Professor Jennie Brand wins the Leo Goodman Award!
NewsProfessor Jennie Brand has won the Leo Goodman Award from the American Sociological Association's Methodology Section. The award is given each year for contributions to sociological methodology and innovative uses of methodology by a scholar who…
Professor Jacob Foster is this year’s winner of the Star-Nelkin Paper Award!
NewsProfessor Jacob Foster (with his co-authors James Evans and Andrey Rzhetsky) is this year’s winner of the Star-Nelkin Paper Award given by the ASA section on Science, Knowledge and Technology. The award recognizes the co-authors’ 2015 article…
Professor Jacob Foster featured in Nautilus Magazine
NewsProfessor Jacob Foster’s recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (with Andrey Rzhetsky, Ian Foster, and James Evans) was featured in a Nautilus magazine article about conservatism in biomedical research. You can…
Gilbert Gee mentioned in Huffington Post Article
NewsUCLA Professor Gilbert Gee was mentioned in the Huffington Post's article about the government's latest Asian-American Health Report.
Gee and other experts say we need to try harder to more accurately capture the health statuses of the fastest…
Mark Kaplan featured in UCLA Newsroom
NewsMark Kaplan notes the number of people who died by suicide who were intoxicated at the time of death increased during the recent economic recession.
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-luskin-study-explains-link-between-heavy-alcohol-use-and-suicides-during-economic-downturns
Onyebuchi Arah Receives the 2016 ASA Causality in Statistics Education Award
NewsOnyebuchi Arah is the 2016 recipient of the ASA Causality in Statistics Education Award. Arah is honored for his graduate-level course titled “Logic, Causation, and Probability,” which
embraces the current developments in causal inference…
Till von Wachter’s research is featured in the Wall Street Journal
NewsTill von Wachter's research is featured in the Wall Street Journal "The Recession's Economic Trauma Has Left Enduring Scars"
Jennie Brand is quoted in the Wall Street Journal
Announcements, NewsJennie Brand is quoted in the Wall Street Journal's article "The Recession's Economic Trauma Has Left Enduring Scars"
Michael Stoll’s research featured in report on criminal justice reform by the White House Council of Economic Advisors
Announcements, NewsMichael Stoll's research featured in report on criminal justice reform by the White House COuncil of Economic Advisors
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/luskin-prof-s-research-is-highlighted-in-white-house-report
Laura Wherry is featured in UCLA Newsroom
NewsLaura Wherry is featured in an article that discusses how the expansion of Medicaid has boosted insurance coverage to low income adults.
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/medicaid-expansion-significantly-boosts-insurance-coverage-among-low-income-adults