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Investment in prenatal nutrition assistance program could lead to reduction in preterm birth and significant cost savings

Date:
May 10, 2019
Research led by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health examined the impact of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) on the risk of preterm birth and its associated costs in California.
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FSPH's California Health Interview Survey & Professor Ninez Ponce Receive 2019 AcademyHealth Award

Source:
AcademyHealth
Date:
May 9, 2019
AcademyHealth has awarded FSPH’s Professor Ninez Ponce and the California Health Interview Survey, housed at the Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, a 2019 Health Services Research Impact Award. The annual award "recognizes research that has had a significant impact on health and health care."
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Coming wave of seniors will strain a caregiver network already stretched thin

Source:
CALmatters
Date:
May 8, 2019
CALmatters quoted Kathryn Kietzman, a research scientist with the Fielding School of Public Health’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, for an article about the senior care challenges that California faces due to the state's aging society.
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Critics say vaccine bill will risk kids’ medical privacy. Real threat? Or red herring?

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
May 7, 2019
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, distinguished professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about a proposed California law that would allow the state to collect health information of schoolchildren who have been exempted from vaccinations due to medical reasons.
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True or false: Using honey in coffee instead of sugar is an easy healthy hack

Source:
Well+Good
Date:
May 2, 2019
Well+Good interviewed Dana Hunnes, adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, for a story about the health effects of honey contrasted with other sugars.
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For aging California, is the future Florida?

Source:
CALmatters
Date:
April 29, 2019
Steven Wallace, professor of community health sciences in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in an article by CALmatters about implications of California's rapidly aging population.
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Fielding School biostatistics professor and chair honored for significant contribution in the statistical sciences

Date:
April 15, 2019
Sudipto Banerjee, professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been selected as the 2019 George W. Snedecor Awardee. The award will be presented to Banerjee by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings.
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Do plants purify air?

Source:
Los Angeles Magazine
Date:
April 10, 2019
A Los Angeles Magazine article about ways to improve indoor air quality featured Yifang Zhu, professor of environmental health sciences and associate dean for academic programs at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
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This country guarantees workers 49 paid days off a year, the most of any nation

Source:
CNBC
Date:
April 10, 2019
CNBC.com cited data on time-off policies from the Fielding School's WORLD Policy Analysis Center in a story about a law in Bahrain stating that workers can take up to 49 days off per year without losing any of their salary.
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Pasadena has a new health director

Source:
Colorado Boulevard
Date:
April 9, 2019
Colorado Boulevard reported that UCLA Fielding School of Public Health alum Dr. Ying-Ying Goh (MS '08) has been appointed as Director of Public Health of the Pasadena (California) Public Health Department.
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