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More online resources needed for Californians with disabilities requiring help making critical decisions

UCLA analysis calls for providing supported decision-making materials tailored for more languages, cultures, employment sectors, and disability types
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Community organizations awarded $200,000 to implement UCLA students’ health equity projects

Four proposals each receive $50,000 to support Black male trauma recovery, foster youth resilience, autism-friendly emergency departments, and accessible playgrounds
The 2025 UCLA Health Equity Challenge finalists

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Ask the Expert: Calvin Chang on what community-engaged research means for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

The director of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab explains how good intentions haven’t always produced good collaborations
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New Role for Nadereh Pourat: Associate Center Director
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August 06, 2018

New Role for Nadereh Pourat: Associate Center Director

​Nadereh Pourat has a new role as an associate center director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Pourat joined the Center in 1996 as a senior research scientist and has served as the Center’s director of research since 2013.

Ninez Ponce appointed new director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research at the Fielding School of Public Health
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April 02, 2018

Ninez Ponce appointed new director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research at the Fielding School of Public Health

​Dr. Ninez Ponce, a UCLA professor and passionate advocate on behalf of evidence-based health policies that represent and serve the nation’s increasingly diverse population, has been appointed the new director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research at the Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, starting July 1.

U.S. Census leader joins Center as new CHIS director
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August 31, 2016

U.S. Census leader joins Center as new CHIS director

Todd Hughes, a survey implementation expert and methodologist who helped lead national data collection efforts for the U.S. Census Bureau, will join UCLA on Sept. 12 as the new director of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), the nation’s largest state health survey.

Heroes, advice and fun facts: A Q&A with Center Director Gerald Kominski
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May 28, 2015

Heroes, advice and fun facts: A Q&A with Center Director Gerald Kominski

The UCLA Fielding Health Policy and Management Student Association interviewed Gerald Kominski for its May newsletter.

Ponce appointed associate Center director
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January 09, 2014

Ponce appointed associate Center director

Ninez Ponce, a leading expert on racial and ethnic disparities in health as well as survey research, and the principal investigator of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), has been appointed an associate director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Ponce, along with Steven P. Wallace, the Center's other associate director, and Gerald Kominski, the Center's director, comprises the senior leadership team of one of the nation's foremost health policy research centers.

March 7 lecture: "Patient-centered care in an era of system transformation" by AHRQ Director Carolyn
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February 11, 2013

March 7 lecture: "Patient-centered care in an era of system transformation" by AHRQ Director Carolyn

Please join us for a fascinating look at how data is informing patient-centered care, especially in the context of health care reform.

A word from our director, E. Richard Brown
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October 07, 2011

A word from our director, E. Richard Brown

Friends, Following President Clinton’s failed health care reform effort 18 years ago, I asked a small group of faculty in the UCLA School of Public Health to join me in creating a new health policy research center. The center would use policy research to help improve health care access and quality and the public’s health.