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Elaine Schmidt

Los Angeles
As seen in: UCLA Newsroom, Phys.org, Medical Xpress, University of California, UCLA Health, Daily Democrat
Health & medicine PR pro, science enthusiast and lifelong creative writer. Pitching stories that matter about people who inspire me.
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American Indian and Alaska Native adults in California struggle with chronic disease and substance use, study finds

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By Elaine Schmidt, Lisa Lock, Andrew Zinin Verified
| Medical Xpress Verified
Credit: FRANK MERIÑO from Pexels Although American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) adults make up 5% of California's adult population, they shoulder a disproportionate burden of chronic disease and substance use, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR).
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The acoustic realization of contrastive focus by 6-year-old Australian English-speaking children

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By Ivan Yuen, Nan Xu Rattanasone, Elaine Schmidt, Rebecca Holt
| asa.scitation.org
No Access The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 152, 3313 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0016387 Children as young as five have some ability to produce contrastive focus [Wells et al. (2004) J. Child Lang. 31, 749–778]. However, adult listeners' ability to identify the location of contrastive focus depends on whether the speech came from a 4-, 7-, or 11-year-old [Patel and Brayton (2009) J. Speech. Lang. Hear. Res. 52, 790–801].
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Hello, Match Day IRL! (And goodbye, Zoom.)

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By Elaine Schmidt
| UCLA Newsroom Verified
Match Day is back. After two years during which Match Day ceremonies were held virtually due to the pandemic, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA held the event in person on March 18 — and it was bigger and better than ever. A crowd of 400 excited guests filled Irma and Norman Switzer Plaza behind Geffen Hall, clutching countless smartphone cameras, dozens of floral bouquets and more than a few adorable babies. The scene rippled with embraces and nervous smiles.
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