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February 3, 2014

Researchers ID more pesticides linked to Parkinson's, gene that increases risk

Pesticides can increase the risk of developing Parkinson's disease. Now, UCLA researchers have found that the strength of that risk depends on an individual's genes.

February 3, 2014

Media Advisory: UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Study prompts FDA investigation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the risk of stroke, heart attack, and death in men taking FDA-approved testosterone products following an FSPH study.

January 13, 2014

New research shows children of melanoma survivors need better protection from sun's harmful rays

Children of Latino melanoma survivors are just as likely as children of non-Latino white survivors to have experienced sunburn in the past year, according to a study led by FSPH associate professor Dr. Beth Glenn.

December 12, 2013

Changing the way a community eats, one store at a time

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health wants to drain the food “swamp.”

December 12, 2013

U.S. ranks near bottom among industrialized nations in efficiency of health care spending

UCLA and McGill University in Montreal study shows women fare worse than men in most countries.

November 26, 2013

Fielding School professor receives scientific society honor

Environmental Health Sciences Professor Oliver Hankinson and two other UCLA professors have been selected as fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences.

Source: UCLA Newsroom

November 12, 2013

FSPH's John Froines receives the 2013 Ramazzini Award

The Ramazzini Award acknowledges a career protecting public health.

October 25, 2013

UCLA gets $7M to study substance abuse and HIV among minority men who have sex with men

The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded UCLA a $7 million grant to investigate the links between substance abuse and HIV among Latino and African-American men who have sex with men.

October 22, 2013

Dean Heymann elected to Institute of Medicine

Dean Jody Heymann joins 22 other UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty members who have received this high honor of being elected to the Institute of Medicine.

October 9, 2013

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health launches the Global Media Center for Social Impact

This innovative new center will harness the storytelling power of television, film, music and new media to improve the well-being and health of people throughout the world.

September 23, 2013

Pesticide regulation in California is flawed, UCLA report says

A new report shows that in at least one case, the system failed by approving a pesticide called methyl iodide for use on strawberries. Methyl iodide is both a neurotoxicant and a carcinogen.

September 10, 2013

A System in Crisis: Cancer care in America needs an overhaul, national report says

An IOM committee, chaired by Dr. Patricia Ganz, UCLA FSPH professor of health policy and management, says urgent changes are needed to improve cancer care.