KPCC-89.3 FM reported Thursday on UCLA's full-page advertisement in last Sunday's Los Angeles Times urging support for animal research. The broadcast also referenced plans by UCLA researchers, students and supporters from Pro-Test for Science to counter a vigil scheduled for Saturday by anti-research activists. David Jentsch, UCLA associate professor of psychology and psychiatry, was quoted.

Britain's Financial Times reports today on the difficulty of measuring the precise effects of federal stimulus funds at UCLA and other colleges and universities across the nation, as outlined by the White House Office of Management and Budget. Marcia Smith, UCLA associate vice chancellor for research administration, is quoted. 

The Los Angeles Times reports today on studies by researchers at UCLA, UC Berkeley and the University of Pittsburgh indicating that, as toddlers, children of poor Latino immigrants tend to lag behind their white middle-class counterparts in vocabulary, listening and problem-solving skills. Research co-author Dr. Alice Kuo, UCLA assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, is quoted. 

 

RedOrbit reported Wednesday on a study by researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA that found that HIV-positive individuals who feel stigmatized are more likely to report poor access to care and difficulty in sticking to their HIV medication. Dr. Jennifer Sayles, UCLA assistant professor of general internal medicine and the study's lead author, was quoted. 

A Wednesday New York Times blog post about research on the cause-and-effect relationship between financial panics and severe recessions cites a paper by Lee Ohanian, professor of economics and vice chair of undergraduate studies for the UCLA Department of Economics, arguing that pro-labor policies backed by President Herbert Hoover following the stock market crash of 1929 turned what might have been a bad recession into the Great Depression.

Lauren Appelbaum, research director of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, was interviewed Wednesday on Chicago talk-radio station WVON about increased military enlistments due to the poor economy. 

Eckhert, professor and vice chair of the department of environmental health sciences at the UCLA School of Public Health, is quoted today in a Toronto Globe & Mail article about a new low-calorie, natural sweetener derived from the South American stevia plant.

 

Ohanian, UCLA professor of economics and vice chair of undergraduate studies for the UCLA Department of Economics, is quoted today in La Opinión article about a study that found a small uptick in Southern California rental occupancies after several quarters of increasing vacancy rates. 

 

Saigal, UCLA assistant professor-in-residence of urology, was quoted Wednesday in a Baltimore Sun article about new guidelines from the American College of Physicians on treating erectile dysfunction.