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February 6, 2022
How to celebrate the Super Bowl safely

Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, address how to reduce risk from COVID-19 at the Super Bowl and related events .

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January 24, 2022
Articles co-authored by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers among health affairs' "top 10" studies of 2021

Two separate studies by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers have been recognized as among the 'Top 10' in 2021 by the scientific journal Health Affairs.

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January 24, 2022
UCLA food studies institute to tackle global food challenges

The institute, an outgrowth of work by the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA, led by Dr. Wendelin Slusser, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of community health sciences, will collaborate with a community of chefs and scholars in pursuit of a healthier population and planet.

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January 24, 2022
"Should you switch to plant-based milk?"

Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of community health sciences and senior dietitian at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, addresses milk and milk alternatives.

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January 20, 2022
The lessons of COVID-19, two years on

Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, addresses the issue of how the U.S. has coped with the pandemic.

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January 4, 2022
Q&A | What lessons have we learned about public health crises from the pandemic?

In ‘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.

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December 24, 2021
"ICU doctors, nurses demoralized over ‘needless’ COVID-19 misery"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about the impact of treating pandemic patients on doctors and nurses.

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December 15, 2021
Is it possible to improve nutritional health and the environment in one bite?

In ‘Recipe for Survival: What You Can do to Live a Healthier and More Environmentally Friendly Life,’ published in January 2022, UCLA Fielding School professor Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes provides “recipes” for improving personal and planetary health.

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December 13, 2021
"800,000 Americans' lives lost to COVID-19"

NBC News interviewed Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about the milestone of 800,000 confirmed COVID-related deaths in the United States over the past two years.

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December 1, 2021
Lifetime Achievement Award named in honor of late UCLA Fielding School professor, Dr. Steve Wallace

The American Public Health Association posthumously honored Dr. Steve Wallace, a longtime UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, by re-naming a lifetime achievement award for him.

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November 29, 2021
UCLA to sponsor conference series on climate change and public health in California

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty available for media interviews to discuss the public health impact of climate change.

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October 15, 2021
California Latinos’ use of emergency medical services increased disproportionately during pandemic

A report by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers has found California Latinos’ use of emergency medical services increased disproportionately during the pandemic.

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