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Funding from Kao Family Foundation will advance long-term research on the fires’ physical and mental health impacts and identify ways to strengthen community resilience

UCLA Fielding-led study of health impact of 2025 Los Angeles wildfires receives $1.8 million grant to expand project

Funding from Kao Family Foundation will advance long-term research on the fires’ physical and mental health impacts and identify ways to strengthen community resilience.

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Existing Ebola vaccine generates immune response to virus driving current DRC outbreak

A study led by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the DRC’s National Institute of Biomedical Research, published in The Lancet, provides new human evidence supporting clinical evaluation of an already-licensed Ebola vaccine against the virus driving the ongoing Bundibugyo outbreak.

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides $2 million grant to support UCLA’s effort to expand community health communications

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides $2 million grant to support UCLA’s efforts to expand community health partnerships

University team’s leaders include UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty Drs. Wendelin Slusser, Michael Ong, and Burt Cowgill.

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American Indians and Alaska Natives in California face barriers to receiving needed healthcare, UCLA study finds

American Indians and Alaska Natives in California face barriers to receiving needed healthcare, UCLA study finds

AIAN adults were more likely to delay care, and had higher rates of adverse childhood experiences, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors than California adults overall.

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UCLA Fielding Magazine | Our Future Under Fire

Beginning in the first hours of the L.A. County wildfires, Fielding faculty, staff, and students fanned out across the region, rallying to respond.

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Governing | "25 years after 9/11, World Trade Center toxins continue to claim lives”
Governing | "25 years after 9/11, World Trade Center toxins continue to claim lives”

Governing interviewed Dr. Rachael Jones, chair and professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about how lessons learned in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks can help guard against health risks in future disasters.

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New York Times Magazine | " ‘We’re Going to Bring It Back to Life’: The Long Road to Reviving Lahaina"
New York Times Magazine | " ‘We’re going to bring it back to life’: The long road to reviving Lahaina"

The New York Times Magazine interviewed Dr. Kathyrn Leifheit, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about homelessness on Maui after the 2023 wildfires.

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