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.
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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.
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In a recent article featured by UCLA Newsroom, Chancellor Block described his personal interest in neuroscience and the amount that is still unknown.
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Zócalo Public Square and UCLA held an event titled “How Can We Reverse the Depression Epidemic?” on December 11, 2017. Esteemed panelists included UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Jonathan Flint, DGC Executive Committee member.
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Fox News reported on the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge’s efforts to eradicate depression by the end of the century. In the news segment, Claudia Cowan, a FOX News Channel San Francisco-based correspondent, interviews Dr. Nelson Freimer, director of the DGC.
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Celebrity UCLA alum Sara Bareilles shares her support for the Depression Grand Challenge in the form of a video appeal.
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The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge team has partnered with collaborators around the globe to create a solution that provides underserved populations with state-of the-art treatment for depression. The expanded team submitted a proposal to the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition.
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UCLA invites Bruins to show their support for UCLA’s Depression Grand Challenge research initiative and UCLA bring hope to 350 million around the world who struggle with depression.
Read more at UCLA Newsroom.
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UCLA Women & Philanthropy featured the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge during its 2015 Fall Cultivation Event on Nov. 17, 2015. The event featured a panel discussion to highlight the DGC’s aims to cut the burden of depression in half by 2050.
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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.
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