UHERO
Ruben Juarez
The Road to Recovery: Strengthening Health, Stability, and Resiliency Three Years After the Maui Wildfires
Three years after the Maui wildfires, findings from the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study (MauiWES) offer a hopeful but clear message: recovery is underway, but it…
New MauiWES Study Published in JAMA Psychiatry
A new study led by UHERO’s Ruben Juarez has been published in JAMA Psychiatry. The article finds mental health consequences of wildfire exposure, housing displacement,…
Mental health impacts of Maui wildfires extend beyond burn zone
A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry finds that the mental health impacts of the Maui wildfires extend beyond the burn zone. In this cross-sectional…
Nearly $800K awarded to support MauiWES
Hawaiʻi Community Foundation and Kaiser Permanente have committed nearly $800K in funding to support the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study (MauiWES). “‘This support allows us to…
UHERO’s Ruben Juarez to Present at 1st Annual LA Fires Research Conference
UHERO’s Ruben Juarez and Alika Maunakea of the John A. Burns School of Medicine will present at the 1st Annual LA Fires Research Conference, sharing…
Recovery Through a Disability Lens: Impacts of the 2023 Maui Wildfires on Disability Equity and Shared Prosperity
The August 2023 Maui wildfires devastated homes, disrupted livelihoods, and reshaped entire communities. For many Maui residents with disabilities, life after the fires has been…
Enduring Impacts of the November 2021 Red Hill Fuel Spill: Health, Social, Economic, and Trust Implications
This report presents findings from a follow-up survey conducted in July 2023—about 20 months after the Red Hill water contamination—with 174 people who had participated…
New MauiWES Study Published in JAMA Network Open
A new paper in JAMA Network Open, a journal of the American Medical Association, led by Dr. Ruben Juarez, Dr. Alika Maunakea, Dr. Daniela Bond-Smith,…
Publication: Rural health disparities: Evidence from Hawaiʻi
This article examines how rurality contributes to health disparities in the Hawaiian Islands using data from the June 2023 wave of a statewide health survey.…