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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...