Health and Wellness

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 organization dedicated to promoting mental health awareness and reducing the stigma around mental health across college campuses through events and workshops.
Addiction and Recovery Student Interest Group The Addiction and Recovery Student Interest Group, also known as ARSIG, is a DGSOM-affiliated group of students passionate about issues related to substance addiction.
Al-Anon To help families and friends of alcoholics.
All Things Skin and Health All Things Skin and Health will serve as a hub for all things interconnected by food and skin, centralizing upon the role skin plays in our day-to-day life. Members will be to able to observe and...
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...
Art & Axon Art & Axon serves to foster a community of caring and compassionate individuals in order to promote on-campus and global mental health literacy through artistic and creative expression. This...
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 Pre-Health Organization The purpose of BPHO is to increase the retention of Black students in the sciences and provide support for those currently interested in pursuing a career in the health...
Bruin Allies for Duchenne This organization was founded by a group of students inspired by a class taught by Dr. Rachelle Crosbie-Watson on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This is a genetic, progressive muscle wasting disease...
Bruin Beans Health Club Bruin Beans Health Club is dedicated to promote the understanding of kidney health and related pathologies, to encourage student involvement and to promote awareness within the Greater Los Angeles...
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 Institute of Health Policy Bruin Institute of Health Policy aims to develop leaders in the field of health care with a focus on creating social change through policy writing. We strive to educate students on health policy,...
Bruin Medical Review Bruin Medical Review is a medical newsmagazine and journal that strives to promote health and medical literacy by publishing content that informs the public of topics ranging from clinical medicine,...
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...
BruinBuilders Our goal as BruinBuilders is to promote physical and mental health through educational discussions about exercise and well balanced nutrition. We will help our members construct safe and effective...
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 Accessible Resources Bruins for Accessible Resources (BAR) is a student organization founded on improving the access to critical resources for homeless individuals in the vicinity of UCLA's campus. Upon its...
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 Give Back: LA Relief Program Bruins Give Back is a non-profit organization which aims to give back to underserved communities in Los Angeles. We dedicate our time in facilitating programs and events in hopes of helping less...
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...
Bruins Tackle COVID-19 Initiative The Bruins Tackle COVID-19 Initiative is committed to the organization, discussion, and increased awareness of the Coronavirus disease. Individual embers work with community leaders to formulate...
Care Extender Program at UCLA The Care Extender Program provides opportunities for volunteers to experience Health Care, from a clinical perspective, through patient contact and volunteer involvement. Care Extenders gain...
CHAARG CHAARG stands for Changing Health, Attitudes, and Actions to Recreate Girls. It is a fitness, health, and wellness organization aimed at helping college women find their fit. CHAARG empowers women to...
Companion Care The purpose of this organization is to help individuals experiencing homelessness access primary care services. Often times, these individuals lack access to basic social and health services. Our...
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...
Connecting Undergraduates for Biz-Health Experience (CUBE) CUBE aims to be UCLA’s premiere networking club focused on connecting undergraduates within the business healthcare field. Considering that the business and healthcare field is quite diverse and...
Critical Care Nursing Club at UCLA The ultimate goal is to connect undergraduate nursing students to successful certified nurses who are practicing exactly what we want to do one day. In fostering this connection, we believe that...
Cultural Mental Health Advisory Committee The Cultural Mental Health Advisory Committee aims to bring holistic and integrative psychiatric care for various ethnic and cultural groups. The committee is to serve as a link between CAPS and...
Daring Bruins UCLA should be a campus that encourages Bruins to be their bravest selves as well as their most fearful selves. Our goal is to dare Bruins to be vulnerable and self compassionate toward their...
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Chapter of the American Medical Association Our chapter serves to educate peers on health policy, advocate for legislative changes that benefit the medical profession, and conduct service projects for the local community. We represent the...
DGSOMeditation We are a club that meets weekly to hold group meditation sessions (currently over zoom). We are run by medical students at DGSOM and we are available to all medical students at DGSOM.
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...
E3: Ecology, Economy, Equity E3 is the largest sustainability student organization on campus, and our work is rooted in responsibility for the environment, human justice, and economic viability. Our mission: Uniting and...
EndoMarch at UCLA A non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness for female reproductive health specifically endometriosis. It is an international organization with chapters in over 60 countries, and is the...
Expression Can Save As members of Expression Can Save, we aim to give everyone the opportunity to experience self-expression through movement. Dance has the ability to help people overcome physical and emotional...
Falun Dafa at UCLA Falun Dafa at UCLA is a student-run meditation and Qigong (energy practice) club. We provides free workshops on Falun Dafa, a peaceful meditation practice rooted in the Buddhist tradition and...
Farmers Market at UCLA Farmers’ Market at UCLA is a student-run, non-profit market. It is dedicated to bringing fresh, local SoCal produce to the UCLA community. Besides the normal market operation, the student organizers...
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...
Fitness Improvement Training Through Exercise and Diet Fitness Improvement Training Through Exercise & Diet [FITTED] will provide free physical fitness training and health education services to improve overall wellness for all underrepresented student...
Flying Samaritans at UCLA The purpose of this organization is to provide free health care and health education to an underserved population in Mexico through running a monthly medical clinic. We are social justice-oriented...
GlobeMed GlobeMed aims to strengthen the movement for global health equity by empowering students and communities to work together to improve the health of people living in poverty around the world.
HART at UCLA The mission of HART is to promote accessibility to mental health resources to students and promote holistic healing through the practice of art. As a mental well-being organization that focuses on...
Health Guardians of America at UCLA The Health Guardians of America club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded at UC Berkeley in 2011, and has been expanding ever since with currently 15+ chapters nationwide. The UCLA chapter...
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...
Healthcare Administration Student Association (HASA) The mission of the Healthcare Administration Student Association is to provide a reliable pathway whereupon students may better gain exposure, relative career experience, and keen insights, which...
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...
IBDetermined IBDetermined is an organization open to both undergraduate and graduate students interested in or in some way connected to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative...
ICHI Volunteer Association The ICHI Volunteer Association is a student run club that serves to provide volunteers for partner non-profit organizations. Volunteers will 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...
Lavender Health Alliance Lavender Health Alliance is dedicated to providing support, community, and resources for LGBTQ+ pre-health students and increasing awareness of inequalities facing LGBTQ+ folks in healthcare, higher...
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...
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...
Masked Heroes Initiative The Masked Heroes Initiative aims to give students a unique opportunity of service and volunteerism that assists first responders and members of the community in the care industry, including but not...
Maternal and Child Health Student Interest Group Maternal and Child Health Student Interest Group (MCH SIG) aims to promote the understanding of maternal and child health issues and advancements in the field. We encourage student involvement and...
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...
Mental Health Initiative Approximately 5.4% of the US population suffers from severe mental illness, a broad category of disorders ranging from depression to ADHD. In the Los Angeles County, minorities make up the biggest...
Mental Health Protection @UCLA Our services to international students, especially Chinese students, include three main parts. First, we create and promote mental health surveys in order to collect students' needs of ...
Metal&Glass Club Our mission is to bring the exciting materials of metal and glass into the hands of students and foster a welcoming creative community with unique art opportunities. Metal workshops, live glass...
Mindful Meditation Group As a group, we believe in the wide-ranging benefits of meditation practice. We provide a venue for students to meditate and discuss the practice together, thereby creating a community and support...
Misophonia Support and Awareness at UCLA A weekly club meeting for those with misophonia to share their experiences and learn better coping strategies, and for those without misophonia to learn more about the condition. The club is both a...
Music Meditation Club The UCLA Music Meditation Club is an open space for students to de-stress from schoolwork, practice mindfulness, and contemplate spiritual consciousness. This environment is nurtured through weekly...
One Dollar For Life One Dollar for Life is a non-profit that is focused on promoting Effective Altruism by building small-scale, high impact projects in the developing world. These include classrooms, medical clinics,...
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...
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...
Pediatrics Interest Group @ UCLA The Pediatric Interest Group (PIG) strives to educate medical students about the vast field of pediatrics by promoting student exploration of pediatrics and its subspecialties, providing...
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...
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Interest Group at UCLA 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 Established in 1989, Pilipinos for Community Health (PCH) has advanced its efforts to educate the socio-economically disadvantaged Pilipino community of the Greater Los Angeles area on how to adopt...
Pre Medical Training and Nutrition Club Pre Medical Training and Nutrition is an organization for undergraduate students at UCLA intended for self improvement and the gain of knowledge on other health and fitness related topics. The...
Project Health The aim of Project Health is to give high school students essential and comprehensive health information regarding mental health, drugs, alcohol, sexual decision making, abusive relationships,...
Project Lux The role of this organization is to connect two intertwined subjects - healthcare and homelessness. With our organization our first goal will be to volunteer with existing organizations that already...
Project RISHI Our group focuses on catalyzing sustainable development in India by forming partnerships with rural communities in need. Students research and implement health-care and social policies in these...
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...
Queer Community Health Queer Community Health (QCH) at UCLA aims to create a safe space for queer folx to come together and address healthcare disparities within the LGBTQ+ community. QCH focuses on increasing access to...
Reproductive Health Interest Group This group was formed as a part of the school's Bixby Program in Population and Reproductive Health. The group's mission is to bring interested parties together to learn about and discuss...
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...
SKY at UCLA We host events to explore student happiness & leadership, with an emphasis on building skills that strengthen us as people and empower us as leaders. Each quarter we have the SKY Happiness Retreat,...
Southern California Stuttering Service UCLA Chapter The purpose of this organization is to raise awareness with students and the community regarding the causes and effects of communication disabilities as well as the ways in which help for such...
Spoon University at UCLA Spoon is a student-run online food publication for college students dedicated to making food rather than just sustenance. Our mission is to open college students’ eyes to cooking and everyday food in...
Students for Basic Needs The purpose of Students for Basic Needs is to promote and advocate for the basic needs of all undergraduate and graduate students at UCLA. As well as to act as the student voice for students basic...
Students for Integrative Medicine (formerly 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...
Students of Color for Public Health To strengthen the social support, career networking, and advocacy efforts for UCLA Fielding School of Public Health students and alumni of color. SCPH, founded in 2001, provides opportunities for...
Survivors + Allies We are a student organization dedicated to fighting for the rights of victim-survivors of sexual assault and violence, and to advocating for changes on campuses that improve victim-survivors'...
SURVIVORS AND ALLIES SUPPORT NETWORK at UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW Our mission is to create safe and healing spaces where survivors of sexual trauma can find community and support on the law school campus; to help end stigma against survivors of sexual trauma in our...
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 Welfare 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 EARTH EARTH (Environmental Awareness, Recycling, and Terrestrial Health), a division of the Student Welfare Commission, is committed to addressing the health-associated aspects of environmental concerns...
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 (formerly SWC Gender Health) Dedicated to increasing the awareness and education of sexual health through exciting campus-wide events at UCLA.
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 Magazine is a continuing endeavor started by the Student Welfare Commission in the 90's and refounded in 2009. Total Wellness is currently a division of the Student Wellness...
Synapse at UCLA Synapse is a national organization where student chapters organize events to connect people with traumatic/acquired brain injury with each other and undergraduate students. This club aims to foster...
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 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...
The Bruin Blood Initiative The Bruin Blood Initiative is a student-run public health organization whose mission is to promote awareness of blood related issues at both UCLA and throughout LA. In partnering with community...
The 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...
The College Diabetes Network at UCLA Our Chapter of the College Diabetes Network was founded for the purpose of connecting college students with and affected by type 1 diabetes in the hopes that these connections will create a support...
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...
The Outreach Peer Network at UCLA The Outreach Peer Network at UCLA strives to increase accessibility and awareness of mental health resources for the campus community through active programs with the Depression Grand Challenge and...
The Rewritten Pre-Medical Experience 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...
The Street Barber Initiative at UCLA To provide haircuts and other grooming services to the homeless and underserved populations in Westwood, West Hollywood, and Santa Monica. To bring awareness to our community on the homeless epidemic...
UCHA Bruins The purpose of this organization is to build a bridge between UCLA and the University Cooperative Housing Association (UCHA). The UCHA is located on Landfair Avenue in walking distance from UCLA...
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 Awareness Society The Vascular awareness society raises community awareness about common vascular diseases as well as introduces the vascular branch of medicine to the community. Through community service and...
Vascular Surgery Interest Group Vascular Surgery Interest Group consists of students that are interested in learning more about Vascular Surgery.
Veg Bruins Veg Bruins is an organization for all undergraduate students interested in a vegan, vegetarian, or plant-based lifestyle. Members will learn about environmental, ethical, and societal issues...
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...
Vietnamese Dental Student Association at UCLA The Vietnamese Dental Student Association at UCLA advocates programs that promote the oral health care of all people in general and of Vietnamese-Americans in particular. VDSA promotes the awareness...
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 at UCLA Advocating for physical and mental wellness among nursing students in order to create a healthier, more resilient nursing workforce for tomorrow.
Yoga for Flexible Futures Our club serves low socioeconomic students in an after school program to participate in yoga, nutrition, and mindfulness lessons. We teach around 20-30 students in 1st-6th grade and tailor yoga,...