PCD’s First Annual Student Research Contest: Lui and Wallace Examine Hospitalization Rates for At-Risk Populations
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I am pleased to announce that A Common Denominator: Calculating Hospitalization Rates for Ambulatory Care– Sensitive Conditions in California by Camillia K. Lui and Steven P. Wallace is the winner of the first annual Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) Student Research Contest. Ms Lui is a fourth-year doctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Department of Community Health Sciences. Her advisor is Dr Steven Wallace.
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