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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s UCLA Center for Healthcare Management names executive-in-residence

Date:
September 20, 2022
Jack Schlosser (MPH, ’74), veteran healthcare leader, takes on advisory role for cross-disciplinary UCLA Center for Healthcare Management led by Dr. Laura Erskine, UCLA Fielding School professor of health policy and management.
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UCLA survey reveals COVID-related hate incidents among Asians, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in California continue to rise

Date:
September 20, 2022
2022 preliminary estimates from the California Health Interview Survey, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, the UCLA Fielding School’s Fred W. and Pamela K. Wasserman professor and chair of health policy and management, also shows long-term health impacts and significant drop in COVID-19 risk reduction behaviors.
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UCLA researchers examine link between pesticides and thyroid cancer risk in Central California

Date:
September 19, 2022
UCLA researchers including Dr. Julia Heck, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology, examine link between pesticides and thyroid cancer risk in Central California.
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UCLA Fielding School researchers find Salvadoran-American community had limited resources during COVID-19

Date:
September 15, 2022
Dr. David Hayes-Bautista and Dr. Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that California's Salvadoran-American community suffers from lack of health insurance.
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These pesticides may increase cancer risk in children

Date:
September 13, 2022
UCLA-led research by a team including Dr. Julia Heck, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of epidemiology, and Dr. Beate Ritz, professor of epidemiology and environmental health sciences, links prenatal exposure to specific chemicals to higher rates of eye cancer.
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‘Glass bubble’ nanocarrier boosts effects of combination therapy for pancreatic cancer

Date:
September 13, 2022
A team led by Dr. Andre Nel, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences, has published research in the journal ACS Nano about the development of a nanoparticle that can deliver drugs directly to tumors, avoiding the toxicity of traditional chemotherapy.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher awarded grant for work on Alzheimer’s disease

Date:
September 12, 2022
Dr. Roch Nianogo recognized by Alzheimer's Association with research award for early-career scientists
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More than 40% of unvaccinated Californians went maskless in May 2022 as the state's summer wave loomed

Date:
August 29, 2022
The California Health Interview Survey, led by principal investigator Dr. Ninez Ponce, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, has found both a drop in risk reduction behaviors, and that one third of Californians are experiencing long COVID.
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Older adults and adults with disabilities: In need of care but financially strapped

Date:
August 23, 2022
Research by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, has found that more than half need extra assistance, but 4 in 10 aren’t getting it.
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In memoriam: Dr. John Froines, visionary UCLA Fielding environmental health researcher and advocate

Date:
August 4, 2022
Dr. John Froines, professor emeritus in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences, died on July 13 from complications related to Parkinson’s disease. He was 83.
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