UCLA faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection.
"Prolonged sitting is not what nature intended for us.” Dr. Camelia Davtyan, clinical professor of general internal medicine and health services research at the David Geffen School of Medicine, was quoted May 25 in a Los Angeles Times column about the health dangers of being too sedentary.
"Bridges in California actually have gone through the retrofit and gone through also (an improvement) of the seismic design criteria … So therefore it's actually, I think, in general, OK."Jian Zhang, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, was quoted May 24 in an article on the KNBC-Channel 4 website about a bridge collapse in Washington state.
"If the pesticide is inhaled, then this is quite worrisome … Pesticides affect the nervous systems of insects. Our nervous systems are similar to theirs.” Beate Ritz, professor of epidemiology and environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted May 24 in a Huffington Post article about growing concerns over marijuana pesticides.
"In settings like ours, we make sure we provide information in a culturally sensitive way in the patient's own language. As we've learned to do that better, I think the message has been becoming more and more effective."Dr. Carlos Lerner, medical director of the Children’s Health Center at UCLA, was quoted May 24 in a Christian Post article about a drop in the number of teens giving birth in the U.S., particularly in the Chicano community.
"He was trying to be funny. In the moment, especially if you're nervous and not thinking, stereotypes come to mind very quickly."Phillip Atiba Goff, assistant professor of social psychology, was quoted May 23 in an Associated Press editorial about golfer Sergio Garcia. The piece focused on individuals who make racial slurs and then claim they are not racist.
"What happens in California matters both nationally and globally.” Mark Gold, an associate director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, was quoted May 24 in an Associated Press article about new legislation aimed at reducing the amount of plastic bags and bottles that end up in the ocean.
