John Pachankis, PhD, director of the Yale LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative, will present the next installment of the UCLA STAND ALACRITY Speaker Series on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 from 10–11 a.m. PDT.
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The UCLA STAND ALACRITY Center is offering a summer research scholar opportunity for up to two UCLA undergraduate students to shadow researchers and get involved with multiple projects related to depression and anxiety from June 24–Sept. 13.
Alex Dopp, PhD, will present his lecture "Financing Strategies to Promote Implementation and Sustainment of Evidence-Based Practices in Youth Behavioral Health Systems" for the UCLA STAND ALACRITY Center Speaker Series on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 from 12–1 p.m. PDT.
The NIMH-funded UCLA STAND ALACRITY Center convened academics and stakeholders from UCLA, East Los Angeles College and Imperial Valley College for its second-annual ALACRITY Stakeholder Retreat on March 12, 2024.
Rinad S. Beidas, PhD, will present "Supercharging Implementation Science with Insights from Behavioral Economics" over Zoom for the UCLA STAND ALACRITY Center Speaker Series on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. PST.
Matthew Chinman, PhD, will present "What we have here, is a failure to [replicate]: Ways to solve a replication crisis in implementation science using the Implementation Replication Framework" over Zoom for the UCLA STAND ALACRITY Center Speaker Series on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 from 12-1 p.m. PST.
Adrian Aguilera, PhD, will present his lecture "Equity-Based Digital Health Interventions for Depression" for the UCLA STAND ALACRITY Center Speaker Series on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 from 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Amanda Latz, EdD, will present a lecture titled "By and Beyond the Book: Supporting Community College Student Mental Health" over Zoom for the UCLA STAND ALACRITY Center External Speaker Series on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023.
The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge’s NIMH-funded STAND for Community Colleges Innovation Center announced its second call for proposals for pilot projects on Apr. 14, 2023. This funding mechanism is open to UCLA-based early-career researchers. Up to three projects will be awarded up to $25,000 each.
As part of the UCLA ALACRITY Center External Speaker Series, the Heath Services Association of California Community Colleges will give a presentation, "Challenges & Opportunities for Supporting Student Mental Health: Perspectives & Data from the Heath Services Association of California Community Colleges," on Feb. 23, 2023.
Dr. Stephen Schueller, an associate professor of psychological science and informatics at UC Irvine, will present the lecture "Human Support in Digital Mental Health: Towards Scalable Interventions" as part of the UCLA ALACRITY Center External Speaker Series on Jan. 5, 2023.
The UCLA ALACRITY Center External Speaker Series will host a lecutre from Dr. Ed Watkins, Professor of Experimental and Applied Clinical Psychology at the School of Psychology, University of Exeter. Watkins will present his lecture, "Rumination & Its Treatment in Young People," on Dec. 15, 2022.
Beginning today, ELAC students who sign up for the STAND at ELAC program have the option of enrolling in research studies on the STAND at ELAC implementation and earning up to $275 for their participation. The first open study — Finding and adapting the level of care — is investigating methods of finding the most appropriate level of care for each student and adapting care to maximize outcomes.
The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge’s NIMH-funded STAND for Community Colleges Innovation Center announced its first call for pilot projects. This funding will support 2-3 projects from UCLA-based junior investigators in conducting high-quality, innovative research focused on increasing engagement in UCLA’s STAND program services, addressing diverse populations, increasing the uptake of digital therapy, and other implementation science topics.
The UCLA Depression Grand Challenge was awarded a five-year, $12 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to expand its STAND system of care, with a focus on reaching more California community college students. The federal funding will establish a new campus research center that will work to optimize the effectiveness and implementation of the STAND model and execute a sustainable and scalable plan for implementing STAND at community colleges.
