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January 10, 2022
Small drop in weight can mean big decline in Type 2 Diabetes risk

Dr. Carol Mangione, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, addresses how to reduce the risk of Type 2 Diabetes.

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January 8, 2022
"Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum"

The Associated Press referenced research by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center, led by Dr. Jody Heymann, distinguished professor of health policy and management and founding director of FSPH’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center, about paid family leave.

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January 7, 2022
"What is ‘flurona’? What to know about co-infections of COVID-19 and the flu"

The Wall Street Journal interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about the possibility of contracting COVID-19 and flu at the same time.

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January 5, 2022
UCLA Fielding School Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health marks its first year

In its first year, the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research & Health (C-LARAH) has had impact across a spectrum of applied research and organizational work, focused on increasing equity for an underserved community.

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January 4, 2022
Q&A | What lessons have we learned about public health crises from the pandemic?

In ‘Public Health Emergencies: Case Studies, Competencies, and Essential Services of Public Health,’ published this month by Springer Publishing, Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, writes that the pandemic offers the public, and public health specialists, ample lessons for the next public health crisis.

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January 3, 2022
"The science of forming healthy habits"

Discover interviewed Dr. Vickie Mays, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and a psychologist, about how to sustain a new positive, healthy habit.

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December 28, 2021
"Remembering ‘hope’: First Californian vaccinated against COVID reflects on a year gone by"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, about the history of the pandemic in 2021.

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December 24, 2021
"ICU doctors, nurses demoralized over ‘needless’ COVID-19 misery"

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about the impact of treating pandemic patients on doctors and nurses.

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December 22, 2021
"Surge in the virus has colleges fearing a mental health crisis"

The New York Times interviewed Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about mental health issues for college students during the pandemic.

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California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) 2021 Making an Impact
December 16, 2021
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) 2021 Making an Impact

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 published the annual "California Health Interview: Survey Making an Impact" report.

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December 15, 2021
Is it possible to improve nutritional health and the environment in one bite?

In ‘Recipe for Survival: What You Can do to Live a Healthier and More Environmentally Friendly Life,’ published in January 2022, UCLA Fielding School professor Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes provides “recipes” for improving personal and planetary health.

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December 15, 2021
"Tips for minimizing virus risk at holiday gatherings"

USA Today quoted 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 how to reduce the risk of transmission at holiday gatherings.

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