Health and Wellness

A Moment of Magic at UCLA We are the UCLA chapter of the A Moment of Magic Foundation, a charity organization dedicated to promoting wellness in children through character interaction and play. Following an auditions process...
Academy Health Student Chapter at UCLA In partnership with the health services research community, we strive to: Provide peer support by: - Creating opportunities for interaction among peers - Reaching out and connecting with other...
Active Minds Active Minds is a mental health advocacy group dedicated to changing the conversation about mental health and de-stigmatizing mental illness throughout the UCLA campus and the greater Los Angeles...
Al-Anon To help families and friends of alcoholics.
American Lung Association Collegiate Council at UCLA The American Lung Association at UCLA was created to form a partnership between UCLA and the American Lung Association in order to raise awareness of lung health and promote tobacco-free lifestyles....
American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative Here at the American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative, it is our mission to spread awareness about the importance of lung cancer screening for high-risk...
Anderson Athletics The mission of Anderson Athletics is to enrich the sports experience for UCLA Anderson MBA students by providing leadership and direction to all student run sporting activities on campus. Anderson...
APA Health C.A.R.E. APA Health CARE (Asian Pacific American Health Collaboration, Access, Resource & Education) is a collaborative effort among UCLA undergraduates, public health students, medical students, nurses, and...
Be the Match on Campus Be the Match on Campus at UCLA aims to engage students in the Be The Match® mission to save lives by providing meaningful, unique opportunities for UCLA undergraduate and graduate students to learn...
Beautiful Mind Project The Beautiful Mind Project aims to construct a well-rounded understanding of mental health in the Muslim community that transcends socio-cultural, political, and physical barriers of stigmatization...
Bhagat Puran Singh Health Initiative Bhagat Puran Singh Health Initiative is a group of wellness advocates devoted to eliminating health and social disparities within underserved and underprivileged populations by creating spaces of...
Black Latinx AIDS Project at UCLA BLAIDS aims to improve the life of individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, and STD/STIs. In addition, we strive to establish a safe, non judgemental environment where people of all backgrounds can...
Body Empowerment Project As part of national Body Empowerment Project, our club aims to reduce eating disorder risk and empower adolescents/young adults to find body acceptance and self-worth by delivering a...
Bruin Beans Health Club Bruin Beans Health Club (BBHC) is composed of undergraduates and recent alumni working with nephrologists at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA CORE Kidney to improve healthcare delivery...
Bruin Consent Coalition Bruin Consent Coalition was formerly known as 7000 in Solidarity: A Campaign Against Sexual Assault. Our most important goal is to support survivors of sexual violence. All members receive...
Bruin Vision Project Bruin Vision Project takes precedence in the UCLA community as the first and only student health organization to provide vision screenings and resources to underserved populations across various...
BruinBurlesque Improve dance skills and build confidence through the sensual art of burlesque. This heels optional class will provide a judgement free zone for dancers to learn weekly choreographies and improvise...
Bruins Fighting Pediatric Cancer Bruins Fighting Pediatric Cancer (BFPC) is dedicated to fulfilling the mission of "never letting cancer cloud the joy of being a kid." With this mission, we strive to educate the UCLA community about...
Bruins for Recovery Bruins for Recovery (B4R) is a student group committed to fostering a sober community on campus and raising awareness about recovery from drugs, alcohol, and other addictive behaviors. We believe...
Bruins Public Health Club Bruins Public Health Club engages in projects that promote the maintenance and improvement of health for all members of society. It is the organization's objective to provide members with real-world...
Building Heroes Project at UCLA Building Heroes aims to educate the underserved community about medical emergencies. Club members will learn to lead participants through hands on skill training designed to give them the means to...
Ceramics Club The mission of the UCLA Pottery Club is to provide an inclusive and accessible platform for individuals of all skill levels to connect, collaborate, and explore the art of pottery. We seek to inspire...
Community Outreach for Health Literacy at UCLA Mission Statement: Community Outreach for Health Literacy (COHL) is a pre-health club that provides a platform for undergraduate students to research topics relating to their career goals and to...
Companion Care Companion Care (CC)'s mission is to build sustainable bridges between people experiencing homelessness and healthcare services in Los Angeles. To achieve this end, CC partners with the Mobile Clinic...
Complete Cognitive Care Complete Cognitive Care is a student organization with the mission to provide mental health services to undeserved communities. The aim is to provide care with a cultural understanding, while erasing...
Culinary Club @ UCLA Culinary Club @ UCLA aims to create a fun environment for students who share a similar passion for food! Everyone is welcome regardless of cooking experience or background
CultivAsian CultivAsian is a student organization with the mission to destigmatize conversations about mental health and raise awareness of mental health issues in Asian young adults through multimedia and...
DiverSWC DiverSWC’s mission seeks to integrate an identity-informed approach to health and wellness by providing resources and events that encourage all campus organizations to create more inclusive...
Donation of Tissues and Organs (DotOrg) Our goal is to promote donor awareness and minimize any fears or misconceptions about organ and tissue donation among the youth and underserved communities of the Los Angeles community. We also...
End Overdose at UCLA End Overdose at UCLA is a chapter of the Los Angeles-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit End Overdose. Our mission is to make education and resources (i.e. fentanyl test strips and Narcan/naloxone) preventing...
Fellowship for International Service and Health (FISH) FISH is an interdisciplinary global health and development organization that aims to improve the health, wellness, and access to educational opportunities in Maclovio Rojas, Mexico. Students work...
Flying Samaritans at UCLA Flying Samaritans at UCLA provides free health care, dental care, prescription medications, and health education to underserved populations in Tijuana, Mexico. Undergraduate students work alongside...
Foundation of International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) Founded in 2021, FIMRC at UCLA works to provide access to healthcare for low-resource and medically underserved families around the world. We aim to accomplish this mission through our three pillars:...
GlobeMed Founded in 2008, GlobeMed at UCLA advocates for global health equity through its partnership with the Mpoma Community HIV /AIDS Initiative, located in south-central Uganda. Together, we work to...
HART at UCLA The mission of HART is to normalize self-care through art and promote accessibility to mental health resources to students. As a mental health oriented organization that focuses on healing and art...
Health Law Society The mission of the Health Law Society (HLS) is to raise the profile of health law issues at the school and to provide exposure to the field and opportunities for students interested in studying and...
Health Sciences Education Program at UCLA The Health Sciences Education Program's purpose is to educate students in the surrounding community on health science topics. We are a student-run organization that presents lessons in K-12 schools,...
HIV Counseling and Testing Coalition HIV Counseling and Testing Coalition (HCAT) is a student organization focused on providing resources such as HIV testing/counseling, safe sexual health recommendations, and linkage to healthcare...
I AM CONFIDENT RESILIENCE PEER EMPOWERMENT Welcome to the heart and soul of empowerment - "I AM Confident Resilience Peer Empowerment" (CRPE). Our journey is not just about words on a page; it's a profound commitment to transforming lives...
ICHI Volunteer Association The ICHI Volunteer Association is a student-run club that serves to provide volunteers for partner non-profit organizations. Volunteers work as clinic assistants, fundraising delegates, and...
If/When/How The purpose of If/When/How: Law Students for Reproductive Justice (“LSRJ”) shall be to provide students at the UCLA School of Law with a community that promotes reproductive rights and freedoms and a...
Integrative Medicine Student Interest Group Welcome to the Integrative Medicine Student Interest Group (IMSIG)! We are a graduate student organization through UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. We are so excited to welcome you and share...
Kids in Nutrition We are an organization that teaches interactive and inspiring nutrition and health lessons to elementary school children in the Los Angeles community. The curriculum includes a variety of activities...
La Cosecha The mission of LA Cosecha is to increase allies fighting for equitable healthcare for farmworkers by increasing awareness amongst future health care providers on the health plights of farmworkers and...
LA Girl Gains The purpose of this organization is to promote female weight lifting while empowering women to feel strong and beautiful in a judgment free community....
Lifestyle Medicine Club at UCLA Lifestyle Medicine Club at UCLA is a student-led organization dedicated to promoting evidence-based lifestyle interventions through nutrition and physical activity for the improvement of chronic...
Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group Lifestyle Medicine is one of the fastest growing career fields of medicine globally. Holding the promise for health reform as it addresses the root-cause of chronic illness, Lifestyle Medicine is the...
Liver Project The Liver Project (TLP) is an official UCLA student initiative to fight liver disease, including viral hepatitis, nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases/NASH, alcoholic hepatitis, and liver cancer. TLP...
MannMukti at UCLA MannMukti operates as a university chapter of the national MannMukti organization. Our mission is to encourage healthy, open dialogue of South Asian mental health issues in an effort to remove...
Maternal and Child Health Student Interest Group Building a supportive community of UCLA students for education, advocacy, service, and networking in maternal and child health
Medical Experience through Service in Healthcare The purpose of Medical Experience through Service in Healthcare is to act as a bridge between understaffed free health clinics/non-profit organizations and UCLA students interested in volunteering...
MEMO at UCLA The mission of Medical, Educational Missions and Outreach (M.E.M.O.) is to help underserved and underprivileged communities locally, in Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles, and abroad, in...
Men In Nursing (MIN) To establish a nursing community that celebrates gender diversity empowers every individual to pursue their nursing aspirations, and collaboratively fosters a healthcare environment that reflects the...
Mood Psychology @ UCLA The Mood Psychology @ UCLA is a student organization committed to promoting mental well-being among international students. We aim to raise awareness about mental health, eliminate the stigma...
Muscular Dystrophy Society on Campus Muscular dystrophies are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare muscle disorders that progressively weaken and breakdown of skeletal muscles over time. There are 9 types of muscular...
Music Meditation Club The Music Meditation Club’s mission is to create a healing space for students to explore mindfulness and meditation. This is supplemented by authentic ancient practices of India, which offers...
Operation Shield To assemble a student-led PPE assembly team that utilizes low cost materials to produce large quantities of face shields to donate to homeless shelters and low-income clinics in Skid Row ? the...
Pacific Islanders for H.E.A.L.T.H. Pacific Islanders for H.E.A.L.T.H. (Health, Education, Access, Language, Training, Heart) aims to address the current health disparities faced by the Pacific Islander communities in the greater Los...
Pages for Pediatrics at UCLA Pages for Pediatrics is an organization that writes, illustrates, and publishes children's storybooks on pediatric illnesses and disability. Our aim is to create characters that reflect our patients’...
Peaks & Professors at UCLA Peaks & Professors at UCLA is dedicated to bringing students and professors together outside the classroom. Our mission is to facilitate these unique interactions by leading small groups of students...
Period at UCLA This organization promotes the well-being of all people and provides assistance to people in need by providing donations, or support to people in shelters. Interest in creating/ advocating...
Perspectives Project at UCLA The Perspectives Project aims to be a mental health resources and to introduce cultural sensitivity specifically to Asian Americans and people of color at UCLA. We hope to be a safe space to discuss...
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Student Interest Group We are a graduate medical student program dedicated to the education of future physicians about the PM&R specialty and its function within the healthcare system. We also strive to help provide...
Pilipinos for Community Health MISSION: Established in 1989, Pilipinos for Community Health (PCH) at UCLA seeks to empower underserved and under-resourced communities in the Greater Los Angeles area and the Philippines by...
Project Lux Project Lux is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging the gap between healthcare and houselessness. One of the ways we accomplish this is through directly assisting individuals...
Project Sunshine Chapter at UCLA The Project Sunshine Chapter at UCLA aims to deliver the same dynamism Project Sunshine empowers at a national level to UCLA's very own Mattel Children's Hospital. Our volunteers will relieve the...
Psychiatry Student Interest Group The Psychiatry Student Interest Group (PsychSIG) is dedicated to helping its members explore the field of psychiatry and its many subspecialties. Through lunch talks, skills workshops, outings into...
Public Health Nutrition Club The Public Health Nutrition Club (PHNC) is based out of the Fielding School of Public Health, however we are open to any UCLA community member to join. PHNC is dedicated to championing nutrition in...
Quills to Connect Quills to Connect is a pen-pal program that seeks to build meaningful connections between students and senior citizens through letter writing. Our main focus is to improve the mental health of both...
Reproductive Education and Community Health Our organization serves the need for extensive health and sex education for middle and high schoolers, especially in underprivileged communities. We train UCLA students to teach a variety of lessons...
Reproductive Health Interest Group (RHIG) The Reproductive Health Interest Group (RHIG) is a graduate student group at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Founded in 2002, RHIG brings together students, faculty, and staff to learn...
RetroBites 1. Help students find free or low-cost food that would have gone to waste. Connect students with vendors and cafes/restaurants in LA. 2. To encourage communal support between students and Westwood...
Rewritten Pre-Medical Experience, The To cultivate a safe space for group conversations regarding mental health concerns amongst pre-medical students. We seek to dismantle the harmful notions of perfectionism & validate the emotional...
Rosear Unite a community of people who may be experiencing loss, grief, or traumatic death experiences. Provide an open space for healing and a reliant support group. Offer emotional support and resources....
SAME Women at UCLA A health advocacy group for South Asian and Middle Eastern Women.
SCOPE: Students for Community Outreach, Promotion and Education Students for Community Outreach, Promotion, and Education (SCOPE) consists of unique programs that each target specific communities. We work together to empower the greater Los Angeles community and...
She Comes First @ UCLA She Comes First at UCLA is a feminist organization aiming to bridge the orgasm gap through education and women’s empowerment. She Comes First’s goals are educating the UCLA community on the sexual...
Sports Psychology Club The Sports Psychology Club is designed to promote mental health to the student-athletes on campus. We would work hand in hand with the coaches and student-athletes to give them access to mental...
SSO @ UCLA The purpose of this organization is to provide a safe, supportive environment for students of UCLA (both undergraduate and graduate) of the following groups: those who think they may have OCD, those...
Students for Integrative Medicine (SIM) Students for Integrative Medicine (SIM) is a student group at UCLA that strives to raise student awareness for evidence-based, integrative, and whole-person approaches to medicine and health. The...
SURGE at UCLA SURGE at UCLA cultivates strength and nurtures a youth-driven movement for reproductive justice, emphasizing the pivotal role of young individuals from marginalized communities, including women,...
SWC Body Image The aim of the Body Image Task Force is to help the entire UCLA student body combat issues of body image. We do so by hosting events, workshops, and speakers that tackle issues such as exercise,...
SWC Bruin Run/Walk Run/Walk is one of several committees within the Student Wellness Commission (SWC) and is responsible for putting on one of the biggest student-run events on campus every year: a 5K event in the...
SWC BruiNecessities As part of the USAC Student Wellness Commission, BruiNecessities looks to support UCLA students by raising awareness to the lack of basic resources available on campus, and seeks to fill these gaps,...
SWC CPR/FA Program The Student Wellness Commission under USAC conducts American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR and First Aid Programs through a committee called CPR/FA Program at UCLA. Providing low-cost Heartsaver...
SWC Health, Nutrition, & Fitness Health, Nutrition & Fitness (HNF) is a committee under UCLA’s USAC Student Wellness Commission that is dedicated to educating the student body about proper nutrition, fitness, and health. HNF’s goal...
SWC Sexperts Dedicated to increasing the awareness and education of sexual health through exciting campus-wide events at UCLA. Focusing on the pillars of communication, consent, sexual-health, and pleasure.
SWC Student Education and Research of Contemporary Health SEARCH: Student Education and Research on Contemporary Health—our name says it all. We know that there is a lot of research out there on health issues that are currently plaguing college students,...
SWC Total Wellness Total Wellness is currently a division of the Student Wellness Commission. Total Wellness Magazine is a continuing endeavor started by the Student Welfare Commission in the 90's and refounded in...
Team HBV Team HBV chapters aim to train knowledgeable educators and inspire student leaders, distribute culturally sensitive and easy-to-understand educational brochures on HBV to students and local...
TeamX Health (formerly iCareX: Think Innovation) TeamX Health is founded with the belief in challenging the status quo to solve healthcare disparity by cultivating thinkers, building leaders, and thinking innovatively. Our mission is to serve as...
The Bruin Blood Initiative The Bruin Blood Initiative is a student-run organization whose mission is to promote awareness of blood related issues at both UCLA and throughout LA. In partnering with community leaders and groups,...
The Diabetes Link at UCLA Our chapter of the Diabetes Link (formerly College Diabetes Network) was founded for the purpose of connecting college students with and affected by diabetes in the hopes that these connections will...
The Piano Project The Piano Project is an initiative to bring more pianos out into the open air on campus. We strive to enrich the community soundscape by placing and promoting accessible pianos for students of all...
UMMA Volunteer Project (UVP) UMMA Volunteer Project (UVP) was founded in 1996 as a volunteer source for the UMMA Community Clinic, a free health clinic established by UCLA graduate and undergraduate students to serve the...
USAC Student Wellness Commission (SWC) The purpose of SWC is to advocate on behalf of the students regarding health and general well-being; to plan programs to improve student welfare and the community around them and to educate and...
Vascular Surgery Interest Group Vascular Surgery Interest Group consists of students that are interested in learning more about Vascular Surgery.
Vietnamese Community Health Project at UCLA Vietnamese Community Health aspires to address the issue of preventative health through education, free services, and screenings in the Orange County and greater Los Angeles area. We attempt to...
Wazo Connect Wazo Connect is a peer mentorship program centered around improving mental health at UCLA. As a mentor, you are trained under CAPS, CARE and LGBTQ and then paired with a mentee where you will undergo...
Wellness in Nursing @ UCLA Wellness in Nursing is an organization that allows members to share and promote wellness within the scope of nursing.
Women's Health Nursing Organization The Women’s Health Nursing Organization (WHNO) advocates for women’s health by collaborating with healthcare professionals and working with our community to educate, empower, and provide holistic...
Yoga for the Heart Yoga for the Heart is a one of a kind student organization that offers yoga with a twist! Our classes are not quite over after savasana. We meditate, journal, manifest, and have real conversations...