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April 2, 2021

Childhood brain tumors linked to mother’s exposure to pesticides

A UCLA-led study is the first-ever to estimate this risk for a large number of specific pesticides; the team includes Dr. Beate Ritz, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and of environmental health sciences, and Dr. Julia Heck, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Fielding School.

Source: Environmental Research

March 15, 2021

UCLA Fielding School researchers find Latino Californians among hardest hit by pandemic

Dr. David Hayes-Bautista and Dr. Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that Latino Californians are among the hardest hit by the pandemic.

Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture

March 9, 2021

Fielding School professor’s team awarded $8.8 million grant for HIV prevention project

Dr. Matthew Mimiaga, director of the UCLA Center for LGBTQ Advocacy, Research & Health (C-LARAH), leads $8.8 million HIV prevention project funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

March 8, 2021

UCLA-led study reveals ‘hidden costs’ of being black in the U.S.

Research led by UCLA Fielding School professors Dr. Vickie Mays and Dr. Susan Cochran found Black men face near-daily discrimination despite financial and educational success.

Source: UCLA Newsroom Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

January 28, 2021

UCLA Fielding School researchers find COVID-19 punishes Latinos for hard work and larger families

Dr. David Hayes-Bautista and Dr. Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that Latino Californians have suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic because of their employment and familial patterns.

Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture

January 16, 2021

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers say mask mandates could add $1 trillion to the U.S. GDP

The team, including UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors Anne Rimoin and Christina Ramirez, found that near-universal adoption of nonmedical masks in public, combined with complementary public health measures, could successfully eliminate spread of the infection.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

December 17, 2020

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health establishes center to focus on the health, safety and well-being of LGBTQ community

The UCLA Center for LGBTQ Advocacy, Research, and Health (C-LARAH) is directed by Matthew Mimiaga, a Fielding School professor of epidemiology renowned for his research working with sexual and gender minorities at the intersection of HIV, substance use and mental health.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

December 3, 2020

UCLA Fielding School researchers find California's Latinos suffer high mortality rates

David Hayes-Bautista and Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that Latino Californians suffer significantly higher COVID-19 pandemic-related deaths than non-Hispanic whites.

Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture

November 11, 2020

FSPH-led research yields strategies to keep pandemic under control with fewer restrictions on the economy

An international team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers has developed and tested two strategies for sustaining economic activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. If used together and followed closely, they write, the approaches could reduce transmission of the coronavirus by an amount comparable to that of a strict lockdown, while also maintaining economic activity.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

November 4, 2020

Married, single, kids or not, participating in workforce may protect women’s memory

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health-led research found an association between working for pay and slower memory decline, regardless of a woman’s marital or parenthood status.

Source: American Academy of Neurology

October 28, 2020

UCLA Fielding School researchers investigate costs of COVID-19-related treatments for California's farmworkers

Fielding School professors David Hayes-Bautista and Paul Hsu have found that California's farmworkers are among the most vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic because of their low wages and limited health insurance coverage.

Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture

October 12, 2020

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health welcomes nine new faculty members

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health welcomes nine new faculty members, in four different academic departments.