
Students in the Hot Seat: The Impact of Heat on Education
Increased heat can affect students’ academic performance, especially students who are Black, Hispanic, or from low-income families.

Increased heat can affect students’ academic performance, especially students who are Black, Hispanic, or from low-income families.

Michael Jerrett interviewed in the Los Angeles Times

New research shows that adding green space in LA’s “park poor” neighborhoods could lead to a population-level gain of some 165,000 years in life expectancy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown some of the ways that Black communities face the harshest consequences of our public health failures. We need to work together to implement climate adaptive policies that protect Black lives and close the gap.

Michael Jerrett quoted in the Los Angeles Times

UCLA C-Solutions featured in California Healthline and Kaiser Health News, including an interview with Co-Directors Jonathan Fielding and Michael Jerrett

The new FSPH-based UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions will work with policymakers on strategies for protecting human health against a growing threat.

Michael Jerrett quoted in the Washington Post

Jonathan Fielding quoted in the Los Angeles Times

Jonathan Fielding interviewed on NBC Los Angeles