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Dozens of campus global health programs, courses and international rotations are available for graduate, professional and postdoctoral learners.

GLOCAL HEALTH FELLOWSHIP

The GloCal Health Fellowship provides aspiring global health researchers with outstanding interdisciplinary education and training in innovative research designed to improve health for populations around the world. A career development fellowship sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center (FIC), this program supports awarded fellows from all 10 UC campuses as well as 22 affiliated international sites across 18 countries. UCGHI manages and supports the GloCal Health Fellowship.

Learn more about the GloCal Health Fellowship!

STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

Visit the Student Ambassador Program webpage to learn more!

The UCGHI Student Ambassador Program is a leadership opportunity for all current University of California and Charles R. Drew University students from various disciplines who are dedicated to personal and professional growth by serving and representing their respective campus and UCGHI.

The program goals are to: 1) to educate Ambassadors on global health issues with focuses on the subject areas covered by Center for Planetary Health (CPH), Center for Gender and Health Justice (CGHJ), and Center for Health Workforce Equity (HEAL Initiative); 2) to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in global health through a social justice framework, including decolonizing global health and advancing racial equity; 3) to actively acknowledge, identify, and dismantle power structures that carry legacies of racism, imperialism, and colonialism in global health through collective dialogue; 4) to connect students and faculty/staff across college campuses; 5) to amplify student voices through UCGHI’s social media platforms; and 6) to create professional growth opportunities for student ambassadors such as student engagement opportunities and internship opportunities.

GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND RESOURCES AT UC

EDUCATION RESOURCES

The UC Global Health Institute and its Centers are offering two programs for UCGHI Student Ambassadors who are interested in issues of global health, with a focus on planetary health, one health, gender justice, and health equity.

1) Student engagement opportunities will be routinely added below throughout the academic year for students who are looking for volunteer and learning opportunities in global health.

2) Students interested in paid summer internships can browse the opportunities listed here.

The University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI), spanning ten-UC campuses, hosts a signature conference that showcases the outstanding global health research, training, education and advocacy taking place across the University of California system and beyond. Our network is made up of local and global multidisciplinary collaborators working with students, post-docs, staff, faculty, educators/scholars, health providers, lawyers, policymakers, community members, and others working on cutting edge issues. 

Interdisciplinary by nature and collaborative in spirit, global health efforts encompass a range of academic topics – from psychology to engineering to sustainability and economics, scholars are committed to improving the health of humans, animals and ecosystems around the globe.

Learn more about past UC Global Health Days here!

“ GloCal really gave me my first opportunity to lead my own funded research project with multi-level mentorship.”

-- Nathan Brand, MD, MS, 2022-2023 GloCal Alumnus, 2022-2023 GloCal Alumnus