06/11/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/11/2025 12:24
What do barbershops, rescue dogs, simulated physical exams and reimagining a neighborhood park have in common?
In the sharp minds of four UCLA graduate students, they're key components of their proposals to advance health equity for Black men and youth who have been victims of violence; foster youth; patients with autism in emergency departments; and children with disabilities, respectively.
They're also the winning proposals in this year's UCLA Health Equity Challenge. And these creative ideas demonstrate that you don't necessarily need to spend millions of dollars searching far and wide to find creative ideas to address health disparities.
"We are lifted up by you, our student scholars," said Kathryn Kietzman, director of the UCLA CHPR Health Equity Program. "The ideas you have presented and developed have inspired and empower us."
Read the full release about the Health Equity Challenge winners.