News

277-288 of 519 Results
close-up of virus
September 10, 2020
COVID-19 may have been in L.A. as early as last December, UCLA-led study suggests

Researchers detected an unexpected 50% increase in patients presenting with respiratory illnesses at UCLA Health facilities in the months before the pandemic.

Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full Article
computer screen with data
September 10, 2020
Dashboard reveals COVID-19’s impact on Californians’ jobs, mental health

California Health Interview Survey website enables users to view data by ethnicity, income level, insurance status.

Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full Article
trees
September 4, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health joins consortium to address environmental change and its health impacts

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) has joined the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA), a consortium of more than 200 universities, research institutes, and government agencies committed to understanding and addressing global environmental change and its health impacts.

Read Full Article
child gardening
September 2, 2020
Fighting the health effects of climate change is the mission for new UCLA center

In response to the escalating health emergency that is already inflicting substantial damage on people in Southern California and around the world, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has created the UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions.

Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full Article
close-up of virus
August 27, 2020
UCLA FSPH researchers investigate COVID-19-associated deaths in working-age Latinos

David Hayes-Bautista and Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that over the past three months, there was a nearly five-fold increase in death rates among working-age Latinos in California.

Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture Read Full Article
August 25, 2020
State-level Earned Income Tax Credit linked to reduction in high-risk HIV behavior among single mothers

Dr. Nina Harawa, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, co-authored research published in the journal AIDS and Behavior that found a 10% tax credit was associated with a 21% reduction in high-risk HIV behavior among single mothers.

Source: UCLA Health Read Full Article
dog
August 24, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health team leading COVID-19 epidemiology study among animal health care professionals

A team led by Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and director of the UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health, has just launched an epidemiologic study to understand occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens in high-risk populations, including veterinary medicine and animal care/welfare workers.

Read Full Article
graphic of gun coming off the page of a newspaper
August 18, 2020
Research ties gun purchases to fear of firearm regulations, kicks off major research initiative

A team that includes UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor James Macinko is moving forward in its study of why Americans buy firearms with the support of a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Read Full Article
gun statue
August 6, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty awarded grant to address gun violence

A team led by Ninez Ponce, Fielding School professor and director of FSPH's Center for Health Policy Research, and Dr. Michael Rodriguez, professor of community health sciences at FSPH, has received a $596,000 grant from the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research to address data gaps about gun use and improve firearms policies.

Read Full Article
pollution
August 5, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health team leading California state study of air pollution and COVID-19

A research team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty has been awarded a contract by the California Air Resources Board to study connections between air pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read Full Article
July 29, 2020
Measuring progress in diversity in the health services and policy research field

As people around the world stand in solidarity with Americans calling for an end to racism and racial injustice, UCLA scholars are measuring whether the field of health services and policy research (HSR) has made any significant progress since a landmark report on the issue was published in 2015.

Read Full Article
close-up of dentist
July 28, 2020
Study shows large gaps in access to oral health care for poorest Californians

A study co-authored by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Nadereh Pourat, professor-in-residence of health policy and management, shows large gaps in access to oral health care for poorest Californians. Low-income residents, even those with insurance, see dentists less often, researchers found.

Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full Article