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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.
Source: Epidemics Volume 33, December 2020 Read Full Article![Sudipto Banerjee](https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-07/Sudipto%20Banerjee.png?itok=lKaQ7IY2)
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.
Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full Article![side profile silhouette of a person](https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/2020.11.16_PressRelease_Ponce_Thumbnail.png?itok=kEGW-lJ_)
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.
Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full Article![piggy bank and stethoscope](https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/2020.11.12_PressRelease_APJH_Thumbnail.png?itok=poZqgC_z)
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.
Source: American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) Read Full Article![woman inspecting a tomato](https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-04/2020.11.11_PressRelease_Nishi_Thumbnail.png?itok=MadoFLai)
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.
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Read Full Article![masks](https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-04/2020.11.11_PressRelease_Zhu_Thumbnail.png?itok=e9YF5vr4)
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health led-research finds that even a simple cloth mask reduces the spread of COVID-19 respiratory droplets by 77 percent.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health-led research found an association between working for pay and slower memory decline, regardless of a woman’s marital or parenthood status.
Source: American Academy of Neurology Read Full Article![hands holding](https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-04/2020.11.03_PressRelease_Macinko_Thumbnail.png?itok=SgNYsJeu)
An international study led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher Prof. James Macinko has determined that the United States is far from the most effective healthcare provider for those 50 and older among 23 countries, ranging from Austria to the United States.
Source: Health Affairs Read Full Article![California](https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-04/2020.10.29_PressRelease_Ponce_Thumbnail.png?itok=BUbkJnZ2)
Newly released data from the largest statewide survey, published by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provide insights on voting patterns, mental, emotional and environmental health.
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Fielding School professors David Hayes-Bautista and Paul Hsu have found that California's farmworkers are among the most vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic because of their low wages and limited health insurance coverage.
Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture Read Full Article