Center in the News
May 08, 2024
KNX News 97.1 FM
Dr. David Eisenman, a professor of medicine and public health at UCLA, told KNX News’ Pete Demetirou that researchers are looking to interview people between 18 and 34 years old who lived within five miles of the site.
Aliso Canyon Health Study
May 07, 2024
KSBY TV (Ch. 6 serving California's Central Coast)
Data from the California Health Interview Survey showed that 22% of adults in San Luis Obispo County were diagnosed with asthma from 2019–2021.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AskCHIS, Asthma (Smoking and Air Quality)
May 03, 2024
Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT)
The work of Yusuke Tsugawa, a faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is cited for his research into how female doctors may communicate better with their female patients.
Yusuke Tsugawa
May 01, 2024
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study about disparities in LGBTQ+ health care is cited as important reading in the promotion of an upcoming webinar about ways to improve health care for the LGBTQ+ community.
The California Endowment (TCE) Research Studies, LGBTQ Health
Susan H. Babey,
Joelle Wolstein
May 01, 2024
Sierra Sun Times
1 in 4 California adolescents ages 15–17 and nearly 1 in 3 Californians ages 18–24 said they had suicidal thoughts at least once in their lifetime.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Gun Violence and Gun Safety
Ninez A. Ponce
Apr 30, 2024
University of California Global Health Institute
This story which appeared on the University of California Newsroom highlights the work of Dr. May Sudhinaraset, associate professor of community health sciences and UCLA CHPR faculty associate. Sudhinaraset and her colleagues launched the first study to collect national data on the sexual and reproductive health care experiences of Asian immigrant women.
May Sudhinaraset
Apr 28, 2024
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times' columnist Steve Lopez talks with Ashvin Gandhi, a professor and faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, about how nursing home companies sometimes use “tunneling” practices to obscure true profitability.
Ashvin Gandhi
Apr 25, 2024
California Healthline
Nearly half of California youths from the ages of 12 to 17 report having recently struggled with mental health issues, with nearly a third experiencing serious psychological distress, according to a 2021 study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Also published on KFF Health News.
Mental Health Program, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto
Apr 22, 2024
San Francisco Chronicle
A new study by Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa, a faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, found that patients who have a female doctor are less likely to die in the days after being admitted to the hospital than patients who have a male doctor.
Yusuke Tsugawa
Apr 17, 2024
New York Times
Daniel Eisenberg, director of the mental health program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is quoted about reasons to be skeptical that social prescriptions will become widely adopted in the United States because of the traditional slow pace of chance in the U.S. health care system.
Daniel Eisenberg