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"How much vitamin B12 do we need and what's the best way to get it?"

Source:
NBC News TODAY
Date:
September 2, 2020
NBC News TODAY interviewed Dana Hunnes, assistant professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, about vitamin B12, which may have a positive effect in some COVID-19 patients.
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‘If we don't solve the climate issue, we won't have a habitable planet': UCLA creates new climate solutions center

Source:
KNBC-TV
Date:
September 2, 2020
KNBC-TV interviewed Dr. Jonathan Fielding, a UCLA distinguished professor-in-residence of public health and medicine, about the escalating health emergency that has led the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health to create the new UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions.
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"It’s fire season. Here are three ways to prepare financially"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
September 1, 2020
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. David Eisenman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, about protecting workers in the home.
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Dissecting physical vs social distancing

Source:
The Hill
Date:
September 1, 2020
In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding shares his perspective on the importance of physical distancing and social connectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vickie Mays named special advisor to the chancellor on Black life

Source:
UCLA Newsroom
Date:
August 31, 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 named special advisor on Black life to UCLA Chancellor Gene Block.
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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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