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Opinion Piece: "The 5-year Anniversary of the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Leak – A Reflective Review"

Source:
Los Angeles Daily News
Date:
November 3, 2020
The Los Angeles Daily News published a commentary by Michael Jerrett, FSPH professor of environmental health sciences and co-director of the Fielding School's UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions (Healthy Climate Solutions), and Diane Garcia-Gonzales, Healthy Climate Solutions researcher, about the aftermath of the Aliso Canyon natural gas leak in Los Angeles.
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2020 Election | Post-Election Resources & Events for the FSPH Community

Date:
November 3, 2020
The following resources and events are available for members of the Fielding School community, from post-election support events, to mental health and legal services available to students, faculty and staff, and information about freedom of speech and how to teach during difficult circumstances.
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"Europe Aims to Emerge Smarter From Latest Lockdowns"

Source:
The Wall Street Journal
Date:
November 1, 2020
The Wall Street Journal interviewed Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and director of FSPH's Center for Global and Immigrant Health, about decisions by multiple European countries’ governments to reinstate pandemic-containment regimes similar to those imposed in the spring to deal with a surge in infection across the continent.
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"Bidencare or Trumpcare? Health Plans Will Affect the U.S. Economy Differently"

Source:
Reuters
Date:
November 1, 2020
Reuters interviewed Gerald Kominski, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about research that indicates when uninsured Americans get sick, they get care in expensive settings like the emergency room, which strains the finances of hospitals that provide their care.
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Professor Chandra Ford Recognized With Lifetime Achievement Award

Source:
Association of Black Women Physicians
Date:
October 29, 2020
Chandra Ford, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of community health sciences, honored with lifetime achievement award by the Association of Black Women Physicians
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"As Dodgers and Lakers win, Coronavirus Spreads at Celebrations, Alarming Health Officials"

Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
October 27, 2020
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and community health sciences, about the risks of infection at events in southern California, where young adults are driving the spread of the highly contagious disease.
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Psychologist Vickie Mays Receives APHA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Mental Health

Source:
American Public Health Association (Mental Health Section)
Date:
October 26, 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 awarded the American Public Health Association Mental Health Section’s 2020 Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Mental Health.
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UCLA Fielding School Faculty Named to Editorial Board of the Milbank Quarterly

Source:
The Milbank Quarterly
Date:
October 22, 2020
Thomas Rice and Ninez Ponce, professors in the Department of Health Policy and Management, have been named to the editorial board of the Milbank Quarterly, a quarterly peer-reviewed healthcare journal covering health care policy.
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Opinion Piece: "America and the Virus: ‘A Colossal Failure of Leadership’"

Source:
The New York Times
Date:
October 22, 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 piece by columnist Nicholas Kristof comparing South Africa’s failed fight against AIDS under President Thabo Mbeki to the U.S. fight against COVID-19.
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"Polluted air Kills 500,000 Newborns Annually, Study Finds"

Source:
The Guardian
Date:
October 21, 2020
The Guardian interviewed Dr. Beate Ritz, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and of environmental health sciences, about a study that found air pollution caused the premature death of nearly 500,000 babies in their first month of life, with most of the infants being in the developing world.
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