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October 12, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health welcomes nine new faculty members

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health welcomes nine new faculty members, in four different academic departments.

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September 17, 2020
UCLA and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities to co-host event on crisis management and the pandemic

On Sept. 29, UCLA and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities will co-host an event on crisis management and the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, “Perspectives of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Epidemiology, Prevention and Control in Pacific Rim Region,” will begin at 5:00 PM PDT.

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September 17, 2020
UCLA FSPH researchers investigate COVID-19-associated deaths among citizens and non-citizens in California

David Hayes-Bautista and Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that non-citizen Latino workers in California are among the most vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic because of their concentration in essential employment, including the state’s agricultural industry.

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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.

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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.

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July 27, 2020
COVID-19 in vulnerable communities: An examination of race and ethnicity in Los Angeles and New York City

A new research brief from experts at the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative, including FSPH faculty David Hayes-Bautista and Arturo Vargas Bustamante, compares the prevalence and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in two large metropolitan areas, Los Angeles County and New York City, and among racial and ethnic minorities.

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July 22, 2020
Jet aircraft exhaust linked to preterm births

Researchers from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has found that pregnant women exposed to high levels of ultrafine particles from jet airplane exhaust are 14% more likely to have a preterm birth than those exposed to lower levels. The researchers examined exposure among women living near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), in an area that includes neighborhoods in Los Angeles.

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July 20, 2020
UCLA FSPH research investigates COVID-19 death patterns in California

Researchers from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health found deaths related to COVID-19‒associated conditions do not occur randomly in the state’s population; they occur more in some racial/ethnic (R/E) populations than in others.

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May 26, 2020
UCLA receives $1 million for COVID-19 Rapid Response Initiative

UCLA receives $1 million for COVID-19 Rapid Response Initiative. The gift from Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation supports research on health care workers and first responders.

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May 4, 2020
UCLA FSPH research investigates COVID-19 case rates and pandemic protection

UCLA FSPH research investigates COVID-19 case rates and pandemic protection, providing a metric for decisions to implement, continue, or relax measures.

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November 19, 2019
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health scientists rank among world’s most-cited researchers

FSPH faculty members Sander Greenland, Ronald Hays, Steve Horvath, Michael Jerrett, André Nel and Dr. Marc Suchard were included on the Web of Science Group annual list.

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November 12, 2019
$27 million grant will strengthen effort to increase biomedical workforce diversity

UCLA has received $27.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to spearhead the new phase of an initiative to enhance the diversity of the U.S.'s biomedical workforce. Principal investigators of the initiative include Fielding School professors Teresa Seeman and Steven Wallace, as well as senior leader Catherine Crespi.

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