Health and Wellness
- A Moment of Magic at UCLA A Moment of Magic at UCLA is a club dedicated to enhance mental health of vulnerable and underserved children by making visits to hospitals and families in character costumes and fundraising for A...
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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...
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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...
- Addiction and Recovery Student Interest Group, The 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...
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American Lung Association Collegiate Council at UCLA The UCLA ALACC 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. We lead 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Bruin Blood Initiative, The 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...
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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,...
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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,...
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Bruin MMA and Fight Choreography Undoubtedly, MMA has experienced an unprecedented increase in popularity worldwide due to the emergence of stars such as Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Israel Adesanya, Amanda Nunes, and more....
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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...
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Bruin WELL Our organization aims to promote wellness at UCLA and elementary schools across Los Angeles. We lead yoga and nutrition after-school programs for students ages 5-12, and our Bruin WELL team flows...
- 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Bruins for Business Health at UCLA (BBH) Bruins for Business Health (BBH) aims to be UCLA’s premiere networking club focused on connecting undergraduates within the business healthcare field. Considering that the business and healthcare...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
- 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...
- Colo Connect Colo Connect is an organization that serves to bridge the gap in colorectal cancer disparities in Los Angeles, targeting at-risk populations through screening interventions. By forming partnerships...
- Community Health Sciences Student Association The Community Health Sciences Student Association (CHSSA) is a student-run organization, whose mission is to cultivate community and connectedness among students in the Fielding School of Public...
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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...
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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...
- Critical Care Nursing Club at UCLA The ultimate goal is to connect UCLA nursing students to successful certified nurses who are practicing exactly what we want to do one day. In fostering this connection, we believe that students will...
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Crocheting for Smiles Crocheting for Smiles (CFS) is a student-based organization at UCLA that strives to help individuals struggling with depression and anxiety, amongst other mental illnesses and symptoms. The goal is...
- Cultural mental health committee The aim of the committee is to bring holistic and integrative psychiatric care for various ethnic and cultural groups.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Foundation of International Medical Relief of Children The Foundation of International Medical Relief of Children is dedicated to improving access to healthcare for families around the world through the implementation of innovative and self-sustaining...
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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.
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Happiness Club, The As college students, we are faced with academics, the pressures of making college friends, diving into adulthood, and feeling like we have to know our future plan with certainty. Essentially, stress...
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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 Equity and Accessibility for All - The HEALL Initiative We are a patient advocacy group that will create "Yelp" reviews of hospitals and doctors to bring attention to occurrences of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc, in the medical world.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Meat Education and Appreciation Team (MEAT) A group of students passionate about sharing recipes, hosting cook-offs, and learning more about the farming process. We want to create an atmosphere of people who enjoy eating meat and are able to...
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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...
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Mental Health Matters Mental Health Matters is an organization that serves as an outlet to speak with students about mental health in high schools in underserved communities. We are dedicated to changing the stigma...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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Nursing Students at UCLA NS@UCLA is a student-led organization whose mission includes contributing to the nursing education of all nursing students at UCLA. We aim to create programs that are representative of all the...
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One Love at UCLA One Love at UCLA resembles and upholds the mission of the One Love Foundation, which strives to end relationship abuse by teaching people how to love better. The One Love Foundation is a non-profit...
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Open Ear Project The Open Ear Project stands to provide a safe space for the UCLA community where fellow peers can serve as open ears for others through active listening and empathy. While mental health awareness has...
- 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...
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Pages for Pediatrics Pages for Pediatrics is a group of undergraduates at UCLA that writes and illustrates children's storybooks on childhood disorders and illnesses. Our aim is to create characters that reflect our...
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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...
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PeerUp at UCLA PeerUp is a student-run multi-campus initiative with the active goal of promoting mental health and inclusivity in University communities. We believe passionately in the power of attentive listening...
- 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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
- Quills to Connect Quills to Connect is a pen-pal program that seeks to build meaningful connections between youth and seniors through the familiar medium of letter writing. Youth can share stories and drawings to...
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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...
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SAME Women at UCLA A health advocacy group for South Asian and Middle Eastern Women.
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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...
- She Comes First at 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...
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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,...
- Street Barber Initiative at UCLA, The 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...
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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...
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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...
- Stuttering Scholarship Alliance 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...
- 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'...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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SWC Sexperts (formerly SWC Gender Health) 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.
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Bagel Appreciation Club We, the Bagel Appreciation Club, have found a hole in UCLA’s culinary landscape. Our club aims to gather the most dedicated and passionate appreciators of circular boiled bread products on UCLA’s...
- 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...
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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...
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Unmasked at UCLA Unmasked is a supportive, anonymous, peer-support based community for college students, by college students. As a student movement, we are working to erase the stigma surrounding mental health and...
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UPLIFT at UCLA UPLIFT Yoga Foundation is a one of a kind nonprofit organization that offers yoga with a twist! Our classes are not quite over after savasana. We meditate, journal, manifest, and have real...
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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...
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Vascular Surgery Interest Group Vascular Surgery Interest Group consists of students that are interested in learning more about Vascular Surgery.
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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...
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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...
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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.