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 in a commentary published by the Daily Bruin.
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.
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.
Research led by UCLA's Dr. Anne Coleman, professor in the UCLA Fielding School's Department of Epidemiology and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at UCLA Health, suggests that routine heart health screening identifies people at higher risk for age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and other vision-threatening conditions.
Jan. 7 marks one year since wildfire erupted over the Pacific Palisades. By month’s end, more than 10 wildfires — including the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Kenneth, Hughes and Sepulveda fires — had ignited, burning more than 55,000 acres of land, destroying nearly 16,000 homes and claiming approximately 440 lives.
Though the fires were extinguished, their effects live on. One year later, UCLA Health experts say long-term threats to lung health, mental well-being and overall community wellness remain.
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 in California, especially in rural counties.
Reuters interviewed UCLA Fielding's Dr. Lara Cushing about the public health impact of so-called "peaker" electrical generating plants in residential communities.
A 2022 study of formerly “redlined” U.S. communities, which were cut off from financial services like mortgages for being predominantly Black or immigrant, found that residents were 53% more likely to have had a peaker plant built nearby since the year 2000 than in non-redlined areas.
The Los Angeles Daily News quoted UCLA Fielding's Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr.
The California Health Interview Survey's (CHIS) Making an Impact 2025 report highlights the survey's latest research and data.