David Eisenman quoted on goal of new UCLA heat map | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

Katerina Jowid
July 18, 2022
SLAGC News and Events

Publication: KNBC-TV

UCLA Expert: David Eisenman: Professor-in-Residence, Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health; Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine; Director, Center for Public Health and Disasters; Deputy Director for Community Partnerships, Center for Healthy Climate Solutions

Synopsis: On a day of extreme heat, L.A.’s hospital visits go up. UCLA has created a new map tool to help Southern California tackle the problem.

UCLA News: Eisenman, leading figure in UCLA’s new heat map, said the goal of the project is to “show where the damage is actually being done.”