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March 16, 2021
The first COVID-19 lockdowns improved air quality. Where are we a year later?

Dr. Yifang Zhu, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences and senior associate dean for academic programs, was interviewed about the state of air quality in southern California and its relationship to the pandemic.

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March 15, 2021
UCLA Fielding School researchers find Latino Californians among hardest hit by pandemic

Dr. David Hayes-Bautista and Dr. Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that Latino Californians are among the hardest hit by the pandemic.

Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture Read Full Article
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March 9, 2021
Fielding School professor’s team awarded $8.8 million grant for HIV prevention project

Dr. Matthew Mimiaga, director of the UCLA Center for LGBTQ Advocacy, Research & Health (C-LARAH), leads $8.8 million HIV prevention project funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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March 8, 2021
More than 500,000 Americans live within three miles of natural gas flares

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher Dr. Lara Cushing, assistant professor of environmental health sciences, has co-authored a nationwide assessment of the U.S. population facing exposure risks from the burning off of excess natural gas at oil and gas production sites.

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March 8, 2021
UCLA-led study reveals ‘hidden costs’ of being black in the U.S.

Research led by UCLA Fielding School professors Dr. Vickie Mays and Dr. Susan Cochran found Black men face near-daily discrimination despite financial and educational success.

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March 1, 2021
How immigration policies can harm health: Study sheds light on ‘public charge’ rule

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, releases new data on the impact of the “public charge” rule that made it harder for immigrants on public assistance to obtain legal residency.

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February 10, 2021
AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition releases new data and vulnerability indices to assist with COVID-19

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, releases new data to assist with COVID-19.

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February 3, 2021
UCLA releases COVID-19 data for Asian and Pacific Islander groups

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, releases data on specific questions on hate incidents, views on governments’ handling of the pandemic and financial challenges.

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January 28, 2021
UCLA Fielding School researchers find COVID-19 punishes Latinos for hard work and larger families

Dr. David Hayes-Bautista and Dr. Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that Latino Californians have suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic because of their employment and familial patterns.

Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture Read Full Article
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January 27, 2021
UCLA finds nearly half of California adolescents report mental health difficulties

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, finds rates are higher among poor, multiracial, female, gender-nonconforming and foreign-born young people.

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Preliminary Summative Evaluation of California’s Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) Program
January 26, 2021
Preliminary summative evaluation of California’s public hospital redesign and incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) Program

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors Jack Needleman, chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, and Nadereh Pourat, professor of health policy and management, co-authored a research report evaluating California's Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) program.

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January 21, 2021
New edition of Fielding School scholar’s landmark work on U.S. healthcare published

A revised second edition of “United States: Health System Review,” co-authored by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Professor Thomas Rice and published by the WHO, is now available from the University of Toronto Press as "Health Systems in Transition: USA."

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