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Associated Press

College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support

AJ Scheitler, director of the Data Equity Center at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided important context about how college students and their academic success are affected by food insecurity.
young man looking into an empty refrigerator

ABC News

How Affordable Care Act subsidies became a sticking point in the government shutdown

Naomi Zewde, fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in this article about explaining who might be affected most by the discontinuation of the Affordable Care Act subsidies. Syndicated on Yahoo, AOL.com, and dozens of ABC news affiliates.
African American boy getting a vaccine while being with his father at pediatrician's office.

AsAmNews

Why 1000’s of Asian American seniors skip basic healthcare

Riti Shimkhada, a senior research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, explained what effects the linguistic and cultural barriers to getting health care can do to older Asian adults, including things like not getting timely appointments, nor getting access to primary care or specialty care.
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USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism

Dec 03, 2025

The gaps in care: What SoCal Chinese mothers reveal about a system still learning to listen

This story references a report published jointly by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and AAPI Data that used California Health Interview Survey data to conduct a community analysis of mental health experiences of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in California.
Features: AAPI Data Project, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Shasta Scout

Nov 24, 2025

After spate of alleged hate crimes and incidents, California Civil Rights Department holds forum in Shasta

This story references how the California Civil Rights Department worked with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research to catalong hate incidents in the annual California Health Interview Survey.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

FedScoop

Nov 12, 2025

Save public health data to save American lives

The California Health Interview Survey is cited as an exemplar of state-level health data collection in this opinion piece by the vice president of research, evaluation, and learning and chief science officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the president and founder of the Center for Open Data Enterprise.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

AsAmNews

Nov 10, 2025

Why 1000’s of Asian American seniors skip basic healthcare

Riti Shimkhada, a senior research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, explained what effects the linguistic and cultural barriers to getting health care can do to older Asian adults, including things like not getting timely appointments, nor getting access to primary care or specialty care.
Features: Riti Shimkhada, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Lookout Santa Cruz

Nov 06, 2025

Santa Cruz looks like paradise but we’re the most distressed county in the Bay Area – I blame housing

California Health Interview Survey data were cited in an opinion column about how the lack of affordable housing in Santa Cruz County is causing psychological stress among young and middle-aged residents.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

NewsBreak

Nov 04, 2025

S.F. nonprofit just began offering legal aid to trans immigrants. Requests are pouring in.

A story about Parivar, a local nonprofit that launched its first legal-aid program for transgender immigrants, cited a study from the Williams Institute that used population data from the California Health Interview Survey.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

The Orange County Register

Oct 31, 2025

Overweight in the Golden State (paywall)

California Health Interview Survey data were cited in a story that said nearly 61% of California adults are overweight or obese.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Los Angeles Sentinel

Oct 31, 2025

Prescribing prevention: Doctors turn to lifestyle, herbs and veggies to protect against chronic illness in Black Californians

This story cites UCLA Center for Health Policy Research California Health Interview Survey data and a study from UCLA CHPR's Health Economics and Evaluation Research program about diabetes in California.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

South Kern Sol

Oct 27, 2025

California survey releases data on poverty, healthcare, and discrimination

Ninez A. Ponce, Phd, MPP, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and principal investigator of the California Health Interview Survey was quoted in this story about the 2024 CHIS data release. CHIS Director Todd Hughes was also quoted, along with Alex J. Bates, senior data analyst for CHIS.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, Todd Hughes, Alex J. Bates, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Pasadena Now

Oct 25, 2025

From walk to witness, Pasadena confronts school hate today

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)