DGC Newsletter – Issue #7
Timing: Fall 2018
Topic: Innovative Treatment Network Component – Screening and Treatment for Anxiety and Depression (STAND) program
Beginning in spring 2017, UCLA Depression Grand Challenge (DGC) started publishing a subscriber-based newsletter. Issue #7 focused on the Screening and Treatment for Anxiety and Depression (STAND) program, which is an integral part of the Innovative Treatment Network component.
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On October 16, 2018, UCLA senior Valeree Catangay was honored with the Brower Youth Award, an annual national award that recognizes young leaders in the environmental movement. Catangay co-founded the Environmentalists of Color Collective, UCLA’s first environmental justice club. The club advocates for environmentalism to include narratives of communities and people of color.
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Beginning in 2017, UCLA rolled out a student survey and treatment program. This program was refined and rebranded as STAND over the Summer of 2018. Through the Depression Grand Challenge’s (DGC) Screening and Treatment for Anxiety and Depression (STAND) program, UCLA students have access to the Mental Health Tracker (formerly the Check In Survey). This is a 5- Read more →
The Goldhirsh Foundation committed $50K to the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLA GC) earlier this month to fund the FY19 Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (SLA GC-URSP). This signature, year-long program began in the 2014-2015 academic year and matches students with SLA GC researchers. SLA GC-URSP combines research, Read more →
Sean Jackson, a second-year UCLA undergraduate student, is a 2017-2018 Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Undergraduate Research Scholar (SLA GC-URSP). As part of this course students are matched with faculty for one year of research experience. Sean was matched with associate professor of management, Magali Delmas (UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability; UCLA Read more →