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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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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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’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.
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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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.
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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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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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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In an August 8, 2018 LA Times article, UCLA/IMG sportscaster Josh Lewin publicly expressed interest in partnering with the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge as he launched his new website focused on mental health: https://www.okaytogether.com/. Lewin initiated his website in order to reduce the stigma associated with depression and anxiety, and let others realize they are not alone in their struggle.
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