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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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Measuring progress in diversity in the health services and policy research field

Date:
July 29, 2020
As people around the world stand in solidarity with Americans calling for an end to racism and racial injustice, UCLA scholars are measuring whether the field of health services and policy research (HSR) has made any significant progress since a landmark report on the issue was published in 2015.
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Study shows large gaps in access to oral health care for poorest Californians

Date:
July 28, 2020
A study co-authored by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Nadereh Pourat, professor-in-residence of health policy and management, shows large gaps in access to oral health care for poorest Californians. Low-income residents, even those with insurance, see dentists less often, researchers found.
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COVID-19 in vulnerable communities: an examination of race and ethnicity in Los Angeles and New York City

Date:
July 27, 2020
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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Jet aircraft exhaust linked to preterm births

Date:
July 22, 2020
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, El Segundo, Hawthorne, Inglewood and several other communities inland from the airport.
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UCLA FSPH research investigates COVID-19 death patterns in California

Date:
July 20, 2020
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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Natural gas flaring poses pregnancy risks

Date:
July 15, 2020
Researchers from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the University of Southern California have found that a high level of exposure to oil and gas “flaring” events — the burning off of excess natural gas at production sites — is associated with a 50% higher risk for preterm birth, compared with women who are not exposed to flaring.
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Public health emergency preparedness and response: grounding the field in evidence

Date:
July 14, 2020
Despite the investments in research and the growing body of empirical literature on a range of preparedness and response capabilities and functions, there has been no national-level, comprehensive review and grading of evidence for public health emergency preparedness and response practices comparable to those utilized in medicine and other public health fields. To address this gap, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is convening an ad hoc committee to conduct a comprehensive review and grading of evidence for public health emergency preparedness and response practices, based on literature generated since September 11, 2001.
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Global Study Finds Critical Gaps in Workplace Protections

Date:
July 9, 2020
Laws prohibiting discrimination are key to ensuring equal economic opportunity, UCLA researchers say
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