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September 13, 2022

These pesticides may increase cancer risk in children

UCLA-led research by a team including Dr. Julia Heck, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology, and Dr. Beate Ritz, professor of epidemiology and environmental health sciences, links prenatal exposure to specific chemicals to higher rates of eye cancer.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

September 13, 2022

‘Glass bubble’ nanocarrier boosts effects of combination therapy for pancreatic cancer

Source: UCLA Newsroom

September 12, 2022

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher awarded grant for work on Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Roch Nianogo recognized by Alzheimer's Association with research award for early-career scientists

Source: UCLA Newsroom

September 2, 2022

"The monkeypox outbreak may be slowing in the U.S., but health officials urge caution"

Source: NPR

September 2, 2022

"The push for greener schools: How community groups are fighting extreme heat inequities"

Source: ABC News (KABC-TV)

September 2, 2022

Are you protected from polio?

Source: UCLA Health

August 29, 2022

More than 40% of unvaccinated Californians went maskless in May 2022 as the state's summer wave loomed

The California Health Interview Survey, led by principal investigator Dr. Ninez Ponce, has found both a drop in risk reduction behaviors, and that one third of Californians are experiencing long COVID.

Source: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

August 23, 2022

Older adults and adults with disabilities: In need of care but financially strapped

Source: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

August 10, 2022

UCLA study demonstrates doctors can be influenced by the first diagnoses – sometimes towards misdiagnosis

Dr. Joann Elmore, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, addresses how pathologists tasked with offering a second opinion for a patient might be influenced by being informed of the first physician’s initial diagnosis.

Source: UCLA Health

February 22, 2022

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor named to national panel for preparedness and response

Dr. David Eisenman, professor of community health sciences and director of FSPH's UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters, lends expertise to federal counterpart.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

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.

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.

Source: USA Today