UCLA receives $5 million grant to align neuroscience and societal needs

The objective is to reimagine the relationship between neuroscience and the public in part by deepening community engagement, facilitating research collaborations and training multidisciplinary neuro-society experts.Led by the  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, numerous campus units and Drew University are together contributing about $4.8 million to match the grant amount. They include theBrain Research Institute; theSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior; the UCLA College divisions of life sciences, social sciences and humanities; the School of Education& Information Studies; and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research& Creative Activities.“We are proud to participate in this game-changing effort to make neuroscience more responsive to societal needs by placing a premium on public involvement and leveraging the expertise of many disciplines to enhance brain science,” said Dr. Steven Dubinett, dean of the Geffen School of Medicine.The grant launches the Dana Center Initiative for Neuroscience and Society, which is intended as a sustained, long-term effort.The new center will be led by five co-principal investigators:Dr. Helena Hansen, professor and interim chair of the  UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, interim director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and interim physician-in-chief at the UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric HospitalDr. Denese Shervington, professor and chair of the Departme...
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