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The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health chair and distinguished professor of epidemiology, about whether high school classes and athletic events should be postponed until the spring because of the current Omicron surge.

Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, addresses the status of COVID-19.

The Wall Street Journal interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about the possibility of contracting COVID-19 and flu at the same time.

UCLA researchers found that conservatorships often result in lengthy psychiatric hospitalizations due to a lack of permanent supportive housing and community-based treatment options.

In its first year, the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health (C-LARAH) has had impact across a spectrum of applied research and organizational work, focused on increasing equity for an underserved community.

Dr. Roch Nianogo, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of epidemiology, was honored by the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust with the 2022 Toffler Scholar Award for his ongoing research into preventing Alzheimer’s disease in vulnerable populations.

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.

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about the history of the pandemic in 2021.

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.

USA Today quoted Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about how to reduce the risk of transmission at holiday gatherings.

The BBC interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about how to lower the risk of infection from the Omicron or Delta variants.