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COVID-19 vaccine
December 9, 2020
Food and Drug Administration awards $10 million contract to team to support vaccine safety program

Dr. Marc Suchard, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of biostatistics, co-leads team of researchers supporting FDA’s Biologics Effectiveness and Safety (BEST) program.

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December 9, 2020
Meditation, survivorship classes reduce symptoms of depression in younger breast cancer survivors

Dr. Patricia Ganz and Professor Catherine M. Crespi, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, are part of a UCLA-led research team that found interventions can be distributed on virtual platforms.

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Kristen Choi
December 8, 2020
UCLA Public Health, Nursing professor shares her experience as a subject in COVID-19 vaccine trial

Kristen Choi, UCLA Fielding School assistant professor of health policy and management, says doctors and nurses should discuss side effects with patients, reassure them about vaccine’s safety.

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December 3, 2020
UCLA Fielding School researchers find California's Latinos suffer high mortality rates

David Hayes-Bautista and Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that Latino Californians suffer significantly higher COVID-19 pandemic-related deaths than non-Hispanic whites.

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November 30, 2020
Study shows link between economic, social, environmental factors and oral health

Income, education, neighborhood and immigration status can play a significant role, according to research by a team led by Nadereh Pourat, UCLA Fielding School of Public health professor of health policy and management.

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November 24, 2020
Research helps identify high-risk populations to aid health officials combating the pandemic

A team of UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers has developed a method to better guide public policy related to the control and prevention of COVID-19, based on identifying those most at risk in the pandemic.

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Sudipto Banerjee
November 24, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor named 2020 AAAS Fellow

Sudipto Banerjee, professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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November 24, 2020
Schooling disrupted by the pandemic in the united states likely to have life-long impact, study says

Team that includes UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers suggests loss of 2-4 months of education in grade school could lead to shortened life spans for boys and girls.

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November 18, 2020
UCLA model identifies neighborhoods that should have priority for vaccine, other COVID-19 help

New UCLA research shows which populations in Los Angeles County are most vulnerable.

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November 16, 2020
UCLA report calls for easier access to data on American Indians’ and Alaska Natives’ health

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report calls for easier access to data on American Indians’ and Alaska Natives’ health.

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November 12, 2020
The U.S. lags in life expectancy, even while spending more than any wealthy country in the world

A research team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty found as much as $1.9 trillion of financial waste in the current U.S. healthcare system.

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November 11, 2020
FSPH-led research yields strategies to keep pandemic under control with fewer restrictions on the economy

An international team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers has developed and tested two strategies for sustaining economic activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. If used together and followed closely, they write, the approaches could reduce transmission of the coronavirus by an amount comparable to that of a strict lockdown, while also maintaining economic activity.

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