UCLA Fielding School of Public Health experts available for comment regarding public health issues related to hurricanes:
Dr. David Eisenman, MD, professor of community health sciences and and director of the Center for Public Health and Disasters; extensive experience with disatser preaparedness and response, including the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast and Hurricane Sandy in the eastern United States.
Prof. Vickie Mays, PhD, psychologist and professor of health policy management with extensive experience in disaster and emergency response, spent five years helping to rebuild New Orleans’ mental health capacity and workforce after Hurricane Katrina.
