Thursday, March 28

APA Health CARE holds fair for underserved Asian Pacific Islander communities

Asian Pacific American Health Collaboration, Access, Resource and Education hosted a fair Sunday to provide free mental and physical health screenings to underserved Asian Pacific Islander communities in Los Angeles. Read more...

Photo: Members of Asian Pacific American Health Collaboration, Access, Resource and Education pose with various Lunar New Year-themed decorations. The club hosted a health fair Sunday to provide mental and physical health screenings for underserved Asian Pacific Islanders in the San Gabriel Valley. (Courtesy of Jim Su)


UCLA professors named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list for work in computer science

This post was updated Feb. 15 at 9:59 p.m. When Aditya Grover learned he was on Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list, he wasn’t convinced. “There were two emails – one that came first, which went to my spam,” said Grover, an assistant professor of computer science. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, which houses the Department of Computer Science, is pictured. A current and an incoming UCLA computer science professor were both named as part of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in the science category. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA Health’s psychosocial clinic tailors care to Spanish-speaking patients

This post was updated Feb. 16 at 9:44 p.m. On her days off, UCLA psychologist Jocelyn Meza heads to markets in West Los Angeles with a stack of flyers advertising the free bilingual depression support group she leads. Read more...

Photo: The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is pictured. The institute’s Spanish-Speaking Psychosocial Clinic has been running since the ’70s and provides mental health care to Los Angeles’ Spanish-speaking community. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Volunteers make Valentine’s Day kits for patients of Mattel Children’s Hospital

As thousands get into the Valentine’s Day spirit, volunteers are trying to make the holiday a little more special for the patients of the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. Read more...

Photo: Volunteers sit around a table cutting out shapes from paper and writing notes to assemble into Valentine’s Day kits. These kits will be distributed to patients at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and at a local convalescent home. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Student-founded Alzheimer’s initiative earns 2024 Westly Prize finalist nomination

A nonprofit founded by a UCLA student was nominated as a finalist for the 2024 Westly Prize for Young Social Innovators. The Brain Exercise Initiative, founded by UCLA medical and Harvard law student Esin Gumustekin, focuses on helping older people avoid memory loss by using brain exercises, according to its website. Read more...

Photo: A volunteer from the Brain Exercise Initiative leads a group of older adults through an activity. The initiative, founded by a UCLA student, was nominated for the 2024 Westly Prize for Young Social Innovators. (Courtesy of Brain Exercise Initiative, Purdue Chapter)


‘We put the SEE in the UC’: Optometrists picket against unfair labor practices

This post was updated Feb 6. at 9:44 p.m. Record rains did not stop UC optometrists from calling it as they see it, picketing outside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Tuesday to demand higher salaries, lower patient wait times and good-faith contract bargaining from the UC. Read more...

Photo: Nearly 50 optometrists, health workers and community members are pictured picketing outside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Optometrists across the UC began a two-day strike Tuesday morning to protest what they allege is unfair labor practices. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)


Wellness center Seyhart incorporates Eastern, Western medicine

Two UCLA ophthalmologists are bridging gaps in health care through a combination of Western and Eastern medicine. In 2020, Drs. Tara and Colin McCannel founded Seyhart, a wellness center in Santa Monica that seeks to incorporate complementary medicine – a combination of alternative and traditional medical practices – into American health care. Read more...

Photo: Colin McCannel (left) and Tara McCannel (right), founders of Santa Monica wellness center Seyhart, are pictured. The two UCLA ophthalmologists employ a combination of Eastern and Western medical treatments in their work. (Courtesy of Maria Valenzuela)



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