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Pasadena Now — From walk to witness, Pasadena confronts school hate today — November 12, 2025

From walk to witness, Pasadena confronts school hate today — From walk to witness, Pasadena confronts school hate today — November 12, 2025

California Health Interview Survey data about where adolescents experience hate incidents was cited in this announcement about an awareness walk to combat hate in the Pasadena area.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

CBS LA — Studies show more college students are accessing mental health resources — October 27, 2025

Studies show more college students are accessing mental health resources — Studies show more college students are accessing mental health resources — October 27, 2025

Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, discusses the findings that show college students have improved mental health due to the availability of resources. 

Features: Daniel Eisenberg, Mental Health Program

Press-Telegram — Long Beach releases report on Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander community needs (paywall) — October 30, 2025

Long Beach releases report on Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander community needs (paywall) — Long Beach releases report on Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander community needs (paywall) — October 30, 2025

Richard Calvin Chang, director of the NHPI Data Policy Lab at UCLA CHPR, was quoted in a story about the city of Long Beach's first-time health needs assessment of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community.
Features: Richard Calvin Chang

Los Angeles Daily News — Aliso Canyon blowout 10 years later: What we know, and what we don't (paywall) — November 10, 2025

Aliso Canyon blowout 10 years later: What we know, and what we don't (paywall) — Aliso Canyon blowout 10 years later: What we know, and what we don't (paywall) — November 10, 2025

UCLA professor Michael Jerrett, principal investigator of the UCLA Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study, provided an update on the research team's progress, which includes monitoring fine particulate matter in homes, analyzing emergency room data, tracking methane via aircraft and satellite, conducting a community health survey, and performing clinical exams such as lung tests, neurological assessments, and urine and blood analyses for chemical exposure.
Features: Michael Jerrett

UCLA Newsroom — 3 UCLA faculty members elected to the National Academy of Medicine — October 27, 2025

3 UCLA faculty members elected to the National Academy of Medicine — 3 UCLA faculty members elected to the National Academy of Medicine — October 27, 2025

UCLA neurologist S. Thomas Carmichael, lung specialist Paul W. Noble and public health pioneer Ninez A. Ponce have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the academy announced today.

Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Pasadena Now — Confronting Hate: Pasadena Mobilizes as Schools Face Rising Incidents — October 22, 2025

Confronting Hate: Pasadena Mobilizes as Schools Face Rising Incidents — Confronting Hate: Pasadena Mobilizes as Schools Face Rising Incidents — October 22, 2025

California Health Interview Survey data from 2022 and 2023 were cited in this story about Pasadena’s “United Against Hate Week,” the city's response to discrimination and division in education and in the community. 

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Dalton Daily Citizen — Lawfully present immigrants help stabilize ACA plans: Why does GOP want them out? — October 22, 2025

Lawfully present immigrants help stabilize ACA plans: Why does GOP want them out? — Lawfully present immigrants help stabilize ACA plans: Why does GOP want them out? — October 22, 2025

Arturo Vargas Bustamante, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in this story about lawfully present immigrants who are enrolled in Obamacare health plans who will lose their insurance subsidies because of the new federal tax and spending law.

Features: Arturo Vargas Bustamante

Sacramento Bee — Low-Wage California families could lose CalFresh stores under USDA proposal — October 22, 2025

Low-Wage California families could lose CalFresh stores under USDA proposal — Low-Wage California families could lose CalFresh stores under USDA proposal — October 22, 2025

Susan H. Babey, director of research at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in a story about a proposed rule that could make it harder for low-income families to find groceries that accept CalFresh, or SNAP, benefits.

Features: Susan H. Babey