Hannah Landecker Interviewed by CSW
ISG faculty, Hannah Landecker, discuses technology, gender, and epigenomics in her interview featured in the Center for the Study of Women’s monthly newsletter. Download and read the full newsletter here
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Pregnant Mothers with Strong Family Support Less Likely To Have Postpartum Depression
ISG postdoctoral fellow, Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook is interviewed by the UCLA Newsroom about her recent research into postpartum depression. Excerpt: “Scientists recruited 210 pregnant women of different ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds,…
Simple Only on the Surface
Dr. Saguy, a sociologist at U.C.L.A., methodically teases out all the overtones of the loaded words we use to describe big bodies in her book, “What’s Wrong with Fat”. These…
Congratulations to HB&S student Alexa Golden!
ISG is proud to announce that one of our Human, Biology & Society major students, Alexa Golden(’13), has been awarded the Distinguished Senior Award by the UCLA Alumni Association. These…
Introducing the UCLA Program in Evolutionary Medicine
Through the hard work of UCLA Profs. Dan Blumstein (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) and Barbara Natterson-Horowitz (Cardiology), a growing Program in Evolutionary Medicine has been established. This exciting enterprise brings…
Is America Man Enough to Vote?
Studies by the geneticist and social scientist James Fowler suggest that serotonin, the neurotransmitter connected to mood disorders and depression, is strongly implicated in voting behavior. Article covered in NYTimes…