Program Overview

9:00 - 9:05 am

Welcome to UCGHD 2024 by University of California President
President Michael V. Drake, MD (pre-recorded)

9:05 - 9:15 am

Land Acknowledgment
Kimberly Uehisa, MS (Charles R. Drew University Lead Student Liaison for the UCGHI Student Ambassador Program)

9:15 - 9:25 am

Welcome to UCGHD 2024 at UCLA
Chancellor Gene Block, PhD, MS

9:25 - 10:25 am

Opening Plenary: Change Agents Unite! Leveraging Your Skills and Power for Transformation Through Policy & Advocacy
Keynote: Rohan Radhakrishna, MD, MPH, MS (CA Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity) with poetry reading by Jacob Virges
Moderator: Madhavi Dandu, MD, MPH  (UCGHI Director)

10:25 - 10:35 am

Break

10:35 - 10:50 am

Lightning Presentation 1: An Indigenous Perspective on Big Data and Emerging Technologies
Alec Calac (UCSD MD/PhD student, HEAL Initiative)

10:50 - 11:05 am

Lightning Presentation 2: Unveiling Achievements and Charting Future Goals at the Center for Food Justice and Health Equity
​Carrie Waterman, PhD and Cheryl A. Branch (Food Justice and Health Equity Initiative)

UCLA Sex Squad Performance by UCLA Students
UCLA Center for Art & Global Health

11:30 - 1:00 pm

Lunch, Student Posters, Networking & UCLA Art  & Global Health Center's Through Positive Eyes Exhibit

1:00 - 1:55 pm

Panel 1: Environmental Justice
Moderator: Samantha Ying, PhD (UCGHI Center for Planetary Health)
Panelists: 

• Carlos Martinez, PhD (UCSC)
• Amber Roegner, DVM, PhD (Loyola University-Chicago)
• Jessica Keetso, Diné (Tó Nizhóní Ání “Sacred Water Speaks”)

1:55 - 2:50 pm

Panel 2: Reproductive Health & Abortion Rights
Moderator: Lara Stemple, JD (UCLA Law, UCGHI Executive Committee)
Panelists:

• Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH (UCGHI Center for Gender and Health Justice, UCSF)
• Luseshelo Fanny Simwinga, CNM, MS(c) (UCSF GAIN)
• Monika Y. Langarica, JD (UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy)

2:50 - 3:50 pm

Closing Plenary: Community Advocacy in Shaping HIV Response and Health Care Access
Keynote: Frank Mugisha (Ugandan LGBTIA+ Rights Advocate, Executive Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda)
Moderator: Ndola Prata, MD, MS (UCGHI Associate Director)

3:50 - 4:00 pm

Closing Remarks