub to support safety for diverse communities

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center announces the launch of the COVID-19 Multilingual Resource Hub (translatecovid.org), a freely accessible website with critical information about COVID-19 in 40 languages. Developed in partnership with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, this searchable site is specifically designed to provide information to immigrant & non-English speaking populations.

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May 13, 2020
UCLA establishes COVID-19 pandemic response training program

A team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is training thousands of individuals across the state in public health techniques and strategies, including contact tracing, case investigation, and administration, in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The training program represents the next stage in California’s state-wide response to the COVID-19 epidemic.

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April 8, 2020
April 10 Media Press Conference | Health Equity in Real Time with COVID-19

What research says about discrimination, using terms like “the Chinese virus,” and the impact of a blaming narrative on the health of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

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March 25, 2020
Researchers estimate COVID-19 may lead to the hospitalization of more than 21,000 people who are homeless

The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is likely to kill more than 3,400 people experiencing homelessness across the United States, according to new estimates from researchers at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, Boston University, and the University of Pennsylvania.

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September 18, 2019
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health announces new faculty members

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health welcomes thirteen new faculty members.

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August 19, 2019
How public health practitioners can address racism: New book edited by Fielding School professor

Researchers have long documented health disparities among people of different racial and ethnic groups. What is less known is how being a target of racism affects a person’s health.

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