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zoom-in on gut microbiome
September 19, 2023
Discrimination Exposure Impacts Unhealthy Processing of Food- Cues: Crosstalk Between the Brain and Gut

UCLA researchers find altered responses in certain brain regions, and changes in the gut associated with inflammation, oxidative stress and obesity.

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September 7, 2023
"COVID is here. We have to continue to live with it."

CNN Newsroom interviewed 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 continuing to live with and prevent the spread of COVID-19 and its subsequent variants.

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wildfire
September 5, 2023
"California’s wildfire smoke and climate change: four things to know"
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August 29, 2023
UCLA Fielding students selected for prestigious ASPPH This Is Public Health Ambassador program

Sarah Stigers, UCLA Fielding MPH student in the Department of Health Policy and Management, and Lauren Morales, UCLA Fielding MPH student in the Department of Community Health Sciences, have been selected to be part of the prestigious This is Public Health Ambassador program, led by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.

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COVID-19 vaccine
August 25, 2023
Nearly half of California adults who have not completed the primary vaccine series for COVID-19 feel the vaccine is unnecessary

New data from the California Health Interview Survey highlights reasons for not getting vaccinated, personal and financial impacts of the pandemic, and more.

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"a kids book about PUBLIC HEALTH" by Becca Yanniello book cover
August 10, 2023
"A Kids Book About Public Health": New book by UCLA Fielding School alumn

In her new book, UCLA Fielding School alumn Becca Yanniello (MPH '11) explains the importance of public health to both kids and adults.

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August 4, 2023
"Leprosy Outbreak in Florida: What You Need to Know"
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August 3, 2023
New UCLA LPPI Study Highlights Urgent Need for Improved Representation of Latina Physicians in the Medical Field
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Linh Chuong
July 12, 2023
UCLA Fielding PhD candidate wins Health Affairs' “You’re a Health Policy Wonk If…” contest

Linh Chuong, PhD candidate in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, is the 2023 winner of the “You’re a Health Policy Wonk If…” contest from the journal Health Affairs.

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doctor
July 11, 2023
Program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with complex health needs reduced emergency visits, hospitalizations

UCLA study finds Health Homes Program saved California more than $1,000 per beneficiary per year.

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July 5, 2023
UCLA researchers receive CDC award to surveil Mpox as concern for reemergence grows
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graduates
June 17, 2023
2023 UCLA Fielding Commencement

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health celebrated 279 graduating MPH, MS, and MHA students, and 39 PhD students in a ceremony at Royce Hall.

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