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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.

In a new study of the continuing use in California of the pesticide methyl bromide, researchers from UCLA and UC Irvine found the compound is still in widespread use across the state, from San Diego and Los Angeles counties north through the Central Valley.

The Washington Post interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Yifang Zhu about her research that found carcinogens in homes left standing by the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires due to smoke contamination.

UCLA Chancellor Dr. Julio Frenk, distinguished professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Management, shared his perspective on the importance of research by the university on the one-year anniversary of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

Research led by UCLA Fielding's Dr. Anne Coleman, professor in the Department of Epidemiology, suggests that routine heart health screening identifies people at higher risk for age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and other vision-threatening conditions.

‘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.

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu, both professors in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, were interviewed on KPCC-FM's "Air Talk" (NPR) program about their research that found elevated levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in some homes in burn areas from the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

La Opinion quoted Dr. Yuan Yao, a UCLA Fielding researcher and lead author of a study that found high levels of volatile organic compounds in the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles County fires, including in Altadena and adjacent communities. UCLA Fielding's Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu were also quoted.

The Los Angeles Daily News quoted UCLA Fielding's Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu about their research into air quality after the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

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

Reuters interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Lara Cushing about the public health impact of so-called "peaker" electrical generating plants in residential communities.