Tips to Thrive!
Read our latest MindWell Blog on positive psychology and learn actionable steps to improve your emotional well-being.
UCLA launches an institute dedicated to food studies
Read about the new UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies in the LA Times

Who are we?

UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center, envisioned and supported by Jane and Terry Semel, prioritizes the health and wellness of students, faculty and staff. It is a campus-wide effort to draw upon UCLA’s world renowned research and teaching, to find new and innovative ways to promote living well on campus, and to share that education and research with other communities, both locally and beyond. Since its inception, Semel HCI has acted as a spark plug and home for health-related work, helping to leverage the strengths of individuals and institutions on and off campus. Semel HCI promotes the “healthy choice as the easy choice” through its seven major thematic areas, called pods: BEWell, BreatheWell, EatWell, EngageWell, MindWell, MoveWell and ResearchWell.

Click on one of the images below to learn more about resources that may interest you.

Collage of pictures of healthy activities, foods, etc. in the shape of a heart

Resources for Emotional, Social, & Physical Health

Resources and advice for students, faculty and staff on maintaining social, emotional, and physical health and well-being

Thriving Guide

A curated list of on-campus and virtual resources in the various domains of well-being, including resources around food, stress, sleep, active transportation & commuting, and more

healthyucla

☕️Coffee, 🏡community, and 🤝connection ar

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍

Join us for 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮 of our special s

𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣 𝙍𝘼 🧍‍♀️𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙡𝙡 🏠? The EngageWell Pod is looking for RAs who may be interested in a research opportunity 🧐

Researchers will contribute to 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 🦠 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗖𝗟𝗔 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 😷. RAs will have the opportunity to gain training in the following:
• Survey design
• Competence in Qualtrics survey platform
• Participant recruitment across UCLA
• IRB write-up and submission
• Quantitative data collection and preliminary analysis

𝗟𝗮𝗯: Healthy Campus Initiative’s EngageWell Pod
𝗣𝗜𝘀: Drs. Ted Robles & Chris Dunkel Schetter
𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁: Michelle Chang, contact changmichelle@g.ucla.edu
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 7 hours/week
𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁: PSYCH 192
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆: Email a CV and brief paragraph stating your interest and qualifications for this position to changmichelle@g.ucla.edu.

Load More... Follow on Instagram

Tune into our LiveWell Podcast!

Join us as we interview leading experts and discover new perspectives on health and well-being. Each episode, we will bring to you scientists and world-class operators who will share with you cutting-edge research and practices, and never-before broadcasted tips to live a more healthful life for yourself, community and our planet.

Learn about our pods

Hover over each icon to learn about each pod – to learn more about a specific pod, click on the icon to go to that pod’s website.

Assuring healthy, safe,
and sustainable physical
environments that promote
walking and bicycling,
physical activity, and
clean air for all of UCLA.

Ensuring a clean air
environment for UCLA,
particularly through an
emphasis on sustaining
and enhancing UCLA’s
tobacco-free campus
policy.

Making fresh and whole
foods accessible to the
entire UCLA community
while promoting knowledge
about the foods we eat and
where they come from.

Fostering healthy and
strong social relationships
at UCLA through increased
social connection, quality,
and civility.

Promoting wellbeing,
resilience, and creative
achievement throughout
the UCLA community.

Making moving “the easy
choice” for the UCLA
community. It’s time to
get moving!

Developing and
implementing the
research and
evaluation needs of
Semel HCI, its pods,
and Semel HCI-funded
student projects.

Tips to Thrive!

UCLA launches an institute dedicated to food studies