UCLA Headlines July 30, 2008

 

HealthDay News reports today on a study by Istvan Mody, UCLA professor of neurology, and Jamie Maguire, a UCLA assistant researcher in neurology, that pinpointed the molecular processes underlying postpartum depression-like behaviors in mice. Mody and Maguire were quoted.

 

John Wallace, UCLA professor of civil and environmental engineering, was interviewed today on KPCC-89.3 FM’s “AirTalk” about earthquake engineering and seismic safety in the wake of Tuesday’s temblor.

 

The Associated Press reported Monday on woman who was treated at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after being mauled by a bear last week. Dr. Kimberly Lee, a UCLA surgeon who operated on the woman, was quoted.

 

Martie Haselton and Greg Bryant, UCLA associate professors of communication studies, were interviewed Monday on the BBC program “Radio 4 Science” about their research demonstrating that women’s voices become more high-pitched during ovulation.

 

Reuters reported Tuesday on a joint study by UCLA and Denmark’s University of Aarhus that found that children of women who used cell phones while pregnant were more likely to develop behavioral problems. Study co-author Leeka Kheifets, professor-in-residence of epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health, was quoted.

 

 

Bowerman, assistant director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, is quoted today in a Ventura County Star article about the recent success of a company that sells organic, kosher health food.

 

Granados, assistant clinical professor of family medicine at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Daily Breeze article about a recent report analyzing a Los Angeles County Department of Health Services proposal to privatize the county’s 11 public health clinics.

 

Habibi, a lecturer in real estate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is quoted today in a San Diego Union-Tribune article about the recent record decline in home prices in San Diego County.

 

Hinojosa-Ojeda, an associate professor with UCLA’s César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, was quoted Tuesday in an Associated Press story about steps the Chicago City Council is taking to investigate alleged violations of immigrants’ rights by city and county officials.