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Alex Ortega, CSRC associate director and professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was interviewed for a National Public Radio story on the high rates of diabetes among Latinos, and a variety of efforts being made to reduce them.
The exhibition "Asco: No Movies" at the Nottingham Contemporary was reviewed in the December/January issue of Art Monthly, a U.K. publication.
In another story on the "Market Makeover" project led in part by the UCLA-USC Center for Public Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) and CSRC associate director Alex Ortega, KCET reports on the transformation of the Euclid Market in Boyle Heights into a store prioritizing fresh produce over processed foods
On Friday, December 6, CSRC director Chon A. Noriega participated in a town hall discussion concerning the need for a Smithsonian American Latino museum in Washington, DC. Robert Suro, director of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, was the moderator and Xavier Becerra, U.S. Representative for California's 34th congressional district, provided commentary and legislative context.
Maria Elena Ruiz, former CSRC associate director, published the editorial “The Voice for Latino Communities: A Time for Action” in the latest issue of Hispanic Health Care International (volume 11, number 4). Ruiz is an assistant adjunct professor in the UCLA School of Nursing and a CSRC faculty affiliate.