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Global Health: Meeting the Greatest Challenges

Date:
May 28, 2014
The FSPH Health Forum featured experts in global health offering solutions to problems ranging from chronic disease to immigration reform.
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FSPH alumnus appointed as L.A. Board of Transportation commissioner

Source:
Asian Journal
Date:
May 27, 2014
Cris Liban (PhD, '03) is deputy executive officer for the Environmental Compliance and Services Department of the MTA, and was named commissioner by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti.
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Making School Lunches Healthier Doesn't Mean Kids Will Eat Them

Source:
The Atlantic
Date:
May 23, 2014
A new study from FSPH Professor William McCarthy found that less than half of students took a vegetable from the lunch line and ate some of it.
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If America really valued mothers, we wouldn’t treat them like this

Source:
Vox
Date:
May 12, 2014
Journalist Ezra Klein uses data from the WORLD Policy Analysis Center to highlight the need for better support for working mothers in the U.S.
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Gerontologists in Demand, but Degree Programs Languish

Source:
Chronicle of Higher Education
Date:
May 5, 2014
FSPH alumna and Community Health Sciences Adjunct Professor Janet C. Frank discusses the need for more specialists in elderly wellness as the number of retired individuals in the U.S. swells.
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FSPH Professor honored with UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award

Date:
May 1, 2014
Environmental Health Sciences Professor Hilary Godwin has received one of the highest honors given by the UCLA Academic Senate.
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Q&A: Cancer care in crisis

Source:
UCLA Newsroom
Date:
April 28, 2014
Health Policy and Management Professor Patricia Ganz talks about disturbing trends and how the delivery of care must change.
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Herb Garden at FSPH

Date:
April 25, 2014
FSPH students and community members planted a medicinal herb garden in the CHS courtyard at UCLA.
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Starving China’s Tobacco Monopoly Is Li’s Smoking Cure

Source:
Bloomberg
Date:
April 21, 2014
Professor Emerita Virginia Li tells Bloomberg about her revolutionary work in curbing China's tobacco use through crop substitution.
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An Army Base Isn’t As Safe As You Think

Source:
Zócalo Public Square
Date:
April 17, 2014
PhD student and Army veteran Mike Stajura discusses mental health in the workplace as a factor in the recent Fort Hood shooting.
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