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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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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, 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.
Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full ArticleDavid 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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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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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, 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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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.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Association Read Full ArticleNew UCLA research shows which populations in Los Angeles County are most vulnerable.
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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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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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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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