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The New York Times interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about Imperial County, in California’s southeastern corner, which has a 74% immunization rate, 10% higher than the statewide rate.
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NBC News interviewed Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about the milestone of 800,000 confirmed COVID-related deaths in the United States over the past two years.
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NBC’s Today Show interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about a potential wintertime surge.
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The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Christina Ramirez, professor of biostatistics, about data that shows Latino Californians ages 20 to 54 have died from COVID-19 at a rate more than eight times higher than whites in the same age group.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty available for media interviews to discuss the public health impact of climate change.
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Research by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, professor of health policy and management and director of the center, that found nearly half of California’s estimated 6.7 million adult caregivers reported experiencing some level of financial stress in 2020.
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A team led by Dr. Corrina Moucheraud, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, has been selected as a partner for the Sabin Vaccine Institute’s Vaccine Acceptance & Demand Initiative 2021 Social and Behavioral Grants Program.
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The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, Fielding School professor of health policy and management, has been awarded a $250,000 grant to further research into how the pandemic has struck native Hawaiians and Pacific islanders.
Source: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full ArticleAward-winning Los Angeles County COVID-19 predictive modeling team included UCLA biostatistics professor Dr. Thomas R. Belin.
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Researchers found “racial and ethnic minorities have undoubtedly suffered the most, on multiple levels … during COVID-19."
Source: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Read Full ArticleResearch by FSPH's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, Fielding School professor of health policy and management, found that Californians have varied their COVID-19 risk reduction based on their test results.
Source: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Read Full ArticleFive UCLA Fielding School of Public Health scholars - Dr. Sander Greenland, Dr. Ron D. Hays, Dr. Steve Horvath, Dr. Michael Jerrett, and Dr. Marc Suchard - among the most highly cited researchers for 2021.
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