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Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full ArticleDr. Akihiro Nishi, UCLA Fielding School assistant professor of epidemiology, to serve as co-principal investigator on NSF-funded project
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The researchers' areas of expertise include health disparities, industrial hygiene, medical care and health economics, statistical genomics, mental health, and more.
Read Full ArticleResearch co-authored by Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, and Dr. Paul Hsu, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of epidemiology, found that by December 2020, the age adjusted death rate for Latinos from COVID-19 was 57% higher than the rate for non-Hispanic whites.
Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture Read Full ArticleUCLA researchers including Dr. Julia Heck, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology, examine link between pesticides and thyroid cancer risk in Central California.
Source: UCLA Health Read Full ArticleDr. David Hayes-Bautista and Dr. Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that Californian's Salvadoran-American community suffers from lack of health insurance.
Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture Read Full ArticleUCLA-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.
Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full ArticleDr. Roch Nianogo recognized by Alzheimer's Association with research award for early-career scientists
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Dr. Roger Detels, distinguished research professor of epidemiology at the Fielding School receives the Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award in recognition for outstanding research, teaching, and service.
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UCLA FSPH professors of epidemiology, Dr. Anne Rimoin and Dr. Zunyou Wu, to serve on an emergency World Health Organization (WHO) panel as part of the WHO’s response to the current monkeypox outbreak.
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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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