STAND for All, the DGC’s publicly available STAND program, has been upgraded with new content and a new delivery platform. The upgraded program combines STAND content previously offered through multiple STAND implementations and across multiple delivery platforms into a single consolidated public offering.
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The DGC refreshed its LinkedIn page to serve as a destination for updates, insights, and perspectives from across its work to better understand, prevent, and treat depression.
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On June 4, 2026, the Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community (DATAcc) by the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) released a new core set of digital measures intended to cultivate shared standards for the use of digital sensing in mental health research and care.
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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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DGC-affiliated researcher Kunmi Sobowale, MD, was awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health to support his research on early childhood and parental mental health.
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The DGC has launched a new study portal featuring research studies currently open for recruitment. The portal serves as a centralized hub for visitors to browse active studies, learn more about individual studies, and sign up to get notified of future studies through the UCLA Depression Research Registry.
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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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The DGC has completed data collection for the National Digital Mental Health Study, conducted in collaboration with Apple, a nationwide research effort designed to better understand how symptoms of depression and anxiety may be measured using data from everyday digital devices.
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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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Veronica Tozzo, PhD, a researcher with the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge, has been awarded funding by the Huo Family Foundation to study how patterns of smartphone and smartwatch use relate to depression and anxiety in young adults.
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