More than half of tested homes in Los Angeles county fire-impacted communities had unsafe contaminant levels one year after the January 2025 fires, a survivor advocacy group said at the first annual LA Fires Research Conference on Jan. Read more...
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January 28, 11:46 pm
UCLA pinkLab advances public health advocacy, community partnership opportunities
Ma’ayan Epstein noticed disparities in patient care when working in the field as a psychiatry clinical research coordinator. She said she found that patients from lower-income areas – not privately insured – were less likely to receive treatment and prognosis from health care professionals. Read more...
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January 28, 11:38 pm
DOJ seeks to join lawsuit against David Geffen School of Medicine
This post was updated Jan. 29 at 10:11 p.m. The United States Department of Justice sought to join a lawsuit Wednesday that alleged UCLA’s medical school illegally considers race in its admissions. Read more...
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January 25, 12:00 pm
UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab combines social, life sciences to analyze jail deaths
Quincy Peters’ family friend was shot and killed by police in 2008. Fifteen years later, she began working at the UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab – where researchers analyze the autopsies of people who have died in jails or during encounters with law enforcement officers – with the hopes of making legislative change to the policing system. Read more...
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January 22, 12:00 am
Q&A: Dr. Ritu Salani speaks on cervical cancer prevention, safe practices
January is cervical health awareness month. Dr. Ritu Salani, a gynecologic oncologist and professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA, sat down with Daily Bruin science and health contributor Nick Mouchawar to discuss cervical cancer awareness, prevention strategies and the importance of routine screening. Read more...
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January 21, 8:02 pm
UC Regents review systemwide, health clinical quality committee reports
This post was updated Jan. 21 at 11:34 p.m. The UC is making progress toward its goal of a 90% overall undergraduate graduation rate – but disparities in outcomes still exist for underrepresented students, according to an accountability report reviewed by the UC Board of Regents on Tuesday. Read more...
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January 20, 1:15 pm
Ozcan’s optical AI model offers energy-efficient generative AI alternative
Modern artificial intelligence models have an environmental impact, especially when it comes to image generation. But as demand for these models grows, UCLA engineering professor Aydogan Ozcan and his team have reimagined a way to generate AI images with less energy. Read more...