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Dr. Gerald Kominski: "I believe that healthcare is a right."

Source:
Modern Healthcare
Date:
June 7, 2017
Dr. Gerald Kominski, professor of health policy and management and director of FSPH's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted June 7 by Modern Healthcare about the principles driving state-funded universal access to healthcare.
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Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes quoted by U.S. News & World Report dispelling myths about microwaved food

Source:
U.S. News and World Report
Date:
June 2, 2017
Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes, FSPH adjunct assistant professor of community health sciences, was quoted June 2 by U.S. News & World Report about misconceptions regarding the health effects of using microwaves to heat food.
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Dr. Gerald Kominski weighs in on proposal for California-funded single-payer health insurance

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
June 1, 2017
Dr. Gerald Kominski, professor of health policy and management and director of FSPH's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted June 1 by the Los Angeles Times in a Q&A about California's proposal to implement a universal single-payer healthcare system.
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FSPH's Dr. Richard Jackson quoted by Huffington Post about potential effect of climate change on women, poor populations

Source:
Huffington Post
Date:
May 31, 2017
Dr. Richard Jackson, FSPH professor of environmental health sciences, was quoted May 31 by The Huffington Post about how women and those living in poverty may be affected by social movements and natural disasters related to climate change.
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Los Angeles Times publishes letter to the editor from FSPH's Dr. Paula Tavrow

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
May 24, 2017
Dr. Paula Tavrow, associate adjunct professor of community health sciences and director of FSPH's Bixby Program in Population and Reproductive Health, authored a letter published May 21 by the Los Angeles Times addressing harms of the "global gag rule" prohibiting U.S. financial aid to overseas organizations that discuss abortion.
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"There are steps we can take to make hearing devices more affordable for more Americans."

Source:
U.S. News and World Report
Date:
May 24, 2017
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, professor-in-residence in FSPH's Department of Health Policy and Management, wrote an op-ed published May 24 by U.S. News & World Report about how the high cost of hearing aids presents an obstacle for Americans suffering from hearing loss.
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FSPH's Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes quoted by Washington Post about dispelling popular food myths

Source:
The Washington Post
Date:
May 21, 2017
Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes, FSPH adjunct assistant professor of community health sciences, was quoted May 21 by The Washington Post about dispelling popular myths regarding healthy food choices.
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FSPH's Dr. Steven P. Wallace quoted by PRI about affordable housing for "hidden poor" in Los Angeles

Source:
Public Radio International (PRI)
Date:
May 15, 2017
Dr. Steven P. Wallace, professor and chair of FSPH's Department of Community Health Sciences, was quoted May 16 by Public Radio International (PRI) about elderly immigrant Los Angeles residents struggling with affordable housing.
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FSPH Epidemiology's Dr. Anne Rimoin quoted by Wired on recent Ebola outbreak

Source:
Wired Magazine
Date:
May 12, 2017
Dr. Anne Rimoin, associate professor and acting vice chair of FSPH's Department of Epidemiology, commented May 17 in a Wired Magazine article about international medical responses to the recent return of Ebola to central Africa.
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CHPR's Dr. Kathryn Kietzman comments on possibility that AHCA would threaten in-home care for disabled in California

Source:
Capital and Main
Date:
May 12, 2017
Dr. Kathryn Kietzman, research scientist at FSPH's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, commented May 12 in a Capital & Main article about the possibility that the AHCA would eliminate funding for in-home care to disabled groups in California.
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