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Dr. Vickie Mays, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, addresses discrepancies in COVID-19 mortality records.
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Dr. Kristen Choi, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor of health policy and management and assistant professor of nursing in the UCLA School of Nursing, to lead study of access to mental health care for LGBTQ adolescents.
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The New York Times interviewed Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about higher COVID-19 transmission rates, hospitalizations, and deaths in Black and Hispanic communities in the United States.
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Dr. Katherine Chen, in the UCLA Fielding School’s Department of Health Policy and Management, Recognized for Research into Impact of Housing Costs and Residential Moves on Renters’ Health.
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Study by Dr. Jack Needleman, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, finds cap imposed in 1975 may be costing the state Medi-Cal program $245 million a year.
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KNX-AM interviewed Dr. Jack Needleman, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, about the impact of labor costs on the healthcare system for the “In Depth” program.
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An evaluation led by Dr. Nadereh Pourat, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, found a decreased use of emergency department visits and hospitalizations and slower growth in estimated Medi-Cal payments found in public hospitals compared with other hospitals.
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Finalists - who include four UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate or doctoral students - will develop proposals to address a health equity issue in California and two organizations will be awarded $50,000.
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USA Today interviewed Dr. Linda Rosenstock, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and environmental health sciences, about why the number of abortions in the United States have dropped by more than 60% since 1981.
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Dr. Michael Ong, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, addresses the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's proposals to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, a move aimed at reducing tobacco-related disease and death.
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Research led by Dr. Neal Halfon, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and founding director of the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, suggests that healthcare policymakers in the United States are not doing nearly enough to intervene in childhood to optimize later health outcomes.
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Through courses taught by FSPH faculty, talented and passionate UCLA undergraduates are introduced to the foundations of public health and its potential to transform communities.
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