Dr. Kristen Choi, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by the Washington Post about the significance of tailored mental health services for individuals who have attempted suicide.
UCLA researchers, in collaboration with EMERGEncy ID NET, a CDC-supported US emergency department (ED)-based network for study of emerging infection led by Dr. David Talan, a professor of emergency medicine and of medicine/infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, have been awarded funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct surveillance of Mpox (formerly known as Monkeypox). Summer 2022’s international Mpox outbreak drastically receded by the fall after widespread public attention and vaccination of high-risk individuals.
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has launched a new center to promote the health of sexual and gender minorities through research and partnerships with the LGBTQ community, community-based organizations, public health officials and policymakers in Los Angeles and beyond.
Same-sex male couples are losing out on paid parental leave when compared to both same-sex female and different-sex couples, according to new research.
Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in California have rates of health insurance coverage on par with or better than that of straight men and women in the state, but they are more likely to wait to see the doctor when they need medical care, according to a new policy brief by the
Only five countries in the world have constitutions that explicitly guarantee equality for citizens on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
A working group evaluating sexual orientation-related disorders listed in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a publication of the World Health Organization (WHO), has recommended the disorders be deleted, a move that will make getting health care easier for gays and others who may have gender atypicality.
Opening the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's newest research center, dedicated to the mission of improving the health and social well-being of sexual and gender minorities, would be a challenging task at any time. For Dr.
Dr. Pamina M. Gorbach focuses on the biobehavioral epidemiology of infectious disease, especially how HIV transmission, acquisition and progression is affected by substance abuse. She is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and in the Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Gorbach's work in HIV prevention, treatment and care involves research in Los Angeles with long time partners the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the UCLA Vine Street Clinic she helped establish. Dr.
Education
- DrPH, University of North Carolina, North Chapel Hill, NC
- MHS, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University
- BA, Brown University, Providence, RI
Dr. Chandra L. Ford is Professor of Community Health Sciences and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health in the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
Center Affiliations
Education
- Postdoctorate, Columbia University, New York City, NY
- Postdoctorate, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
- PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
- MPH, University of Pittsburgh, PA
- MLIS, University of Pittsburgh, PA