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May 25, 2021

UCLA to present opera: “Veteran Journeys” to focus on veterans and their families

Music and libretto by Dr. Kenneth Wells, professor at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Semel Institute and David Geffen School of Medicine, to premiere in honor of Memorial Day.

May 24, 2021

UCLA/VA Center for Excellence for Veteran Resilience and Recovery in homelessness and behavioral health to sponsor May 27 academic/public conference

Dr. Kenneth Wells, professor at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, together with UCLA and VA colleagues, to lead “Veteran Resilience and Recovery” event before Memorial Day.

Source: UCLA Health

May 19, 2021

Strength in Numbers: Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders building tools for health equity

The Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (NHPI) community, often hidden by a lack of disaggregated data, has been devastated by COVID-19; Dr. Ninez Ponce, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy & management & director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR), leads efforts by CHPR’s NHPI Data Policy Lab to study & respond to these problems.

Source: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

May 18, 2021

Food insufficiency rates in California increased by more than a fifth in earliest months of pandemic

A UCLA team has found that in the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than three million Californians reported their households went without sufficient food.

Source: Public Health Nutrition

May 17, 2021

WHO: Long working hours increase deaths from heart disease and stroke

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor Dr. Jian Li is a key contributor to international team that found long working hours increase deaths from heart disease and stroke.

Source: Environment International

May 17, 2021

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Dr. Anne Rimoin to keynote at LABest 2021 on “The Next Pandemic”

Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, will speak on “COVID-19 and Beyond: Preventing the Next Pandemic Before it Starts” at the annual LABest 2021 conference, May 25-27.

Source: LA Bioscience Ecosystem Summit 2021

May 11, 2021

UCLA report provides close look at state’s ‘Whole Person Care’ pilot health program

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research released findings that may improve health quality and outcomes for high-need, at-risk groups.

Source: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

May 11, 2021

Newly published comparison of global health insurance systems demonstrates U.S. weaknesses

Newly published comparison of global health insurance systems demonstrates U.S. weaknesses: The first edition of “Health Insurance Systems: An International Comparison,” authored by Fielding School professor Dr. Thomas Rice and published by Academic Press, is now available.

Source: Academic Press

April 28, 2021

Breaking down barriers to care for metastatic breast cancer patients

UCLA researchers recommend state-level policy changes to improve health insurance coverage, participation in clinical trials and access to palliative care.

Source: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

April 15, 2021

Black, Hispanic, Native Americans have borne the burden of years of life lost from the pandemic

A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health-led team has found that Hispanic, Black, and Native Americans have carried the burden of the pandemic, both in overall mortality and specifically in years of potential life lost, in an analysis of 45 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (D.C.).

Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

April 15, 2021

UCLA Fielding School-Howard University team awarded $1.7 million for research on racism and COVID-19 crisis communication

UCLA Fielding School-Howard University Team Awarded $1.7 Million for Research on Racism and COVID-19 Crisis Communication.

Source: UCLA Newsroom Source: Howard University

April 14, 2021

COVID-19 mortality rates in Los Angeles County higher in communities with poor air quality

A UCLA-led study found COVID-19 mortality rates in Los Angeles County are higher in communities with poor air quality.

Source: Environment International