
Vickie M. Mays
PhD, MSPH
Professor, Clinical Psychology, UCLA
Professor, Health Services, UCLA SPH
Welcome to the Center's new website, a resource for students, community members, policymakers and the academic community.
Read Director's LetterIn her latest film, Director Kelley Kali explores the unique challenges and experiences of BIPOC doctors, revealing the toll that caring for others takes on African American doctors, mothers and wives and their desire to be seen for who they are: talented doctors and ordinary people.
Learn more about how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting communities of color
As part of a UCLA-sponsored program which aims to understand how mobile phones and smartphones can be used to empower individuals to make lifestyle changes, several ladies from the Faithful Central Bible Church congregation were given a smartphone app to help them achieve their own heathy lifestyle goals.
Scholars say that, overall, gun violence can be reduced by instituting a risk-based approach to firearms possession and purchases
The Center has a long history of working with and for community members to involve them in the earliest stages of research design and to train them to be valuable assets in the array of systems that safeguard health and well-being.
Policies in place at schools and other environments for teens should be based on available data on the needs of LGBT youth and communities.
The BRITE Center and its community and academic partners are developing a research certificate program for community health workers.
A national student volunteer health corps, modeled on the U.S. Public Health Service Corps would bring needed preventive services into underserved communities.
We focus on how institutions of higher learning can apply their resources to improve the health system; train a more culturally competent and diverse health work force; and help build a nationwide infrastructure to support community health.
With training in the mental health needs of vulnerable populations, non-traditional first responders such as parents, teachers and spiritual leaders can help shepherd communities through disasters to the support services that they need to heal, recover and thrive.
Unequal Access Could Continue to Cost California’s Same-Sex Couples Their Health and Money
The Obama administration has called for more equitable treatment of gay and lesbian couples, but without clear federal guidance on coverage expansions in health reform, employers’ decisions may be driven by discriminatory state laws.
School-Based Health Centers are an Untapped Resource for Addressing Disparities in Mental Health
Policymakers should invest greater resources in school-based mental health programs as a way to improve access to needed services for racial and ethnic minority adolescents.
Vickie M. Mays
PhD, MSPH
Professor, Clinical Psychology, UCLA
Professor, Health Services, UCLA SPH
Welcome to the Center's new website, a resource for students, community members, policymakers and the academic community.
Read Director's LetterLearn how to participate in one of the Center’s research studies or become engaged in ongoing community projects. Learn More
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