UCLA researchers launched a 35-year project Wednesday that aims to decrease the global economic and health impact of depression by 50 percent by 2050. The Depression Grand Challenge initiative will be the largest UCLA research initiative thus far, with an anticipated budget of $525 million for the first 10 years, according to the statement released.
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UCLA announces the Depression Grand Challenge.
Source: Combating depression is UCLA’s second Grand Challenge UCLA Newsroom, 28 Oct. 2015
Additional coverage on the launch of the Depression Grand Challenge:
UCLA launches ambitious long-term depression initiative KPCC-FM, 28 Oct. 2015
UCLA Grand Challenge aims to tackle depression on global scale Daily Bruin, 28 Oct. 2015
Magali Delmas (UCLA Anderson School of Management and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability) identifies health concerns as an important motivational factor of being green.
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A team UCLA researchers joined 50 University of California experts in issuing a new report with solutions to stabilize Earth’s climate this century.
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UCLA faculty voice: California universities launch experiment to go carbon-neutral ‘at scale’ UCLA Newsroom, 27 Oct. 2015
Bending the curve on climate change UCLA Newsroom, 26 Oct. 2016
Magali Delmas (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and UCLA Anderson School of Management) headed the team that built “AirForU,” a new phone app that empowers consumers to investigate LA’s air-quality measurements.
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