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Dr. Gilbert Gee, professor and chair of the Department of Community Health Sciences, addresses how stress, racism and discrimination impact biology.

U.S. Health and Human Services program aimed at building up public health workforce

The university's new Initiative to Study Hate kicks off with 23 diverse projects, including three where UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty will lead research efforts.

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. David Eisenman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about how California tracks mortality during extreme heat events.

CalMatters interviewed Dr. Jennifer Wagman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of community health sciences, about research that found California has the sixth-highest rate of congenital syphilis in the U.S.

NPR interviewed Dr. May Sudhinaraset, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of community health sciences, about a $3 million, 5-year-long study of the reproductive health of Asian immigrant women.

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about how the World Health Organization decides if a pandemic has ended.