On October 28, 2015, UCLA announced the official launch of the Depression Grand Challenge. The program is UCLA’s second Grand Challenge, following the ongoing Sustainable LA Grand Challenge. The new grand challenge focused on depression comprises four components: a 100,000-person study to discover the causes of depression, an effort called Discovery Neuroscience that is aimed at understanding how depression arises, a focus on developing and providing state-of-the-art treatment for tens of thousands of study participants, and an effort to understand and eliminate the stigma associated with depression.
Source: Combating depression is UCLA’s second Grand Challenge UCLA Newsroom, Oct. 28, 2015
Additional coverage on the launch of the Depression Grand Challenge:
UCLA launches ambitious long-term depression initiative KPCC-FM, Oct. 28 2015
UCLA Grand Challenge aims to tackle depression on global scale Daily Bruin, Oct. 28, 2015
The Grand Challenge of combating depression University of California, Oct. 28, 2015
