Our Mission
The Bruin Blood Initiative is a student organization whose mission is to promote awareness of blood related issues and blood donations at UCLA. In partnering with UCLA Health System, the UCLA Blood and Platelet Centers in Westwood and Ackerman Union, and student activism groups on campus, the Bruin Blood Initiative strives to achieve its goals through educating, and outreaching to, the student population.
The Bruin Blood Initiative is a student organization whose mission is to promote awareness of blood related issues and blood donations at UCLA. In partnering with UCLA Health System, the UCLA Blood and Platelet Centers in Westwood and Ackerman Union, and student activism groups on campus, the Bruin Blood Initiative strives to achieve its goals through educating, and outreaching to, the student population.
Our Goals
- Increase student and community donor turnout at UCLA Blood and Platelet Centers
- Educate the student population and surrounding communities about good blood health
practices, concerning subjects like STDs, anemias, diabetes, high cholesterol, and stress
- Publish original research using over a decades worth of unused blood donor data,
with help from our research advisors
- Increase student and community donor turnout at UCLA Blood and Platelet Centers
- Educate the student population and surrounding communities about good blood health
practices, concerning subjects like STDs, anemias, diabetes, high cholesterol, and stress
- Publish original research using over a decades worth of unused blood donor data,
with help from our research advisors