Congratulations to Paul Chung, M.D., M.S.!

Dear Colleagues: Please join me in congratulating Paul Chung, M.D., M.S., on his new appointment as: Chief, Division of General Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles The…

Congrats to Tara McKay!

Tara McKay has been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant from the Sociology Program at the National Science Foundation for her project titled  “The Local Implementation of Global AIDS Prevention Policies.”

William Clark comments on “Is California Too Big?”

Sure—and why stop at two? Not that it’ll solve anything. About 60 percent of the countries that make up the United Nations are smaller than Los Angeles County, yet many of these nations would prefer to split themselves into even smaller…

Prof. Alison Buttenheim comments on immunizations for children in California

Prof. Alison Buttenheim (Princeton University) and Malia Jones (UCLA) are sited by the media for their work on children vaccination: "Many Parents Skipping Kids' Shots, Putting Other Kids at Risk" Wall Street Journal: http://onespot.wsj.com/health/2011/10/31/bbb6c/many-parents-skipping-kids-shots-putting MSNBC: http://health.msn.com/health-topics/autism/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100281500 USNEWS: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2011/10/31/many-parents-skipping-kids-shots-putting-other-kids-at-risk ABC-Good…

Congratulations to Camilia Lui and Steven Wallace for CDC-PCD 2011 Student Research Contest!

Announcement updated 8/15/11 PCD is pleased to announce that A Common Denominator: Calculating Hospitalization Rates for Ambulatory Care–Sensitive Conditions in California by Camillia K. Lui and Steven P. Wallace is the winner of the 2011…

NPR Radio: Gossip Sheds Light on Africans view of the AIDS Epidemic

Research conducted by Prof. Susan Watkins and associates on how gossip helps in the AIDS fight are discuss on WBEZ: This American Life. Listen to program here http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/444/gossip iTunes podcast…

Congratulations Anita on your VA Postdoctoral Fellowship!

Anita Yuan has accepted a VA Associated Health Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Veteran's Affairs of Greater Los Angeles HSR&D Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior. Anita plans to begin her two-year fellowship…

Congratulations! Prof. Sweeney to serve on PAA Board of Directors.

Prof. Megan Sweeney was recently elected to a three-year term on the Population Association of America’s Board of Directors (2012-14). She'll be joining two other CCPR affiliates currently on the PAA Board: Judith Seltzer and Patrick Heuveline. Full…

NY TIMES: Prof. Chandra Ford speaks on Race Gap and HIV

Prof. Chandra Ford speaks on "How can public health officials fight the spread of H.I.V. among young gay black men?" on the NY Times. Full Article: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/08/10/fighting-hiv-among-young-black-gay-men/empowering-black-leaders-to-fight-hiv

Congratulations to Prof. Jennie Brand

Prof. Jennie Brand's was a co-winner of the article award of the new ASA section's Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility. She won for Jennie Brand and Yu Xie (2010), for "Who Benefits Most from College? Evidence for Negative Selection in Heterogeneous…