Canada's Globe and Mail interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Timothy Brewer, professor in the Department of Epidemiology and a physician, about the agreement between U.S. Pacific Coast states to collaborate on public health needs through a new "West Coast Health Alliance" made up of the state governments of California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
According to recent research by UCLA scientists, exercise may help fend off early-stage Parkinson’s disease (PD) symptoms like worsening tremors, stiffness, and balance issues.
NPR interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology, about the dangers of mpox, which has been found to be actively spreading in 24 African countries, up from 13 a year ago.
"Diseases we ignore abroad can quickly land on our doorstep," Rimoin said. "We've been lucky so far. I don't know how long our luck will hold out."
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
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A series of three related and recently published studies by an international team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers found that COVID-19 vaccination during early pregnancy is not associated with an increased prevalence of major structural birth defects in infants.
Dr. Jonathan Jacobs, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Epidemiology, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about research into colitis that suggests a common genetic variant may interact with gut bacteria to trigger chronic inflammation in ulcerative colitis.
A professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has been honored by the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) for her work researching infectious disease epidemiology.
While Dr. Beate Ritz, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences, was undergoing training in psychiatry in Germany, her 62-year-old department chair developed Parkinson’s disease. It progressed rapidly.
“When I naively asked what causes Parkinson's,” Ritz recalled, “everybody said, ‘We don't know.’”
That question began more than 25 years of research into the neurodegenerative disorder for Ritz.