On May 26, 2018, NBC Nightly News Medical Correspondent, Dr. John Torres, reported on the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge’s unique efforts to deliver better and faster mental health services to its student body in response to the growing demand for mental health services among college students. The massive research initiative is designed to understand, treat and prevent depression.

Michelle Craske, PhD (Executive Committee member of the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge) delivered a powerful talk about depression and the Depression Grand Challenge at the seventh annual TEDxUCLA confere

In the article, “Record Numbers of College Students Are Seeking Treatment for Depression and Anxiety — But Schools Can’t Keep Up,” TIME showcases creative college campus approaches to addressing the ever-increasing student demand for mental health services. TIME featured university strategies include implementing digital counseling services, increasing funding to preexisting services, and upping the number of staff within counseling departments.

The Chronicle of Higher Education featured the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge in an article highlighting the DGC’s use of tech to address university student’s mental health treatment demands and needs. The article mentions Michelle Craske, PhD (UCLA psychology and psychiatry professor and co-director of the Depression Grand Challenge) and references the remote monitoring app, the Check In Survey and the symptom-tracking dashboard for STAND study participants.

The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge held a half-day symposium open to the entire UCLA campus focused on mobile personal sensing, behavior, and health on Feb. 8, 2018. These technologies provided an overview for passively collecting data to better understand and treat depression.