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Becca Woofter
June 9, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health doctoral student Rebecca Woofter awarded Blann Fellowship

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health doctoral student Rebecca Woofter has been recognized for academic excellence as a 2022 recipient of the Celia and Joseph Blann Fellowship.

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Liqiao (Vicky) Li
June 9, 2022
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate Dr. Liqiao (Vicky) Li recognized for academic excellence

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate Dr. Liqiao (Vicky) Li was recognized for academic excellence with Dean's Outstanding Student Award.

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June 8, 2022
2022 UCLA FSPH Student Academic Honors and Awards Ceremony

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health recognized 15 outstanding students in a ceremony at UCLA attended by family, friends, students, alumni, faculty and staff.

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Dr. David Eisenman
June 3, 2022
"Los Angeles appoints first chief heat officer"

CBS interviewed Dr. David Eisenman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences and director of the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters, about Los Angeles' appointment of UCLA FSPH graduate Marta Segura (MPH, ’91), as the city’s first-ever “chief heat officer."

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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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teens sitting on the beach with skateboards
June 1, 2022
The pandemic's toll on youth mental health

Concerns about the mental well-being of children, adolescents, and young adults that have been magnified by COVID-19.

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LGBTQ+ Youth Town Hall
June 1, 2022
"LGBTQ+ youth health and mental health"

KABC-TV interviewed Dr. Matthew Mimiaga, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology director of the UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health (C-LARAH), about mental health issues related to LGBTQ+ youth.

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African doctor
June 1, 2022
"Monkeypox is a new global threat. African scientists know what the world is up against"

Science 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 where the current monkeypox outbreak started.

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June 1, 2022
"Lives cut short: COVID-19's heavy burden on older Latinos"

U.S. News & World Report interviewed Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about how the pandemic has eaten away at the Latino edge in life expectancy.

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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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Dr. Anne Rimoin
May 26, 2022
What do we know – and need to know - about monkeypox?

Dr. Anne Rimoin as been studying monkeypox for two decades, including as director of the UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health and founder/director of the affiliated UCLA-DRC Health Research and Training Program, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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May 26, 2022
"The difference in treating child victims of gun violence versus adults"

ABC News interviewed Dr. Michael Rodriguez, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about the realities of treating gunshot victims, including children and those shot multiple times.

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