Baljit Khakh, a UCLA professor of physiology and neurobiology, was recently named a 2018 Allen Distinguished Investigator by the Allen Institute. The award will support his lab’s research on astrocytes – understudied brain support cells that make up about 40 percent of our brain and hold key information about neurological disorders. Read more →
On November 8 and 9, 2018, the Depression Grand Challenge (DGC) hosted collaborators from the University of Oulu. Denzil Ferreira and his team from Oulu’s Center for Ubiquitous Computing – Dr. Aku Visuri, Dr. Yuuki Nishiyama, and Kennedy Asare – conferred with DGC members to formalize plans for using their smartphone-based behavior tracking platform in ongoing Read more →
On November 8, 2018, UCLA kicked off a crowdfunding campaign in support of the Depression Grand Challenge’s Screening and Treatment for Anxiety and Depression (STAND) program. The campaign is active through January 1, 2019 and has a goal of raising $25,000. STAND provides free and accessible mental health resources for all registered UCLA students to assess whether they Read more →
The Depression Grand Challenge (DGC), in partnership with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), hosted parent and family workshops on October 26 and 27, 2018 during Bruin Family Weekend. Representatives from the DGC and CAPS spoke to full crowds both days, and provided an overview of campus resources available to support all Bruins’ Read more →
Michelle Craske, PhD (psychology and psychiatry professor at UCLA and co-director of the Depression Grand Challenge) was mentioned in a recent CNN article titled, “How a wooden bench is starting a revolution in mental health.” The article details Zimbabwe’s Friendship Bench Project, an inexpensive mental health intervention where individuals meet with a trained Read more →