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"Black and Latinos' Finances Hit the Hardest by COVID-19, UCLA Survey Finds"

Source:
NBC Los Angeles
Date:
September 10, 2020
NBC Los Angeles interviewed Ninez Ponce, FSPH professor of Health Policy and Management and director of the Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, on results from the center's monthly statewide health survey which found that of people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, 21% were Blacks and 14.8% Latinos.
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AJPH October 2020 | "Katrina, Flint, COVID-19 the Root Changes Public Health Needs"

Source:
American Journal of Public Health Podcast
Date:
September 9, 2020
Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, Fielding School professor of community health sciences and epidemiology, was interviewed on the American Journal of Public Health Podcast about the US response to COVID-19 and more.
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"Plant-based diets shine when looking at the gut microbiome"

Source:
Contemporary Pediatrics
Date:
September 7, 2020
Contemporary Pediatrics referenced a study authored by Dena Herman, Fielding School adjunct associate professor of community health sciences, which investigates how foods, including plant-based proteins, fresh fruits and vegetables, and grains impact gut health in children.
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"Lawmakers Push for the Federal Government to Treat Racism as a Public Health Crisis"

Source:
The Appeal
Date:
September 4, 2020
The Appeal interviewed Chandra Ford, professor of community health sciences and founding director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health about a new bill that has been introduced which would create a National Center on Anti-Racism in Health.
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Dean Ron Brookmeyer Follows the Data

Source:
UCLA Magazine
Date:
September 3, 2020
Ron Brookmeyer, dean and distinguished professor of biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was interviewed by UCLA Magazine on how he is guiding UCLA’s response to COVID-19.
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"How much vitamin B12 do we need and what's the best way to get it?"

Source:
NBC News TODAY
Date:
September 2, 2020
NBC News TODAY interviewed Dana Hunnes, assistant professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, about vitamin B12, which may have a positive effect in some COVID-19 patients.
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‘If we don't solve the climate issue, we won't have a habitable planet': UCLA creates new climate solutions center

Source:
KNBC-TV
Date:
September 2, 2020
KNBC-TV interviewed Dr. Jonathan Fielding, a UCLA distinguished professor-in-residence of public health and medicine, about the escalating health emergency that has led the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to create the new UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions.
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"It’s fire season. Here are three ways to prepare financially"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
September 1, 2020
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. David Eisenman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about protecting workers in the home.
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Dissecting physical vs social distancing

Source:
The Hill
Date:
September 1, 2020
In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding shares his perspective on the importance of physical distancing and social connectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vickie Mays named special advisor to the chancellor on Black life

Source:
UCLA Newsroom
Date:
August 31, 2020
Vickie Mays, professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and professor of psychology at the UCLA College, has been named special advisor on Black life to UCLA Chancellor Gene Block.
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