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Chancellor Block spotlights Depression Grand Challenge in piece on confronting mental health ‘shadow pandemic’

March 11, 2022

In a recent article authored for the April 2022 issue of UCLA Magazine, Chancellor Gene Block spoke to his concern about a “shadow pandemic” of worsened mental health across societies in the two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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UCLA Depression Research Registry, new study recruitment tool, launches

November 09, 2021

UCLA has launched the UCLA Depression Research Registry, a new tool to improve research recruitment for future UCLA mental health research studies.

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UCLA Depression Grand Challenge forms Social Justice Advisory Committee

January 30, 2021

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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Michelle Craske to hold new UCLA psychology chair established by NBA player Kevin Love

June 22, 2020

UCLA announced that Cleveland Cavaliers star and former UCLA standout committed $500,000 through his foundation to establish a new Kevin Love Fund Centennial Chair in psychology. Love’s contribution, matched by the Centennial Term Chair Match, will fund research aimed to prevent, diagnose, treat and end the stigma around anxiety and depression.

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Discover Magazine article features Depression Grand Challenge approach to preventing, understanding, treating depression

October 09, 2019

Discover Magazine’s Nov. 2019 issue highlighted the Depression Grand Challenge’s efforts to understand the genetic and environmental causes of depression, and mentioned the STAND system of care.

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UCLA and Zócalo Public Square host panel discussion on depression in the 21st century

September 11, 2019

UCLA and Zócalo Public Square hosted a panel titled, “Is Depression a 21st Century Epidemic” on Sept. 11, 2019 in Washington, D.C. The panel was moderated by Amy Ellis Nutt, former Washington Post science writer, and focused on how to approach diagnosing, preventing and treating depression in the modern age.

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Chancellor Block and Jonathan Flint share Depression Grand Challenge news during travels to Europe, Asia for Centennial Celebration

September 02, 2019

Jonathan Flint, genetics expert and DGC Executive Committee member, traveled with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block to sites like London, Dublin, Amsterdam, Geneva, Singapore, Bangkok, Taipei, Tokyo and Seoul.

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Michelle Craske sits down with NBA's Kevin Love for UCLA Psychology event: 'Minds Matter: Raising the Curtain on Depression & Anxiety'

August 19, 2019

Cleveland Cavaliers basketball player Kevin Love joined Michelle Craske, psychology and psychiatry professor and co-director of the Depression Grand Challenge, Aug. 19, 2019 for "Minds Matter: Raising the Curtain on Depression and Anxiety," the first in the ongoing Minds Matter event series hosted by UCLA Psychology and the Geffen Playhouse.

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UCLA Depression Grand Challenge hosts TEDxUCLA Salon

January 08, 2019

The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge hosted a TEDxUCLA salon titled "Tackling Depression: Understanding, Preventing, and Treating the World’s Greatest Health Problem."

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STAND spotlighted at CAPS Continuing Education Training Conference

September 12, 2018

Members of the Depression Grand Challenge presented at the Continuing Education Training Conference hosted by CAPS on Sept. 12, 2018 to inform campus partners of the student resources within the DGC Screening and Treatment for Anxiety and Depression program, or STAND.

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