Dr. Gerald Berke, professor and chief of the division of head and neck surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was interviewed today on NBC's "Today Show" about actor Michael Douglas undergoing treatment for stage 4 throat cancer.

 

Wednesday’s Los Angeles Daily News featured a column by Dr. Claire Panosian Dunavan, clinical professor of infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, about tonsillectomies and post-operative recovery. Dr. Paul Kedeshian, UCLA associate clinical professor of head and neck surgery, was quoted.

 

Scientific American reported Tuesday on a National Science Foundation–funded research project led by Lixia Zhang, professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, that aims to improve the way data is distributed on the Internet by developing new architecture.

 

A Discovery News article published Wednesday about gang intervention programs cited an ongoing study by Jorja Leap, adjunct associate professor of social welfare at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, on the Homeboys Industries program in Los Angeles, which offers gang members counseling, rehabilitation, tattoo removal and jobs. Leap was quoted.

 

Stuart Gabriel, professor of finance at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and director of the Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA, was interviewed Wednesday on National Public Radio's "Marketplace" about a new federal program that will help local governments and nonprofits buy distressed properties in order to improve neighborhoods.

 

A disagreement among researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health over academic research on the impact of air pollution on human health was highlighted today in a Santa Maria Times op-ed and Tuesday in a FOX News article and a Bakersfield Californian column.

 

The Marysville Appeal-Democrat reports today, and the Modesto Bee and Sacramento's CBS-Channel 13 reported Wednesday, on a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study led by Dr. Allison Diamant, UCLA assistant adjunct professor of general internal medicine and health services research, that found that a majority of adults in California are obese or overweight and that more than 2 million have been diagnosed with diabetes. Susan Babey, a project director with the center, was quoted in the Appeal-Democrat and the Modesto Bee.

A New York Times blog reported Wednesday on UCLA research in which scientists applied sophisticated mathematics to urban crime patterns to determine which types of crime "hotspots" in Los Angeles are most likely to be affected by intensified police actions. Martin Short, UCLA assistant adjunct professor of mathematics, was quoted.

 

Minnesota's Crookston Daily Times reported Wednesday on the UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Head Start Management Fellows Program at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, an intensive management training session designed to strengthen the skills of Head Start administrators.

 

 

 

Dolovich, UCLA professor of law, was quoted Wednesday in a Dallas Morning News article about a child sex-abuse case in Texas.

 

Fonarow, UCLA's Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science and director of the Ahmanson–UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, was quoted Tuesday in a HealthDay News article about a diet that can help reduce high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

 

Haas, director of admissions at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is cited today in a Wall Street Journal article about graduates of business school executive M.B.A. programs being offered incentives to help enroll new students.

 

Siegel, professor of psychiatry and director of the Center for Sleep Research at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, was quoted Tuesday in a Science News article about research suggesting that fasting may help fruit flies overcome sleep deprivation.

 

Spich, a senior lecturer in management and international business at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is quoted today in a Huffington Post column on the pros and cons of credit cards.

 

Zeidberg, a researcher with the UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, was quoted Wednesday in a Metroactive article about the potential benefit to the environment if humans were to give up eating animal flesh in favor of insects.