Kathryn Leifheit, PhD MSPH is a social epidemiologist who aims to identify policy levers to improve population health and health equity, with a focus on housing programs and policies. Her research has documented population health impacts of widespread housing insecurity and evictions, as well as health impacts of key housing policies.
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, US
- MSPH, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, US
- BA, Biochemistry and Latin American Studies, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, US
Dr. Kekoa Taparra is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the Department of Radiation Oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine. As a physician-scientist with multidisciplinary training across basic science, clinical medicine, and public health, Dr. Taparra conducts research at the intersection of molecular oncology, survivorship, health services, and cancer disparities.
Education
- PhD, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- MD, Medicine and Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- MPH, Public Health (Executive Track), Hawaiʻi Pacific University, Honolulu, HI, USA
- Internship, Transitional Internship, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI, USA
- Residency, Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Dr. Carol Mangione, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by NPR about the work of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which has convened voluntary, independent medical experts to review evidence and make recommendations for primary care physicians since 1984.
CalMatters interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante on the potential impact of federal decisions on health insurance funding, including the reality that when fewer young people enroll in coverage, premiums tend to go up for everyone.
“Then sick people who really need to get coverage pay the price," Vargas Bustamante said.
Latino neighborhoods in California are twice as likely to experience poor air quality — and twice as many asthma-related emergency room visits — compared with non-Latino white neighborhoods. These stark disparities are not new, but researchers at the Latino Policy and Politics Institute and community advocates are working to make sure they are no longer ignored.
Off-label prescribing — when FDA-approved medications are used to treat conditions that they are not approved for — is widespread in the U.S.
Dr. Naomi Zewde, assistant professor in the UCLA Fielding School Department of Health Policy and Management, was interviewed by NPR about her research into the potential impact of so-called "baby bonds."
While more than 1 in 3 American Indian and Alaska Native adults in California experienced moderate or serious psychological distress in the past year, 61% of the individuals in that group had not seen a medical provider, according to a new study from the UCLA Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
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.