May 16, 2013 | Jeni Miller, PhD
In testimony before a state Senate committee Thursday, the Public Health Institute's Dr. Linda Rudolph called for strong action on climate and cited a recent study that found six climate-related extreme weather events - three of them in California - generated health costs of over $14 billion. "The health care cost impacts of climate change are enormous," she told the panel. more
May 01, 2013
Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN), the Public Health Institute and other partners are launching a Brainstorm Challenge to crowdsource new ideas on how to radically accelerate the development of leadership capacity in women and girls around the globe. The Brainstorm Challenge will run from May 1-31 and $500 prizes will be awarded to the top two solvers who offer the best ideas to address the Challenge questions. more
May 15, 2013
The Public Health Institute recognizes the leadership of Chairwoman Stabenow and Ranking Member Cochran in the Senate, and Chairman Lucas and Ranking Member Petersen in the House, in moving bipartisan Farm Bill proposals forward. In the end, the strongest Farm Bill will be one that fully protects the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and its education component, SNAP-Ed. more
May 16, 2013
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Alumni Association has given the 2013 Ruth Roemer Social Justice Leader Award to PHI's Francine Coeytaux, MPH. more
