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#HEC2025 finalist Naomi Castellon-Perez wants to improve classroom air quality by teaching students to build portable DIY air purifiers — known as Corsi-Rosenthal boxes — using low-cost air filters, duct tape, a box fan, a cardboard box, and scissors: bit.ly/45UalpE.

#HEC2025 finalist Qianyun Wang writes about her project, which uses photos and storytelling to help older Chinese immigrants cope with grief and pushes for systemic policy changes that emphasize the importance of culturally tailored mental health support: bit.ly/4ktfnOx.

“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” Learn how that quote inspired #HEC2025 finalist Suhong He to design a mental health support program that frames seeking help as a strength — not a weakness — and cultural identity as a source of healing: bit.ly/4kRvx3Y

Growing up, #HEC2025 winner Taylor Carty often couldn’t play with kids at school because the playground wasn’t inclusive. Read how her experiences shaped her #HEC2025 project, which will bring inclusive, sensory-friendly play equipment to Venice Hope Park: bit.ly/448Tazt

A @uclachpr report showing the Whole Person Care Program “resulted in an overall reduction in emergency department visits and hospitalizations and had a reduction in overall estimated Medi-Cal costs compared to the control group” was featured in JD Supra: bit.ly/3SQoVac.

#HEC2025 finalist Tiffany Y. Chen believes health technology must be inclusive, accessible, and rooted in lived experience. Her project combines an easy-to-use mobile app with community ambassador to help underserved communities with Parkinson’s disease: bit.ly/4jNTg4d.

Fueled by her mom’s experiences with self-blame after being a victim of a financial scam, Wendy Tran designed her #HEC2025 project, which provides trauma-informed resources, such as culturally responsive mental health support, to older Asian immigrants: bit.ly/4mXqOj6.

Halee Yue shares how her dog Brea and her grandfather who grew up in foster care, inspired her #HEC2025 project: A leadership program that teaches resilience in foster youth by pairing them with shelter dogs and mentors, to help the dogs become adoptable: bit.ly/45zl09t.

For #HEC2025 finalist Tiffany J. Chen, helping people experiencing homelessness means meeting them where they are. She shares her project, a mobile dental clinic that would provide exams, cleanings, restorative care, and education to Skid Row residents: bit.ly/43EuRJE.

Mass deportations could cost California $275 billion and devastate key industries including agriculture and hospitality, according to a new study by Bay Area Council Economic Institute and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research affiliate and @UCMerced professor Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young. Read more: bit.ly/4mZgerQ.

Thank you to AcademyHealth for another outstanding Annual Research Meeting and for continuing to highlight the importance of evidence-based policy and practice. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research is proud to have been part of #ARM25 and contributing to conversations about data quality and health equity.

More online resources needed for Californians with disabilities who need help with critical decisions, says UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study. Among recommendations: supported decision-making materials tailored for more languages, employment sectors, and disability types: ucla.in/43WrzjN.

Our California Health Interview Survey data on hate incidents, released in partnership with California Civil Rights Department, is cited in a Los Angeles Wave story on how rising hate crimes have sparked CA lawmakers to ramp up hearings: bit.ly/4ko3rfX. Read more: ucla.in/3Ej5P90.

In this Q&A, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research director Ninez Ponce discusses how equitable governance and community engagement shift power to underrepresented populations, the value of data disaggregation, and the work of the CHPR’s Data Equity Center. bit.ly/3TTo5tD.

A candidate who campaigned on free child care won NYC’s mayoral primary. How could this affect California? Read this LAist story (bit.ly/3Ttm1sf) citing a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research California Health Interview Survey study on lack of regular child care for kids: ucla.in/3YhhDiH.

48% of low-income CA Latinx adults experience food insecurity. A new @UCLALatino analysis coauthored by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Senior Fellow Arturo Vargas Bustamante and using California Health Interview Survey data, examines the consequences of cutting CalFresh: ucla.in/407CzKc.

Journalist Liza Ramrayka highlights the power of community voices in her reporting on mental health among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities, citing our report with AAPI Data: ucla.in/48DQKb0. Read more via KALW: bit.ly/44RLgtk.

Join us on Wednesday, August 13, as @uclachpr senior economist Srikanth Kadiyala shares findings from a new study published in Health Affairs Scholar that uses trazodone as a case study to examine off-label prescription use and spending in the U.S.: ucla.in/4nNs2hi.

Most tobacco control research in the U.S. has focused on federal- and state-level policies, but how has local tobacco control policy intensity impacted smoking behavior within CA? A new UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study published in BMJ Tobacco Control takes a closer look: ucla.in/3IzhDWt.