The day after President Donald Trump announced his executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries, more than 200 law students mobilized to protest and volunteer at the Los Angeles International Airport. That effort, called the UCLA Law Students Against Deportation movement, happened four months ago, but a group of UCLA law students decided to […]
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Professor’s lecture sparks debate about FDA drug approval process
One academic believes that an excessive amount of resources is wasted on the hasty pursuance of drug trials, which don’t always generate conclusive results. However, UCLA Health officials think that the drug approval process is relatively efficient. Jonathan Kimmelman, biomedical ethics professor at McGill University, Canada, spoke to medical students and health professionals about cancer […]
Flexitarian dietary, food waste panel kicks off HCI’s Food Week
If food waste were a country, it would be the third largest in the world behind China and the United States in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, a health sciences professor told students at a panel Monday. Dana Hunnes, adjunct assistant professor and senior dietician at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, discussed the benefits […]
UCLA receives grant to research antidepressant resistance in seniors
A nonprofit organization awarded UCLA and four other universities a $13.9 million grant to study how elderly people with chronic depression respond to treatment. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute selected UCLA for the depression research study because UCLA researchers published a paper on the potential of methylphenidate to improve antidepressant response to citalopram. Methylphenidate treats […]
UCLA Health program aims to improve fitness in LA schools
School-affiliated personnel from 11 middle and high schools in Los Angeles County can use newly furnished fitness centers funded by UCLA Health this year. The UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind, which promotes childhood health, aims to reduce obesity rates in the Los Angeles Unified School District by funding fitness centers. Matthew Flesock, the assistant […]
Center for Latino Arts preserves cultural heritage at UCLA
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music held an inauguration ceremony for the UCLA Center for Latino Arts on Sunday. The UCLA Center for Latino Arts will expose the UCLA community to Latino art, said professor Steven Loza, director of the UCLA Center for Latino Arts and chair of the department of ethnomusicology. He said […]