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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has selected a multidisciplinary team of renowned UCLA scientists and healthcare practitioners will conduct the Aliso Canyon Health Research Study.
Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full ArticleU.S. Health and Human Services program aimed at building up public health workforce
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
Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full ArticleNew work illustrates the impact of pandemic on Blacks, American Indian/Alaska Natives, and Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
Source: American Journal of Public Health Read Full ArticleThe Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about how the World Health Organization decides if a pandemic has ended.
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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.
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