Wildfire and Cancer Resources

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On April 21, 2025, the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center JCCC Wildfire & Cancer event provided valuable insights into the impact of wildfires on cancer-related health within the Los Angeles community. This page serves as a dedicated hub for resources highlighted during the event. Readers are encouraged to review the resources and recorded event linked below for further information on this important topic.

Wildfire and Cancer-related Resources

Environmental

• PM2.5 Air Quality Info(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Air Quality Maps(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• LA County Post-Fire Air, Soil, and Water Assessment Plan(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Community Action Project Los Angeles (CAP-LA)(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• LA Fire HEALTH Study: https://lafirehealth.org/(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Air Quality Sensor Performance Evaluation Center (AQ-SPEC)(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Mental Wellbeing and Stress Management

• Psychological First Aid (PFA)(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• CalHOPE(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Trinka and Sam Children’s Book(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Soluna App(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Pause-Reset-Nourish (PRN)(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Bounce Back Now(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
• Together for Wellness(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)

Watch the UCLA Wildfire and Cancer Panel Discussion Webinar

Panelists

Melissa Brymer, PhD, PsyD
Director of Terrorism and Disaster Programs, UCLA–Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
Researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

Arash Naeim, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics and Hematology-Oncology) and Bioengineering
Neria and Manizheh Yomtoubian Endowed Chair in Cancer and Risk Sciences
Director of Informatics, Jonson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-Director, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Research (CMO-CR), UCLA Health
Associate Dean for Clinical Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Yifang Zhu, PhD
Professor, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences