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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.

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.

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. David Eisenman, a physician and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about how individuals can deal with excess heat and humidity.

KCBS-FM radio news in San Francisco interviewed Dr. Emily Hotez, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about why more and more women and girls are receiving autism diagnoses.

Le Monde (France) interviewed Dr. Kathyrn Leifheit, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, about homelessness and climate change in the United States.

NPR (KCRW-FM) interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, associate dean of global health and professor in the Department of Epidemiology, about her research into Ebola vaccines, including newly-published work that suggests an existing vaccine could benefit patients in the current outbreak, the worst in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s history.

KPCC-FM (LAIst) interviewed Dr. Randall Kuhn, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about how the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will impact those living in Los Angeles without shelter.

A 2026 UCLA Fielding School of Public Health graduate has been selected as a John R. Lewis Fellow by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

The San Jose Mercury News interviewed Dr. Lara Cushing, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about new research that found older adults are far more vulnerable to extreme heat than younger people.

Research led by UCLA Fielding’s Dr. Tina Shih found patients paid less out of pocket, and their insurers paid far less, than those on brand-name biologics.

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.

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.