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Dr. Ritu Sadana (MS, ’87), a veteran of 30 years with international health organizations, has been inducted into the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Hall of Fame.

Dr. Patience Afulani (MPH ’11, Ph.D ’15), UCSF professor and global health researcher, has been inducted into the UCLA Fielding School's Hall of Fame.

Mary Anne Foo (MPH ’93) has been inducted into the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Hall of Fame.

UCLA Fielding faculty, staff, and students have led the way to understanding the public health impact of the blazes, supporting recovery, and working to prevent future disasters.

Dr. Cozette Lyons-Jones (MPH ’18) has been inducted into UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Hall of Fame.

Dr. Ninez Ponce, professor and chair in the Department of Health Policy Management, was a featured speaker at an event at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and hosted by Covered California to encourage Californians to choose their plan before the enrollment deadline.

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Randall Kuhn, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, was among the faculty volunteers for the 2026 Westwood Homeless Count; 16 of his students joined as well.

Dr. David Eisenman, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, was interviewed by ABC News (KABC-TV) at the inaugural LA Fire Health Research Conference about new research into the health impacts of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

UCLA hosted the inaugural LA Fire Research Conference to answer that question — convening researchers from across the U.S., agencies, and survivors.

UCLA Fielding's Dr. David Eisenman and Dr. Yifang Zhu were interviewed by NPR about their work studying the public health impacts of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires. Both are lead researchers for the LA Fire HEALTH Consortium, a decade-long study of the blazes; UCLA hosted the effort's inaugural research conference Jan. 14, 2026.

‘We are, not surprisingly, still suffering the consequences in many ways,’ said Dr. David Eisenman, a physician and professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Community Health Sciences who studies the public health aftermath of disasters.

Research led by UCLA Fielding's Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu underscores the need to minimize indoor exposures during the recovery phase.