DGC Co-Director Michelle Craske, PhD, was featured in a May 6, 2026, Washington Post article about positive affect treatment, a therapy designed to target anhedonic depression, a severe type of depression.
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interviews & speaking engagements
UCLA Depression Grand Challenge Executive Director Michelle Popowtiz, JD, MPH, spoke as an invited keynote panelist at the 2026 Mpact Conference, a national convening focused on research partnerships and impact, public impact and American competitiveness.
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DGC Director Nelson Freimer, MD, participated in a summit centered on the launch of a new UCLA mental health initiative, Hope Connects Us. The initiative aims to expand prevention and early support resources, strengthen the coordination of campus mental health services, and ensure effective care for students in crisis.
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DGC Director Nelson Freimer, Co-Director Michelle Craske, and DGC-affiliated faculty Loes Olde Loohuis will be presenting as keynotes and panelist at the 4th annual Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Symposium on Precision Mental Health in Los Angeles and Beyond, hosted by the UCLA Institute for Precision Health on January 23, 2026.
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STAND system of care showcased at UC Brain & Behavioral Health Consortium meeting as potential model
DGC Co-Director Michelle Craske, PhD, presented an overview of the STAND system of care at a meeting of the University of California Brain and Behavioral Health Consortium on Oct. 30, 2025. The consortium is charged with identifying pathways for University of California Health to improve California communities’ access to behavioral health care services.
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Michelle Popowitz, executive director of the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge and UCLA assistant vice chancellor for research, contributed her expertise to a panel at the 7th annual LABEST Bioscience Conference, hosted by the UCLA Technology Development Group (TDG) on May 22, 2025.
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UCLA Depression Grand Challenge Co-Director Michelle Craske, PhD, spoke on an expert panel about mental health research on May 2, 2024, on Capitol Hill.
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UCLA Depression Grand Challenge Executive Director Michelle Popowitz co-led a three-hour workshop at the 2023 NORDP ReCON: ForwaRD! national conference this month. The workshop, “Leveraging Campus-Scale Initiatives to Advance RD Goals: The Case Study of Grand Challenges,” featured thought leaders who had been the first to lead campus-wide grand challenge-type programs at their universities.
The UCLA Alumni Association spotlighted the Depression Grand Challenge at its May Town Hall providing a strategic focus overview and update of the campuswide initiative and insights from the program to the alumni community.
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Dr. Nelson B. Freimer, UCLA Depression Grand Challenge director, highlighted current DGC research in a lecture titled “Transformations Coming to Psychiatric Assessment: The Role of Genetics and Digital Technologies” on Apr. 18, 2023.
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