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A UCLA-led study found COVID-19 mortality rates in Los Angeles County are higher in communities with poor air quality.
Source: Environment International Read Full Article![doctors](https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/2021.04.13_PressRelease_JAMA_Thumbnail.png?itok=PdA1tsIH)
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health led-research finds that criminalizing immigrant policies were associated with higher rates of preterm birth for Black women born outside the U.S.
Source: JAMA Network Open Read Full Article![Sick and Tired book cover](https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/2021.04.12_PressRelease_Abel_Thumbnail.png?itok=JqyozM9o)
‘Sick and Tired - An Intimate History of Fatigue,’ authored by Fielding School Professor Emily K. Abel and published by the University of North Carolina Press, is now available.
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Dr. Paul Torrens, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor emeritus of Health Policy and Management, will be honored with the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award for his mentorship and leadership by the Partners in Care Foundation at the Partners’ Annual Tribute Dinner on Monday, June 21, 2021.
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In both his research and fieldwork, Professor Wallace worked to better understand the dynamics of social inequality and how it impacts health equity, as well as how policy and community approaches can improve health equity.
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Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of health policy and management, co-authored a report published by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative that a now-rescinded Trump-era policy may still discourage the parents of more than 100,000 California children from seeking proper pediatric care.
Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full Article![field](https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/2021.04.02_PressRelease_Ritz-Heck_Thumbnail.png?itok=b5pRZ0G8)
A UCLA-led study is the first-ever to estimate this risk for a large number of specific pesticides; the team includes Dr. Beate Ritz, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and of environmental health sciences, and Dr. Julia Heck, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Fielding School.
Source: Environmental Research Read Full Article![Fielding School Building](https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-01/Fielding%20School%20Exterior%20Shot_thumb.jpg?itok=uGY9nzw1)
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health is ranked tenth in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 list of the Best Public Health Schools. The newly released list includes more than 180 schools and programs of public health accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.
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A study published in the American Journal of Public Health and co-authored by Dr. Gilbert Gee, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, found a significantly greater increase in anti-Asian hashtags after President Donald J. Trump’s tweet with the phrase, “Chinese Virus" in March, 2020.
Source: American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) Source: UCSF Read Full Article![LA skyline](https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/2021.03.16_PressRelease_Hayes-Bautista_Zhu-Jerrett_Thumbnail.png?itok=EA447qJI)
Dr. Yifang Zhu, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences and senior associate dean for academic programs, was interviewed about the state of air quality in southern California and its relationship to the pandemic.
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Dr. David Hayes-Bautista and Dr. Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that Latino Californians are among the hardest hit by the pandemic.
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Dr. Matthew Mimiaga, director of the UCLA Center for LGBTQ Advocacy, Research & Health (C-LARAH), leads $8.8 million HIV prevention project funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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