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WTTW-TV (Chicago) interviewed the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Dr. Nadereh Pourat, professor of health policy and management and associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, on changes to asthma coverage by an Illinois-based insurer.

The Washington Post referenced UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's faculty member Dr. Dana Ellis Hunnes in a report about spinach and diet.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health alum Dr. Fola May was interviewed on NPR's "All Things Considered" about health disparity research.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health environmental science professors Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu were quoted in the New York Times about the potential long-term health risks to residents in the southern California communities destroyed by wildfires in 2025.

Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School professor of epidemiology and director of UCLA's Center of Global and Immigrant Health, was interviewed by KTLA-TV in Los Angeles about impact of the pandemic and the risks of infectious disease.

NBC News interviewed Dr. Jonathan Jacobs, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor-in-residence of epidemiology and a gastroenterologist and microbiome researcher, about the results of fecal transplants in cancer treatment trials.

NBC News quoted Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) systems.

The Los Angeles Daily News interviewed Dr. Timothy Brewer, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, about the outbreak of measles in the United States.

Dr. Gang Li, UCLA Fielding School professor of biostatistics, co-authored research that finds chronic stress and an unhealthy diet may work together to fuel the early development of pancreatic cancer.

Dr. Jesus Araujo, associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Environmental Health Sciences, co-authored the research.

Dr. Joann Elmore, professor in the UCLA Fielding SChool's Department Health Policy and Management, co-authored the article.