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UCLA Research Suggests COVID-19-related Evictions Will put Californians’ Healthcare at Risk

Date:
January 21, 2021
The team, made up of researchers from across UCLA and Cedars-Sinai, including Frederick Zimmerman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, found those who move, even if voluntarily, face reduced access to prescribed drugs and medical services.
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New Edition of Fielding School Scholar’s Landmark Work on U.S. Healthcare Published

Date:
January 21, 2021
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.
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Assessing Vulnerability Indicators and Race/Ethnicity

Date:
January 19, 2021
The UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, led by Professor Paul M. Ong, and supported by UCLA Fielding School professors Vickie Mays and Ninez Ponce and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's California Health Interview Survey, has published a study assessing four vulnerability indicators being used by public agencies to select the most COVID-19 vulnerable neighborhoods for interventions.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Researchers say Mask Mandates Could add $1 Trillion to the U.S. GDP

Date:
January 16, 2021
The team, including UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors Anne Rimoin and Christina Ramirez, found that near-universal adoption of nonmedical masks in public, combined with complementary public health measures, could successfully eliminate spread of the infection.
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Fielding School Researchers Awarded Grant to Study COVID-19 Among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

Date:
January 15, 2021
Ninez Ponce, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, has received a $500,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to produce data on COVID-19 among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
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UCLA Researcher’s Team Finds Common Blood Pressure Medications do not Increase COVID-19 Risk

Date:
January 14, 2021
Dr. Marc Suchard, of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, co-led international research team looking at two widely used types of blood pressure drugs.
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UCLA Professors win $956,000 Award to Tackle Rising Heat in Los Angeles Communities

Date:
January 6, 2021
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors Dr. David Eisenman and Kirsten Schwarz bring public health expertise to team that won a $956,000 award to tackle rising heat in Los Angeles.
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University of California Researchers Awarded Grant to Study COVID-19 Response Through California Medicaid Program

Date:
December 29, 2020
Nadereh Pourat, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, is co-lead of a team receiving a $200,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study how California counties responded to COVID-19 under the Whole Person Care Medicaid Pilot Program.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Establishes Center to Focus on the Health, Safety and Well-being of LGBTQ Community

Date:
December 17, 2020
The UCLA Center for LGBTQ Advocacy, Research, and Health (C-LARAH) is directed by Matthew Mimiaga, a Fielding School professor of epidemiology renowned for his research working with sexual and gender minorities at the intersection of HIV, substance use and mental health.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Introduces Master of Healthcare Administration Degree

Date:
December 16, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health introduces Master of Healthcare Administration degree; the two-year online program will be first of its kind in the University of California system
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