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February 2, 5:38 pm

Court reverses former UCLA gynecologist sexual battery conviction, orders retrial

This post was updated Feb. 3 at 10:55 p.m. A state appeals court reversed a ruling Monday against a former UCLA gynecologist who was sentenced to prison for felony sexual battery and penetration, sending the case back to court. Read more...

Photo: James Heaps, a former UCLA gynecologist who was sentenced to prison for felony sexual battery and penetration, sits in court. A state appeals court reversed a ruling Monday against Heaps, sending the case back to court for a retrial. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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January 30, 4:50 pm

LA Fires Research Conference fosters discussion on fire survivors’ experiences

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...

Photo: A professor in the department of environmental health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is pictured speaking at the event. The conference centered on the experiences of fire survivors from the January 2025 Los Angeles county fires. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)

A Closer Look, Academics, News, Science & Health

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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...

Photo: Members of the pinkLab is pictured with Venice Family Clinic as part of the Mobile Clinic Project service-learning course. (Courtesy of Sarah Blenner)

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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...

Photo: Keel and the BCS lab are pictured with the book. (Courtesy of Terence Keel)


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