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Sep 12, 2026
A 2025 Cal State Fullerton/UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study on food insecurity among college students at Cal State Fullerton was cited in this story.
Sep 08, 2026
Data about how many more Californians could become uninsured by 2030 from a report by the California Simulation of Insurance Markets, a joint project of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the UC Berkeley Labor Center, is cited in this story.
Aug 28, 2026
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Director Ninez Ponce offered expert commentary in this story about the importance of community health clinics having "some measure of freedom to spend revenue on care for their high-needs populations."
Aug 20, 2026
This State of Inequality Column cites data from a 2026 California Simulation of Insurance Markets report that estimated how many more Californians could become uninsured by 2030.
Aug 19, 2026
Mark Peterson, senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and professor of public policy, provided expert commentary on voters' attitudes toward the the U.S. health care system, and how political candidates campaign to reform the system.
Aug 17, 2026
This column cites a data from the California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) that showed how many people could lose full-scope Medi-Cal coverage in Humboldt County on California's North Coast, as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. CalSIM is a joint project of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the UC Berkeley Labor Center.
Aug 14, 2026
Corina Penaia, a health policy and management doctoral student, and researcher with the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was the graduate student recipient.
Aug 12, 2026
Data from the California Health Interview Survey about preventable hospitalizations was cited in this story that highlights the need for more stable funding for a hospital in South Los Angeles.
Aug 07, 2026
Nadereh Pourat, an associate center director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided expert commentary on how cuts to Medi-Cal could affect the financial outlook for California hospitals.
SmartBrief — Experts: Immigration enforcement affects public health, access to care — August 7, 2026
Aug 05, 2026
Maria-Elena Young, a faculty affiliate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided expertise in this article about immigration enforcement harms immigrants' health and affects their access to and utilization of healthcare.