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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 12, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher awarded grant for work on Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Roch Nianogo recognized by Alzheimer's Association with research award for early-career scientists

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Dr. Roger Detels
June 27, 2022
UCLA Fielding School professor honored with Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award

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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June 23, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors named to WHO monkeypox panel

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 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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June 9, 2022
UCLA Fielding School-led study finds three factors that raise the odds for Alzheimer's

Research by study lead author, Dr. Roch Nianogo, finds modifiable risks are linked to more than one in three cases of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia in the U.S.

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Dr. Anne Coleman
June 2, 2022
Dr. Anne Coleman to lead UCLA Stein Eye Institute

Dr. Anne L. Coleman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and professor of ophthalmology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been named director of the UCLA Stein Eye Institute.

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Dr. Zunyou Wu at the 75th World Health Assembly
May 27, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor honored with World Health Organization award

Dr. Zunyou Wu has been honored with the Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion on May 27 by the World Health Organization for his work to prevent HIV/AIDS in China.

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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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April 18, 2022
UCLA Fielding School-led team receives $1.27 million federal grant for COVID-19 vaccination research

Dr. Annette Regan and Dr. Onyebuchi A. Arah will study the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.

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April 8, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors recognized with Impact Award

Dr. Susan Cochran, professor of epidemiology, and Dr. Vickie Mays, professor of health policy and management, were honored by UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute.

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A team member from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s National Institute of Biomedical Research takes a blood sample from a vaccinated man in North Kivu Province.
February 8, 2022
Ebola vaccine being used in Congo produces lasting antibody response, study finds

UCLA-led study, led by Dr. Nicole A. Hoff and Dr. Anne Rimoin, finds crucial evidence that antibody response and persistence after Ebola vaccination is robust, significantly informing the use of vaccination for outbreak control.

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