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UCLA Grand Challenges Leadership
Michelle Popowitz, JD, MPH
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research and Executive Director, UCLA Grand Challenges
Jill Sweitzer, MFA
Co-Director, UCLA Grand Challenges
Maureen Purcell
Special Projects Coordinator
Ann R. Karagozian, PhD
Interim Vice Chancellor for Research
Interim Vice Chancellor for Research
Email: grandchallenges@ucla.edu
Phone: 310-206-6734
Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Leadership
Mark Gold, PhD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability
Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability
Cassie Rauser, PhD
Director of the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge
Email: sustainablela@ucla.edu
Depression Grand Challenge Leadership
Nelson Freimer, MD
Maggie G. Gilbert Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Director, UCLA Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics
Associate Director, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
Maggie G. Gilbert Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Director, UCLA Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics
Associate Director, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
Michelle Craske, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair
Director, Anxiety and Depression Research Center (formerly Anxiety Disorders Research Center)
Department of Psychology, UCLA
Email: depressionGC@ucla.edu