Dr. Michael Ong, a professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy Management and of medicine at UCLA, was interviewed by CBS News about e-cigarettes and their associated health risks.
Dr. Crable is an Assistant Professor with expertise in health policy, health services research, and implementation science. Her research investigates the roles of policy and politics in achieving health equity outcomes. Dr. Crable tests dissemination and implementation strategies aimed at improving how research is communicated to policy actors, and increasing access to evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, harm reduction, and HIV prevention services for safety-net and criminal/legal-involved populations.
Education
- PhD, Health Services Research, Boston University, Boston, USA
- MPH, Global Health, Boston University, Boston, USA
- BA, Journalism & Anthropology, American University, Washington DC, USA
Born in Lima, Peru, Dr. Angie Denisse Otiniano Verissimo is an Associate Professor of Teaching at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health where she earned her PhD and MPH. She completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship at the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs; UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- PhD, Community Health Sciences; UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
- MPH, Community Health Sciences; UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
- BA, Biology & Spanish; University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
The use of marijuana and electronic cigarettes jumped dramatically among young adult Californians between 2017 and 2018, with large proportions of users of both products being underage, according to a new study by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's
In the United States, approximately two-thirds of new HIV infections occur among Latino and African-American men who have sex with men. In addition, studies show that drug abuse is linked with poor adherence to HIV medication and prevention therapies.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded $5 million to researchers at UCLA to develop a resource and data center for millions of pieces of research, lab samples, statistics and other data aimed at boosting research into the effects of substance abuse on HIV/AIDS.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded UCLA a $7 million grant to investigate the links between substance abuse and HIV among Latino and African-American men who have sex with men.
Researchers will examine how non-injected drugs and alcohol can directly interact with the virus and other infectious diseases, to damage these men's health. Enrollment in the study begins in January.
A UCLA-led study provides the first scientific evidence that brick and mortar pharmacies in Northern Mexican tourist towns are selling counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine. These pills are sold mainly to US tourists, and are often passed off as controlled substances such as Oxycodone, Percocet, and Adderall.
The pills are available without a prescription – potentially adding to the already high number of overdose deaths stemming from use of those potent drugs in Mexico and the US.
Dr. Dvora Joseph Davey is an infectious disease epidemiologist with over 20 years of experience in maternal and newborn health research and program evaluation. Dr. Joseph Davey is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) in the Department of Epidemiology and Division of Infectious Diseases in the Geffen School at UCLA. Based in South Africa, she is a Honorary Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
Center Affiliations
- Biobehavioral Assessment and Research Center
- UCLA Bixby Center to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity
- Center for Global and Immigrant Health
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- MPH, Population and Reproductive Health, Columbia University, New York, NY
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