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"Conversations with Pioneers in Minority Health and Health Disparities"

Source:
NIMHD
Date:
May 7, 2020
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) featured Gil Gee, FSPH professor of community health sciences, and his work on conceptualizing and measuring racial discrimination, and on understanding how discrimination might be related to illness.
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"The Virus Is Winning"

Source:
New York Times
Date:
May 6, 2020
The New York Times quoted 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, in a column by Nicholas Kristof prompted by the Federal Administration’s reported decision to shut down the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
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"Professor elected to two international professional organizations in a month"

Source:
UCLA Newsroom
Date:
May 5, 2020
Robert Weiss, professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been recognized by two prestigious professional societies in the space of a month for outstanding contributions to his field.
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"Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson give big boost to UCLA COVID-19 research"

Source:
UCLA Newsroom
Date:
May 5, 2020
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson show their support of LA’s healthcare workers, first responders and the COVID-19 study led by Anne Rimoin, Fielding School professor of epidemiology.
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"The Tricky Math Behind Coronavirus Death Predictions"

Source:
Wall Street Journal
Date:
May 5, 2020
The Wall Street Journal interviewed UCLA Fielding School of Public Health dean and professor of biostatistics Ron Brookmeyer on the mathematics and modeling behind predictions about the pandemic, including the SEIR method.
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"Stay-at-home fatigue?"

Source:
CNN
Date:
May 4, 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 idea of “stay-at-home fatigue."
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"People in poor areas of L.A. are infected and dying at twice the rate of wealthier neighborhoods"

Source:
CalMatters
Date:
May 4, 2020
CalMatters interviewed Randall Kuhn, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health associate professor of community health sciences, on infection and mortality rates among low income Angelenos, including many deemed to be “essential” workers.
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"US infection rate rising outside New York as states open up"

Source:
Associated Press
Date:
May 4, 2020
The Associated Press interviewed Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and associate dean for research, about data that shows the infection rate in the U.S. rising even as states move to lift their lockdowns.
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"These researchers aren’t waiting for COVID-19 answers, they’re finding them"

Source:
LA Times
Date:
May 2, 2020
The Los Angeles Times (May 2) quoted 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, in a piece by columnist Steve Lopez about the UCLA COVID-19 Rapid Response Initiative, an epidemiological study of health care workers and firefighters in Los Angeles County led by Rimoin and UCLA’s Dr. Grace Aldrovandi. “We have a moral duty” to protect those workers, Rimoin said. “The first thing about people on the front lines is that they’re terrified, they’re living in hotels, they’re making out wills, they’re living in garages not knowing about their status.” The column also ran on Yahoo News.
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The full picture: Why we need more demographic data on COVID-19

Date:
May 1, 2020
The pandemic has highlighted racial, ethnic and economic health disparities. Good data can prevent the gaps from widening, says Ninez Ponce, health policy and management professor and director of FSPH's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
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