The DGC refreshed its LinkedIn page to serve as a destination for updates, insights, and perspectives from across its work to better understand, prevent, and treat depression.
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The DGC has launched a new study portal featuring research studies currently open for recruitment. The portal serves as a centralized hub for visitors to browse active studies, learn more about individual studies, and sign up to get notified of future studies through the UCLA Depression Research Registry.
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The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge’s 2025 Year in Review, was shared with newsletter subscribers by DGC Director Nelson Freimer, MD on Dec. 24, 2025. Freimer’s message celebrated ten years of the DGC’s mission to cut the burden of depression on human health and well-being in half by 2050, and overviewed updates on the following:
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UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk delivered the meeting’s opening remarks, affirming his confidence in the Depression Grand Challenge’s mission and underscoring the importance of sustaining ambitious, public-impact research amid recent disruptions to federal funding.
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The UCLA STAND for Community Colleges Innovation Center completed its third year of research activities in March 2025, with the continuation notice arriving at UCLA in June. In a Q&A, ALACRITY Center Co-Director Kate Wolitzky-Taylor, PhD, outlines recent areas of emphasis, accomplishments, and next steps.
The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge’s 2024 Year in Review, delivered by DGC Director Nelson Freimer, MD, was shared Dec. 19, 2024.
Freimer shared updates on the following:
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Today the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge launches a new website. The site features details about the DGC research and dissemination objectives, corresponding studies and projects, the unique operational playbook, organizational structure including stakeholders and advisors, values, recent news, and history of key milestones.
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The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge releases STAND Tips, a web-based toolkit available to everyone that provides effective strategies to help manage common stress, anxiety and grief, especially during periods of hardship or following traumatic events.
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The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge appoints clinical psychologist Isabelle Lanser as its dedicated policy analyst to ensure DGC activities are in service of benefitting all.
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The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge has established an advisory committee to help ensure its programs and decisions promote social justice and anti-racism. The inaugural DGC Social Justice Advisory Committee includes: Jeanne Miranda, chair, Gaby Aguilera, Denise Chavira, Nicole Green, Stan Huey, Tamar Kodish, Isabelle Lanser and Anna Lau.
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