Center in the News List
Sep 29, 2025
The CalMatters' WhatMatters newsletter included a mention of the California Health Interview Survey and its 20-plus years of work tracking food security.
Sep 29, 2025
Ninez A. Ponce, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, shared how outreach about vaccine recommendations and availability is crucial to ensuring that people get the vaccinations they're entitled to.
Sep 24, 2025
Mark Peterson, Senior Fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, has been honored by the Health Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association.
Sep 24, 2025
Using data from the California Health Interview Survey and other sources, the California Health Care Foundation released the 2025 California Latino Health Almanac. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in an article about the almanac.
Sep 20, 2025
Professors Michael Jerrett and Kimberly Paul were quoted in this story about the UCLA Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study team's first peer-reviewed study on birth outcomes in the area of the Aliso Canyon gas blowout.
Sep 15, 2025
In advance of a local hearing, community leaders urged residents to share their experiences with acts of hate. According to the California Health Interview Survey, 2.6 million Californians age 12 and older experienced hate acts from 2022 to 2023.
Sep 12, 2025
Professors Kimberly Paul and Michael Jerrett, of the UCLA Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study, were quoted in this online and radio story about the research team's investigation of birth records. KNBC-TV (Ch. 4 Los Angeles) also covered the story.
Sep 04, 2025
Naomi Zewde, fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and assistant professor of health policy and management, shared important reasons why even young adults should have health insurance and what could happen to them financially if they do not.
Aug 27, 2025
Nadereh Pourat, associate center director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, offered expertise on how federal Medicaid work requirements will likely lead to people losing their health coverage.
Aug 22, 2025
Imelda Padilla-Frausto, research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, discussed how a projected 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment to social security could leave many recipients with less buying power.