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"For Those Grappling With California Wildfires, Dangerous Air Quality Is an Added Risk"

Source:
Vogue
Date:
August 28, 2020
Vogue interviewed Yifang Zhu, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences and associate dean for academic programs, about the risks of poor air quality from wildfires during the pandemic.
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FSPH's Prof. Gilbert Gee presents on "Xenophobia, Racism, and Health in Immigrant Communities" at AAAS event

Source:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Date:
August 27, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences Gilbert Gee presented on August 27 as part of AAAS's regular "SciLine" series of expert panels for the media and general public.
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“Data needs to lead the way, not opinion”

Source:
CNN
Date:
August 26, 2020
CNN interviewed Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health, about the status of the U.S. federal government’s response to the pandemic in a week where American deaths reached 180,000.
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UCLA Health spotlights FSPH faculty in "100 in 100" honors for Women's Equality Day

Source:
UCLA Health
Date:
August 26, 2020
Women’s Equality Day was celebrated August 26, 2020, honoring the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, establishing women’s right to vote. To mark the date, UCLA Health honored 100 women of achievement at UCLA Health, including faculty members with dual appointments at UCLA Health and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
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COVID-19 exposes how Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders face stark health care disparities

Source:
UCLA Newsroom
Date:
August 25, 2020
COVID-19 exposes how Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders face stark health care disparities. Researchers are working so these overlooked communities are seen, says Ninez Ponce, health policy and management professor and director of FSPH's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
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"Wildfires provide another reason to mask up"

Source:
California Healthline
Date:
August 24, 2020
California Healthline interviewed Dr. Richard Jackson, professor emeritus of environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, about which masks provide the best protection during fire season and the current pandemic.
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Psychologist Vickie Mays wins award for lifetime contributions to mental health

Source:
UCLA Newsroom
Date:
August 24, 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 selected as the recipient of the American Public Health Association Mental Health Section’s 2020 Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Mental Health. Mays is director of the NIH-funded UCLA Center on Bridging Research, Innovation, Training and Education for Minority Health Disparities Solutions.
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"Three big questions about safety, distribution, and adoption of vaccines"

Source:
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Date:
August 23, 2020
A commentary co-written by Dr. Jonathan Fielding, FSPH distinguished professor of health policy and management, was quoted by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government on the impact of misinformation on social media regarding a potential COVID-19 vaccine.
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"Have L.A.'s homeless people dodged a COVID-19 catastrophe?"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
August 21, 2020
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors Randall Kuhn, Anne Rimoin and Dr. Robert Kim-Farley were interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about how the pandemic has played out among the homeless population in southern California.
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Students react to outbreaks

Source:
Seventeen
Date:
August 21, 2020
Seventeen interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about college in the age of the coronavirus, including reported outbreaks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Notre Dame.
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