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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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