The Public Health Team
The Mobile Clinic Project (MCP) was first conceived by UCLA public health students in the late 1990s as part of a class project taught by Dr. Michael Prelip. Their idea became a reality after Dr. Prelip, Professor and Department Chair in Community Health Sciences at the Fielding School of Public Health, began a relationship with the Greater West Hollywood Food Coalition (GWHFC). He brought these students on-site to perform needs assessments for the population. From here, MCP was born. MCP is now a collaboration between UCLA public health graduate students, medical students, attending physicians, and undergraduate students. Public Health (PH) volunteers oversee many important aspects of MCP, including ongoing needs assessments and coordination with outside resources. In particular, MCP public health volunteers and coordinators routinely perform the following tasks: