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Race and research: How public health experts can reduce racial bias in their work

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August 9, 2018
As journal guest editor, UCLA FSPH professor Chandra Ford writes about how study results may be influenced by conscious or unconscious assumptions.
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Health systems in low- and middle-income countries not prepared to diagnose and treat common diseases

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August 6, 2018
UCLA’s Corrina Moucheraud says policymakers should focus on training health workers, ensuring access to essential medicines.
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FSPH Signs MOU with Major Chinese Medical School

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July 16, 2018
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health formed a supplemental research partnership and training collaboration with the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China.
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UCLA researchers awarded $9.5 million to investigate how substance use may impact HIV transmission and progression

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June 20, 2018
In March 2018, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health $9.5 million over five years to continue their work on possible connections between substance abuse and HIV infection. The work, which has officially begun this June, is a continuation of a study that launched in 2013 with a $7 million NIDA grant.
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Nonprofit leader Carol S. Larson named UCLA Fielding School of Public Health commencement speaker

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June 4, 2018
Carol S. Larson, president and CEO of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, will deliver the 2018 keynote commencement address for graduates of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health on June 15.
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Hot classrooms in the US negatively impact learning

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June 4, 2018
Most teachers will tell you hot school days equal sluggish students, but a new study co-authored by co-authored by R. Jisung Park of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health puts data behind this widely held assumption.
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Study predicts most people with earliest Alzheimer’s signs won’t develop dementia associated with the disease

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May 21, 2018
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers determine risks based on age, gender and biomarker screening
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Fielding School professor receives award for work on population research

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May 1, 2018
Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, assistant professor of community health sciences in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, recently received the Early Achievement Award from the Population Association of America.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to honor LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl for her efforts to reduce homelessness

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April 23, 2018
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will bestow Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl with its 8th annual Ruth Roemer Social Justice Leadership Award at a symposium taking place May 3rd at 6 pm at the UCLA Faculty Center.
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Child marriage occurs in the US and threatens the well-being of girls and boys nationwide, UCLA researchers report

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April 17, 2018
According to a new report by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, approximately 78,400 children in the U.S. are or have been married.
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