UCLA researchers unveiled a new method to trace the origins of neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. The study attempts to reveal how the configuration of chromosomes in the brain can influence an individual’s likelihood to become schizophrenic. Read more...
Photo: Daniel Geschwind, UCLA professor of neurology and psychiatry, was the first to map the chromosomal structure of the brain to find the origins of neuropsychiatric disorders. (Courtesy of Daniel Geschwind)
The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center and UCLA School of Nursing provided UCLA students with free flu shots Monday and Tuesday in Bruin Plaza. Read more...
Photo: Students received their flu shots after BruinCard validation in Bruin Plaza on Monday. Record of the vaccination is available on the Ashe Center’s Patient Portal. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
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. Read more...
Photo: The Healthy Campus Initiative hosted a panel about the impact of certain eating habits on the environment. Speakers discussed the benefits of eating a diet with more plant matter and less animal protein for the human body. (Emaan Baqai/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A glowing sea of red, yellow and white lanterns will flood the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday night. The lanterns are the highlight of the Light the Night Walk, a fundraising initiative by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/ Daily Bruin contributor)
Loudspeakers in the David Geffen School of Medicine prompted people to “Drop, Cover and Hold On” during an earthquake drill Thursday morning. The drill, which was part of the Great California ShakeOut, happens yearly and aims to prepare California residents for earthquakes. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/ Daily Bruin contributor)
The National Academy of Medicine added two UCLA professors, including the dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine, to its membership Tuesday. The academy elected Kelsey Martin, dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine and Anne L. Read more...
Photo: Kelsey Martin, dean of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, was one of two faculty to be inducted into the National Academy of Medicine Monday. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
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. Read more...
Photo: Helen Lavretsky, a geriatric psychiatrist and lead researcher of the Optimizing Outcomes of Treatment-Resistant Depression in Older Adults study, said OPTIMUM will help physicians better recommend more effective depression treatments. (Courtesy of Helen Lavretsky)
