Chandra Ford and Gilbert C. Gee, faculty in the Fielding School’s Department of Community Health Sciences, were unanimously chosen as co-recipients of the 2019 Paul Cornely Award for their work, individually and together, on the impact of racism on health. (courtesy of the Internet Archive)
Health Equity Matters Newsletter, Spring 2021. CDC’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) recognizes Dr. Chandra Ford as the Health Equity Champion for Spring 2021.
In December of each year Choice publishes its list of Outstanding Academic Titles. This prestigious list reflects the best in scholarly titles, both print and digital, reviewed by Choice during the previous year and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of the academic library community. The list is quite selective, containing approximately ten percent of some 5,000 works reviewed annually in Choice. Choice is a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. The first title in the 2020 list is Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional.
UCLA Newsroom and Howard University, April 15, 2021
A team of researchers co-led by Chandra Ford, professor of community health sciences in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and Monica Ponder, assistant professor of health communication and culture at Howard University, has received a $1.7 million grant from the CDC Foundation designed to reach historically marginalized and disadvantaged populations during public health crises. (webpage courtesy of the Internet Archive)
Jennifer Tran, Daily Tar Heel, March 15, 2021
Chandra Ford, a graduate from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and professor in the department of community health sciences at UCLA, received a lifetime achievement award in October 2020 from the Association of Black Women Physicians.