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UC Davis doctoral students researching mosquitoes
July 24, 2018
While mosquitoes are out for blood, Olivia Winokur and Maribel “Mimi” Portilla, doctoral students at the UC Davis, are researching them.
A technology for military and civilian trauma care
July 24, 2018
Two UC Davis graduate students won the 2018 Big Ideas contest for their development of a mobile blood clotting monitoring device.
In health research, local efforts have global benefit
July 10, 2018
Projects from UCSF and UC Riverside highlight the importance of borderless research in the pursuit for good global health.
Planetary Health Center of Expertise selects summer fellows
July 9, 2018
Meet the summer 2018 Planetary Health Summer Field Experience fellows!
Eleven trainees begin GloCal Health Fellowship
July 9, 2018
The 2018-2019 cohort of GloCal fellows begin their year-long fellowship in July.
Global health research is about being adaptable and diligent and working together
July 9, 2018
Sunny Hwang, UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences master’s student, reflects on her capstone research experience.
Crowdfunding site powers passion projects
July 9, 2018
UC Irvine medical students traveled across the globe to provide medical education, partially funded by fellow students, faculty, friends and community members.
Climate change is making it harder for couples to conceive
July 9, 2018
UCLA research finds warming temperatures have a negative effect on fertility, birth rates worldwide.
One Health education: where are we today?
July 9, 2018
The World Health Organization has encouraged the United States to build a more formal One Health strategy, UC Davis experts weigh in.
From surgery to policy, Juliet Okoroh seeks health justice worldwide
July 9, 2018
Okoroh, a 2017-2018 GloCal fellow, is the first researcher to examine the impact of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme on the cost of surgical care.
Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment COE sparks collaboration in the name of #MeToo
July 3, 2018
Collaborators at UC Santa Barbara are enhancing anti-harassment efforts and education on campus.
The challenges of health care in remote Madagascar
June 29, 2018
Hailey Reeves, IGHS master’s student, reports back from her time in the Androrangavola commune in the Ifanadiana district of Madagascar.
Sifuentez appointed to head Center for Humanities
June 29, 2018
UC Merced's Center for Humanities gets a new, global-minded director.
UC San Diego launches new Center for Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery and Development
June 29, 2018
Interdisciplinary research team to address neglected tropical diseases that may become more common with climate change.
Turning a phage
June 25, 2018
Partnering with multiple institutions, UC San Diego launches North America’s first bacteriophage therapy center to use viruses as new weapon against multidrug-resistant bacteria; clinical trials planned.
Rhesus macaque model offers route to study Zika brain pathology
June 25, 2018
The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and collaborators find a way to potentially test therapies for congenital Zika virus syndrome.
Development Impact Lab conference speaks to future of engineering for poverty solutions
June 25, 2018
The Blum Center at UC Berkeley inspires the future of engineering as a solution to global health challenges.
The long-lasting health effects of separating children from their parents at the US border
June 25, 2018
UCLA pediatrician, Elizabeth Barnert, helps explain the long-term consequences of family separation.
Understanding the relationship between livestock, snakes and livelihoods in Costa Rica
June 25, 2018
Andrea Nickerson, UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences master’s student, is researching how snakebite envenomation in livestock impacts farmer’s lives.
Peering into Tb bacteria that attacks antibiotics
June 25, 2018
An international team of researchers including those from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has found a new way to investigate how tuberculosis bacteria inactivates an important family of antibiotics.
New planetary health case studies are available now
June 18, 2018
The Planetary Health COE released three new web-based interactive case studies, adding to the growing library of cases available to educators and students.
UC Merced graduate student awarded thesis of the year for work in public health
June 11, 2018
Erendira “Dida” Estrada's master’s thesis explores a health communication intervention to reduce rural information inequality and health disparities.
Why I stopped charging my patients for consultations
June 11, 2018
UCSF PhD Student Mohamed Bailor Barrie discusses his experience as a doctor during Sierra Leone's civil war.
Immigrant policing and public health
June 11, 2018
UCI study finds intense immigrant policing practices corrode Latinos’ trust in the government as a source of health information.
The trafficking victim beside me
June 11, 2018
Paula Tavrow, of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, shares a personal story.
Training the next generation of One Health professionals
June 11, 2018
With One Health Programs on the rise, UC Davis researchers propose core standards.
Fighting poverty with big data: A conversation with Joshua Blumenstock
June 11, 2018
UC Berkeley's Joshua Blumenstock explores how machine learning, development economics and big data can help us better understand the causes and consequences of global poverty.
No summer rest as UC students eye global health abroad, at home
June 5, 2018
Four UC students talk about their summer global health experiences in Thailand, Ghana, Mexico and California's Central Valley.
PHCOE launches International Student Ambassador Program
June 1, 2018
Nine candidates from eight African countries will design and implement initiatives that address major planetary health challenges in their home countries.
Online global health courses supplement campus offerings
June 1, 2018
UCGHI’s online global health courses cover a variety of topics and are available to all UC students.