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Amidst the January rain, LASA gathered at Beverly Hills Fire Station 1 to learn about working in a fire station, their nurse practitioner program, and the data-drive research of Professor Monalisa Chatterjee and Graduate Student Aurora Massari. From responding to health calls to contemplating the role of climate in wildfires, the students rotated through stations within the house to hear …
In October, LASA gathered at Union Station to consider Technology and the Future of LA. From visiting ICW’s “Where You Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939” that uses augmented reality to hearing about Metro’s future transportation plans to learning more about using AI to understand police bodycam footage, LASA posed terrific questions that reflected student concerns and hopes for the future …
In September, LASA considered the long histories of health and public health in Los Angeles and how those histories connect to the present. We welcomed Dr. Cynthia Willard who shared about her careers in global health and community clinics. Dr. Cindy used asthma as a case study to think through factors affecting health and access to care in the county. …
Welcome to the Class of 2024! We spent our time together in August meeting each other and thinking about water. On Thursday, we gathered at The Huntington and mapped Los Angeles County. From the Vincent Thomas Bridge to favorite places to eat, the maps highlighted the spaces LASA students love and those that define LA. Then, we had the honor …