The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) awarded Dr. Muthengi the 2016 Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research. Dr. Muthengi a researcher with the Population Council in Kenya, leads investigations into effective strategies to improve the reproductive health, education and economic potential of adolescent girls.
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Posted on October 24, 2016
Malan, PhD student and UC Global Food Initiative Fellow, helps students understand the environmental impacts – the “foodprint” – of their dining choices.
Posted on October 6, 2016
Riess will be awarded during the Aging and Public Health Section Awards Ceremony at APHA 2016.
Posted on September 22, 2016
Editorial authored by PhD alumna Goleen Samari, will be featured in an upcoming issue of AJPH
Posted on August 17, 2016
Morey is one of four summer fellows selected by the UC Global Health Institute for her project "Stress and Coping Among Asian and Pacific Islander Women Immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area".
Posted on June 14, 2016
Congratulations to the Class of 2016! The CHS faculty and staff are proud that you achieved this milestone and we wish you all the best in your public health career!
Posted on March 17, 2016
PhD student Stephanie Ly is the Community Health Sciences finalist for the 2016 FSPH Student Writing Competition
Posted on March 4, 2016
Dr. Ralph Brindis will be inducted into the FSPH 2016 Alumni Hall of Fame at the 42nd Annual Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture for his outstanding career accomplishments in public health.
Posted on January 13, 2016
A new study by Dr. Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, Assistant Professor, received extensive news coverage worldwide for findings that Mexico’s staggering homicide rate has taken a toll on the mortality rate for men—and it could be even worse than the statistics indicate.
Posted on October 28, 2015
A number of current masters and doctoral students will be presenting at the 2015 APHA Annual Meeting. Learn more about out students' work at http://chs.ph.ucla.edu/apha-2015-chicago-il.