UCLA Health partners with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on health and wellness

UCLA legend and NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is teaming up with UCLA Health for a wide variety of new health and wellness initiatives designed to improve health and prevent disease. The partnership will be announced at the 2019 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Los Angeles Light the Night Walk, an event for which UCLA Health is the presenting sponsor. The Los Angeles Laker superstar and UCLA Bruin basketball player is a survivor of chronic myeloid leukemia, or CML, which is a form of blood cancer. To honor his survivorship, Abdul-Jabbar has served as an ambassador and UCLA Health fundraising team captain at the annual event, which raises research funds to find cures for blood cancers. While he will continue as team captain at this year's event — to be held on Nov. 9, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Centerpiece Park at Century Plaza Tower in Century City — Abdul-Jabbar said he is looking forward to expanding his affiliation with UCLA Heath. "UCLA has been an important part of my life for many decades,'" Abdul-Jabbar said.