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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.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

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.

Source: UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions

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.

Source: UCLA Newsroom Source: UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative

August 11, 2021

Trust in governments and healthcare workers low globally, influencing attitudes on health and vaccines

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers found less than one-third of respondents expressed trust in health advice from their governments; less than half trusted doctors and nurses or felt positive about vaccines.

Source: Health Affairs

July 12, 2021

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor appointed new associate dean for research

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.

July 8, 2021

As the U.S. lengthier fire seasons, research suggests mental health of survivors must be a focus

UCLA-led research finds that wildfire survivors face both mental and physical health issues during and after a major blaze.

Source: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

May 18, 2021

Food insufficiency rates in California increased by more than a fifth in earliest months of pandemic

A UCLA team has found that in the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than three million Californians reported their households went without sufficient food.

Source: Public Health Nutrition

April 15, 2021

UCLA Fielding School-Howard University team awarded $1.7 million for research on racism and COVID-19 crisis communication

UCLA Fielding School-Howard University Team Awarded $1.7 Million for Research on Racism and COVID-19 Crisis Communication.

Source: UCLA Newsroom Source: Howard University

April 13, 2021

When immigrant policies are decriminalized, babies are born healthier

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health led-research finds that criminalizing immigrant policies were associated with higher rates of preterm birth for Black women born outside the U.S.

Source: JAMA Network Open

April 9, 2021

In Memoriam: Dr. Steven P. Wallace

In both his research and fieldwork, Professor Wallace worked to better understand the dynamics of social inequality and how it impacts health equity, as well as how policy and community approaches can improve health equity.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

March 30, 2021

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health named a top 10 school of public health by U.S. News & World Report

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health is ranked tenth in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 list of the Best Public Health Schools. The newly released list includes more than 180 schools and programs of public health accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.

Source: U.S. News & World Report

March 19, 2021

'Chinese Virus' tweets linked to rise of Anti-Asian hashtags on Twitter

A study published in the American Journal of Public Health and co-authored by Dr. Gilbert Gee, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, found a significantly greater increase in anti-Asian hashtags after President Donald J. Trump’s tweet with the phrase, “Chinese Virus" in March, 2020.

Source: American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) Source: UCSF