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

Date:
September 17, 2020
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,” (which will begin at 5:00 PM PDT), has been organized in coordination with Peking University, National University of Singapore, and University of Sydney, and will include presenters from all four universities,
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Dashboard reveals COVID-19’s impact on Californians’ jobs, mental health

Date:
September 10, 2020
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COVID-19 may have been in L.A. as early as last December, UCLA-led study suggests

Date:
September 10, 2020
Researchers detected an unexpected 50% increase in patients presenting with respiratory illnesses at UCLA Health facilities in the months before the pandemic.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health joins consortium to address environmental change and its health impacts

Date:
September 4, 2020
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) has joined the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA), a consortium of more than 200 universities, research institutes, and government agencies committed to understanding and addressing global environmental change and its health impacts.
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Fighting the health effects of climate change is the mission for new UCLA center

Date:
September 2, 2020
In response to the escalating health emergency that is already inflicting substantial damage on people in Southern California and around the world, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has created the UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions.
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UCLA FSPH researchers investigate COVID-19-associated deaths in working-age Latinos

Date:
August 27, 2020
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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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health team leading COVID-19 epidemiology study among animal health care professionals

Date:
August 24, 2020
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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Research ties gun purchases to fear of firearm regulations, kicks off major research initiative

Date:
August 18, 2020
A team that includes UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor James Macinko is moving forward in its study of why Americans buy firearms with the support of a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty awarded grant to address gun violence

Date:
August 6, 2020
A team led by Ninez Ponce, Fielding School professor and director of FSPH's Center for Health Policy Research, and Dr. Michael Rodriguez, professor of community health sciences at FSPH, has received a $596,000 grant from the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research to address data gaps about gun use and improve firearms policies.
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UCLA Fielding School of Public Health team leading California state study of air pollution and COVID-19

Date:
August 5, 2020
A research team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty has been awarded a contract by the California Air Resources Board to study connections between air pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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