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"L.A. Employers are Preparing for Your Return. Here’s how"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
May 19, 2021
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Pouran D. Faghri, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of environmental health sciences, about how employers should involve their workers in return-to-work decisions. Also quoted was Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor of environmental health sciences and senior associate dean for academic programs.
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"Why Scientists Are Studying the Genetic Tricks of the Longest-Lived Animals"

Source:
Smithsonian
Date:
May 18, 2021
Smithsonian quoted Dr. Steven Horvath, UCLA Fielding School professor of human genetics and biostatistics, about epigenetic analysis, which allows researchers to determine an individual’s age relative to the maximum lifespan of its species.
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"Kids' New Ticket to Freedom"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
May 17, 2021
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Chandra Ford, founding director of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about answering individuals’ questions about the vaccines.
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“An Infection Anywhere is a Potential Infection Everywhere"

Source:
PBS "Common Ground With Jane Whitney"
Date:
May 16, 2021
PBS interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology, for the flagship “Common Ground” program as part of a panel that included Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden
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"Chilean Constitution Could Set New Gender Equality Standard"

Source:
The Guardian
Date:
May 14, 2021
The Guardian interviewed Aleta Sprague, a legal analyst with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's WORLD Policy Analysis Center, about prospects for increased gender equity being approved by a pending constitutional assembly in Chile.
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"Secondhand Smoke Exposure Tied to Oral Cancer Risk"

Source:
Reuters Health
Date:
May 7, 2021
Reuters Health quoted Dr. Michael Ong, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about a study that found individuals exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to develop oral cancers than those who do not have this exposure.
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Confronting Mental Health Barriers in the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community

Date:
May 6, 2021
UCLA Health interviewed Dr. Gilbert Gee, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about the toll that racism and related trauma have on the mental health of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
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Opinion: "COVID’s Outsize Impact on Asian Americans Is Being Ignored"

Source:
Scientific American
Date:
May 6, 2021
Scientific American quoted Dr. Ninez Ponce, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, in an opinion piece about the pandemic’s impact on Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.
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"How can I Persuade my Loved Ones to get the COVID-19 Vaccine?

Source:
The Los Angeles Times
Date:
May 5, 2021
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Chandra Ford, founding director of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about how best to reach vaccine-hesitant people, including friends and family.
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Opinion: "Other Impacts of COVID-19: Anti-Asian Hate"

Source:
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health,
Date:
May 3, 2021
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health, published a commentary by Dr. Gilbert Gee, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about his research, published in the American Journal of Public Health.
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