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Most studies of Alzheimer’s disease have looked at environmental exposures perhaps five to 10 years prior to onset, said Dr. Beate Ritz, professor of epidemiology and environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. In Parkinson’s disease, she said, relevant exposures could occur anywhere from 5 to 20 years prior to disease onset.
“We’re starting to see some data that suggests that asymptomatic infection and transmission is possible, and that certainly will change how we how we think about this virus and risk,” said Dr. Anne Rimoin, the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health and a professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
"The sudden dismantling of China’s Covid Zero restrictions in December means hundreds of millions of people are headed home for the Lunar New Year holiday for the first time since 2019. The crush of travel risks supercharging the world’s biggest Covid outbreak, spreading it to every corner of the country.
The UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS) and the UCLA-Charles R. Drew University Center for AIDS Research (UCLA-CDU CFAR) have received $3 million in awards from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop HIV prevention efforts for vulnerable populations.
UCLA Fielding graduate students and doctoral candidates will showcase their posters highlighting recent research or practice projects on a variety of public health topics during the school's first Research, Innovation & Impact Day.
Lilly Nhan, MPH, RD
PhD Student, Department of Community Health Sciences
HIGHER TEMPERATURES, extreme weather events, sea-level rise and more frequent outbreaks of vectorand water-borne infectious diseases are among the effects of climate change that threaten the health of populations in many parts of the world.
CLIMATE CHANGE is already jeopardizing health and well-being in the U.S. and abroad, and is projected to become a greater public health threat in the decades to come. The World Health Organization has outlined some of the key ways in which climate change affects health. As the examples in this issue demonstrate, Fielding School faculty, students and alumni are leading efforts to protect populations against this developing crisis.
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