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Wildfire and smoke
February 22, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor named to national panel for preparedness and response

Dr. David Eisenman, professor of community health sciences and director of FSPH's UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters, lends expertise to federal counterpart.

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February 16, 2022
"Sandy Hook families reach historic $73 million settlement with gun maker"

ABC interviewed Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about the public health aspects of firearms violence in the United States.

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Table full of adaptogens
February 16, 2022
What are adaptogens and the possible benefits of taking them?

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 taking adaptogens – herbs or plants thought to neutralize the effects of stress on the body.

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February 15, 2022
"How to biohack your gut health"

Women’s Health interviewed Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of community health sciences, about how to maximize gut health.

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Mask
February 11, 2022
"Californians more cautious about COVID-19"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about polling showing Californians are taking precautions against spreading the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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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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Student cooking
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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Three different types of nut-based milk
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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