UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health faculty shared their thoughts on Chancellor Julio Frenk’s public health impact. Before becoming UCLA’s seventh chancellor Jan. 2, Frenk was Mexico’s secretary of health and dean of the Harvard T.H. Read more...
Photo: Chancellor Julio Frenk is pictured here. Frenk has a deep history in public health, and many faculty from The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health reacted to his appointment earlier this year. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 6 at 10:28 p.m. Staff research associates at the UCLA Olympic Analytical Lab protested Wednesday against alleged wage theft and unfair labor practices. The SRAs were originally promised to receive raises in 2023 and have allegedly been denied over $500,000 collectively, according to signs from the protest and a document obtained by the Daily Bruin. Read more...
Photo: The staff research associates protest in front of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Lab director’s door, with many holding signs. The SRAs were originally promised to receive raises in 2023 and have allegedly been denied over $500,000 collectively. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin)
As multiple wildfires burned in Los Angeles County, Kyle Jeong came back to his dorm to find his roommate switching between computer tabs. As he left UCLA to return home, Jeong had an idea – a single website for the Bruin community to stay updated. Read more...
Photo: A computer displaying the Westwood Wildfire Watch site is pictured. Kyle Jeong, a third-year mathematics of computation student, spearheaded the development of the site. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 6 at 4:54 p.m. Felicia Marie Knaul, a health economist and the wife of Chancellor Julio Frenk, shed light on stark global disparities in pain treatment to researchers and medical students Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Felicia Knaul presents about public health disparities at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. (Courtesy of Samuel Martinez Jaurequi)
California had over 7,000 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2022. Nearly 87% of them were linked to fentanyl. Overdose deaths among young people have been rising for years, said Joseph Friedman, a resident physician and substance abuse researcher at UC San Diego. Read more...
Photo: An emergency entrance to a hospital is pictured. Overdose deaths among young people have been rising for years, specifically those related to fentanyl. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Feb. 13 at 8:08 p.m. A former Canadian cabinet minister told climate activists to keep fighting despite a currently unfavorable political background at a Jan. Read more...
Photo: Former Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna and former Chair of the California Air Resources Board Mary D. Nichols discuss climate change policy at a UCLA School of Law panel Jan. 22. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:28 a.m. Dr. Stephanie Smooke Praw, the interim clinical chief of UCLA Health’s Division of Endocrinology, sat down with the Daily Bruin to dispel thyroid disease misconceptions, discuss risk factors and talk through treatment options during Thyroid Awareness Month in January. Read more...
Photo: (Valerie Liman/Daily Bruin)
