A recent study published by DPBH faculty member Dr. George Slavich along with researchers at Stanford University found that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are associated with a greater prevalence of diabetes and associated disease conditions, and that ACEs predict worse healthcare access. Read the full study from the UCLA Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research.
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Eudaimonia Awards: Creating a Culture of Caring
DPBH director of Research & Evaluation Maegan Sinclair Cortez and Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Agustina Bertone where recently induced into the Eudaimonia Society. Congratulations to both on your well-deserved success!
To learn more visit: https://mindwell.healthy.ucla.edu/eudaimonia-society/
UCLA and UCSF Awarded $41.5 Million Dollars
UCLA and UCSF, two of the University of California’s nationally ranked medical centers, partnered with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) to address the impact of childhood adversity and toxic stress on health.
The multi-campus initiative, known as the UCLA/UCSF ACEs Aware Family Resilience Network (UCAAN), launched in October to bring its expertise and resources to the state’s ACEs Aware initiative, which trains clinicians on how to screen children and adults for ACEs to treat the toxic stress response.
To support these efforts, the UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence, a learning center under the UCLA Department of Psychiatry Division Of Population Behavioral Health, is providing UCAAN with evidence-based trainings on ACEs education, screening, and response. UCAAN training activities will be carried out through the following four core divisions: Administration and Communication, Education and Training, Clinical Innovation and Evidence, and Implementation Science.
Read Article: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/ucla-and-ucsf-awarded-415-million-address-impact-childhood