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Dr. David Eisenman, with the Department of Community Health Sciences, and Dr. Yifang Zhu, with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, were interviewed by The Atlantic about their research into the health impacts of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, was interviewed for NPR's Science Friday about her research into the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about her research into the use of the pesticide methyl bromide in California, including the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

UCLA Fielding's Dr. Nadereh Pourat, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times about the impact of federal Medicaid reductions over the next decade.