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Community college pathway expands and diversifies physician pipeline

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0800

California Medicine Scholars Program is key to closing a 4,000-physician primary care gap by 2030

Community program boosts diet, fitness, and disease prevention for rural Latino families

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0800

UCR-led study found the Spanish-language program improves health habits in rural communities

California partnership aided COVID-19 response and health equity, report finds

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0700

STOP COVID-19 CA showed how researchers and communities can work together to tackle health disparities

A culturally adapted obesity prevention for Latino families

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside-led study offers a framework for involving non-maternal caregivers in public health initiatives

Location, location, location

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700

How geography acts as a structural determinant of health

Communities of color experienced fear and mistrust of institutions during COVID-19 pandemic

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside-led study calls for culturally sensitive health interventions to address trauma

Grant supports research on extreme risk of alcohol abuse among Pacific Islander young adults

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0700

To address the crisis, UC Riverside-led team will design a culturally tailored group-based intervention

Study exposes plight of deported noncitizen veterans

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside-led research shows how deportation acts as a social determinant of health

Salton Sea environment detrimental to respiratory health of local children

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside-led study focuses on caregivers’ take on how the sea affects their children’s health

Virtual village can empower vulnerable groups of people

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside-led study focused on older people living with HIV during the pandemic

Mired in silence

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Health of Southern California’s farmworkers needs to be a priority, says UC Riverside study

Two School of Medicine faculty elected to National Academy of Medicine

Iqbal Pittalwala — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Deborah Deas and Mario Sims are recognized for their contributions to advancing public health

COVID-19 took serious toll on Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander mental and physical health

Iqbal Pittalwala — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Two UC Riverside-led studies found concerning psychological and physical health problems among more than 300 NH/PIs in five US states

A shot in the arm

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside experts answer questions on Americans needing just one COVID-19 booster vaccine each year

Monkeypox explained

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside experts discuss disease symptoms, vaccines, and anxiety management

Deafness trumps HIV for deaf people living with HIV

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

UC Riverside-led study participants advocate for collection of more data on deaf individuals

New model links cultural trauma with health inequalities

Iqbal Pittalwala — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

UC Riverside researchers offer new interpretation of cultural trauma

Study gauges social responsibility in slowing COVID-19 spread

Iqbal Pittalwala — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Researchers conducted focus groups of UC Riverside faculty, staff, and students

What UC Riverside scientists have to say about vaccines, variants, and antibodies

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Immunity generated by vaccination is better than immunity from an actual infection, says an expert

Should we be double masking?

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800

UC Riverside epidemiologist answers this and other questions in Q&A