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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Dr. James A. Macinko, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been named the school’s new associate dean for research.