Grand Challenges

Faculty with the Depression Grand Challenge have created a system for managing mental health that they hope can be scaled and customized.

Researchers are lending their expertise to help make sure everyone in Los Angeles can benefit from the efforts.

Researchers from the Depression Grand Challenge are collaborating with Apple to measure factors like sleep and activity to understand how they affect symptoms of the disorder.

Achieving net-zero emissions in California by 2050 can prevent thousands of deaths annually, researchers say.

This first offering of UCLA’s STAND Together During COVID-19 website provides self-care strategies based on research-backed cognitive behavioral therapy principles.

Depression has many faces, and — through its Grand Challenge — UCLA is learning to recognize them all.

UCLA tackles 10 aspects of climate change, the existential crisis of our times, and comes up with smart solutions.

Director of the UCLA Anxiety and Depression Research Center will deliver the 128th Faculty Research Lecture at UCLA on Feb. 19.

In this role, Hoek will provide leadership and grow partnerships with faculty and stakeholders to improve ecosystem health in Los Angeles.

At a Zócalo/UCLA event in Washington, D.C., experts discussed how technology will uncover the causes of the disease and offer new therapies.

Researchers will study the DNA of endangered and threatened animals and plants to help preserve species and learn which are most vulnerable to climate change.

Flint has been named a fellow of the society, a prestigious academy that includes some of the world’s most eminent scientists.

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In just 100 years, UCLA has grown into a world-class center of learning, research and health care.

Team members are using social media, reaching out to friends and family, and doing outreach around campus to share information about the effort and ask for their support.

The announcement by Los Angeles officials that the city would recycle 100 percent of its wastewater by 2035 aligns with the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.

The partnership will enable the city to manage water supplies more sustainably, become more energy efficient and increase use of clean energy.

From water resources to wildfires, UCLA research reveals a climate future that will have wide-ranging consequences.

Awardees include the president of KCRW, an Olympic medalist and the founders and owners of a vineyard that has directed millions of dollars to mental health research.

To better assist other universities with these major initiatives, UCLA has released a report offering guidance.

UCLA is already leading the way through its Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.

The Bruins’ basketball legend told the Pac-12 Network audience about the campus’s energy-efficiency initiatives, including the bike share program and tower gardens, during a victory over Stanford.

In places where UCLA researchers found higher levels of stigma, students were more likely to report they seek treatment from a religious group or a religious leader.

The screenings are an important part of the Depression Grand Challenge, which was launched by UCLA in 2015 to reduce the burden of depression worldwide.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and other experts on a Zócalo/UCLA panel shared new directions researchers are exploring and emphasized the importance of open communication.