


HEArts Program

on receiving a 2019 UCSF Innovators Award

JAMES DEAN AMERICA
Benefiting Young Storytellers
June 1st at 2pm at UCLA
Thank you for joining us and
supporting Young Storytellers!



Tedx Talk on Depression
in Our Most Vulnerable Citizens
Our Values
News/Updates
Dr. Armen Arevian interviewed on CBS Los Angeles
for his innovative UCLA mental health app, MyCoachConnect.
Click Here to Watch
Dr. Kenneth Wells Receives the 2018 Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health
Click Here to Read the National Academy of Medicine’s Press Release
Congratulations to Joseph Mango, Elizabeth Lizaola-Gillespie, Lily Zhang, and Dr. Bonnie Zima on their research paper–an innovative study that addresses depression stigma using a stage play inspired by the TV show Friends published in the June 2019 volume of the Behavior Therapist. Click Here to Read the Article
The Daily Bruin covered our recent Mental Health Awareness Event/Benefit Live Screenplay Reading of “James Dean America” that took place on June 1, 2019. Click Here to Read the Article
In May 2019, UCLA HSS and Healthy African American Families produced the stage play We See You, Sis written by Dr. Kia Skrine Jeffers as part of our California Arts Research in the Arts grant. Visit the Website
Ethnicity & Disease Special Issue: Advances in Community Partnered Participatory Research: Behavioral Health and Beyond
Click Here to Read the Special Issue
Recent Published Articles
Research in the Arts


We opened the door for a real authentic partnership and it had equality and an opportunity for the community to sit at the table and be heard.
–Loretta Jones
Community Partner and Friend
Dr. Loretta Jones will be remembered as a true champion who has linked so many people and communities together and ensured that everyone had a seat at the table. We will continue to honor and celebrate her incredible, impactful, and important work.