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September 13, 2022
These pesticides may increase cancer risk in children

UCLA-led research by a team including Dr. Julia Heck, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology, and Dr. Beate Ritz, professor of epidemiology and environmental health sciences, links prenatal exposure to specific chemicals to higher rates of eye cancer.

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September 13, 2022
‘Glass bubble’ nanocarrier boosts effects of combination therapy for pancreatic cancer
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August 4, 2022
In memoriam: Dr. John Froines, visionary UCLA Fielding environmental health researcher and advocate

Dr. John Froines, professor emeritus in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences, died on July 13 from complications related to Parkinson’s disease. He was 83.

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Dr. Rachael Jones
June 24, 2022
UCLA Fielding School appoints Dr. Rachael Jones chair of the department of Environmental Health Sciences

Dr. Rachael Jones to join the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty and begin service as chair of the Department of Environmental Health Science and director of the Southern California Education and Research Center.

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Dr. Beate Ritz with her fellow Society for Epidemiologic Research’s award recipients
June 17, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor honored with career accomplishment award

Dr. Beate Ritz received the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER)'s Rothman Career Accomplishment Award for her work as a teacher and researcher.

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May 23, 2022
Opioid addiction crisis in United States linked to poor working conditions and unemployment

Research led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health scholars finds strong associations between drug misuse and employment status.

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Dr. Richard Jackson
April 22, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor honored with California’s Award for Excellence

Dr. Richard Jackson, professor emeritus of environmental health sciences, was recognized by the California Department of Public Health with the Beverlee A. Myers Award for Excellence in Public Health on April 22.

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March 23, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor named to California state environmental panel

Dr. Lara Cushing, the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity, will lend scientific expertise to state committee that monitors chemical exposures.

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Dr. Hamid Arabzadeh
March 4, 2022
UCLA Fielding School professor recognized for COVID-19 related service by the American Industrial Hygiene Association

Professor Hamid Arabzadeh honored by the American Industrial Hygiene Association with President’s and Social Responsibility awards.

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January 11, 2022
Nearly 400,000 Californians may lack access to safe drinking water, study finds

A UCLA and UC Berkeley-led study finds 370,000 or more people rely on drinking water that may contain high levels of the contaminants arsenic, nitrate or hexavalent chromium.

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January 6, 2022
Ditching cigarettes for smokeless tobacco can help cut cardiovascular risks, study finds

Research co-authored by Dr. Jian Li, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences, found that users of smokeless products had significantly lower levels of inflammation and oxidative stress biomarkers than cigarette smokers.

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December 1, 2021
New research suggests more than 400 hazardous sites in California face flooding

Research by a UC team that includes Dr. Lara Cushing, assistant professor of environmental health sceinces and the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity, suggests flooding could hit communities in San Francisco Bay Area and southern California.

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