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Bridging Local and Global: How UCGHI Is Strengthening Health Workforce Development Across California
UCGHI Celebrates Future Global Health Changemakers at High School Summer Internship Final Showcase
2024-2025 UCGHI Annual Report - Celebrating a Year of UC-wide Impact in Global Health
UCGHI Center for Planetary Health Announces Inaugural Water and Health Research Fellowship Cohort
UCGHI Student Ambassadors Pursue Bold Summer Goals in Global Health
Insights from The Nature Conservancy’s Saswati Bora on Regenerative Food Systems
GloCal Team Participates in Southern Africa Regional Scientific Workshop
Climate Change Is Forcing Millions to Flee—But Refugees Are Still Left Out of the Conversation
From California to Kenya and Back: A GloCal Alumna Joins the UCGHI Advisory Council
Workshop held in Lima to foster National Dementia Plan for Peru
GloCal Deputy Director Kimberly Bale visits Lima, Peru
TB Alliance’s Innovative Approach to Caring for TB Patients Globally
Black Thriving Initiative at UC Irvine Continues to Support Scholarship and Community Well-Being
A Message From UCGHI on Global Health Landscape
Center for Gender and Health Justice Leadership Transition
HIV/AIDS Among Refugees: A Hidden Global Health Crisis
GloCal Alumna Schola Matovu, PhD, RN Earns Prestigious K01 Award and Fellowship Recognition
California Funding for Injectable PrEP to Combat HIV/AIDS
Indigenous Healthcare Workers Take the Lead in HEAL Southwest Leadership Program
Reproductive Health in Refugee Camps: A Lifeline Amid Compounded Crises
Improving Water and Sanitation Access in California and Around the Globe
The Silent Crisis: Why Mental Health Must Be Central to Humanitarian Aid for Refugees
Formalizing Farm Labor Research Between Mexico and California
Expanding Latinx Representation in the Environmental Sciences Across the University of California
GloCal Fellows Attend Global Health Summer Institute at UAB
The Food Security Solution We Have Been Waiting For
Healthcare accessibility for small-scale extractive based communities: An unmet need
Mutual Aid Now: Global Health Equity Through the Lens of Grassroots Community Organizing
Exploring Family Planning among Immigrant Communities in California
Ecocide in Gaza: Israel's genocide in Gaza will create an unprecedented environmental health crisis
The Public Health Crisis of Honor Killings and Gender-Based Violence in Pakistan
UCGHI Student Ambassadors from Multiple UC Campuses Collaborate in Santa Barbara County’s Latinx and Indigenous Migrant COVID-19 Response Task Force
UC Global Health Day 2024 Closing Plenary Speaker Dr. Frank Mugisha’s Tireless Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights
SHINE Strong Fosters the Next Generation of Trans and Queer Researchers
Regional Scientific Workshop Held at Hanoi Medical University
Former GloCal Fellow, Dr. Karla Rascon-Garcia, Begins Postdoctoral Position at Duke Global Health Institute
Amplifying Asian Immigrant Women Voices through a Study on Sexual and Reproductive Health Experiences
New UCGHI Advisory Council Members Representing Local and Global Regions of the World
Eight University of California Students Selected for the Center for Gender and Health Justice Summer Internship Opportunities Program
The One Health Workforce Academies Creates Global Academic Connections in an Interdependent World
The Power of Storytelling at UC Global Health Day 2024
UC Global Health Day Speakers Show How Health Professionals Can Make Change through Policy and Advocacy
Four GloCal Fellows Attend an Implementation Workshop in Accra, Ghana
Can native speakers change health care in the Navajo Nation
Maternal Health Rights for Farmworker Women: Teaching and Research for Action
How Midwifery is Essential to Black Maternal Healthcare
Deeper Than Race: How Reluctance to Examine Black American Diversity Obscures the Maternal Health Crisis - 2024 Update
Household air pollution exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes of children from HAPIN India cohort
Data Drives Surgical Oncology Progress in Tanzania
From San Francisco Port to Dar Port – an SD4H and GloCal Collaboration
Time to treat: Using circadian medicine for infectious diseases
Dr. Rohan Radhakrishna Connects Local Californian Health to Global Health
Impact of telehealth in a student-run Shifa Community Clinic during Covid-19 pandemic and post COVID
The Impact of Crowd-Control Weapons on Healthcare Delivery and Mental Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Provider Perspectives
Barriers to Resettlement Services Access for recently resettled Afghan Refugees in the Sacramento area of California: A Qualitative Study of Providers` Perspective
Understanding AANHPI Food Security in O’ahu, Hawai’i: Research Reflections
HEAL Fellows on the Navajo Nation Provide a Means to Heal from Historical Wounds
University of California Researchers Continuing the Fight to End the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
UCGHI at 2023 NorCal Climate and Health Symposium
GloCal congratulates two alumni on beginning new faculty positions this fall!
UCGHI Center for Planetary Health Leadership, Federico Castillo, PhD and Samantha Ying, PhD, Awarded California Climate Action Grant
Two GloCal Alumni Collaborate on Dementia and Frailty Research in Uganda
From Seed Funding to Global Impact: Three Multi-Campus University of California-Based Initiatives Drive Health Equity
GloCal welcomes 16 new Steering Committee members
Latinxs and the Environment: Connecting University of California Students in Environmental Research and Social Change
Programs Across the University of California are Changing the Landscape for Global Mental Health Access
Latinx and the Environment Welcomes Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia
Breaking the Silence: UCGHI Students on Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention
UCGHI Welcomes Two New Fellows to the Sustainable Development for HIV Health (SD4H) Fellowship
GloCal MPI, Sung-Jae Lee, PhD, Appointed Co-Lead of the Health Equity and Translational Social Science (HETSS) Research Theme at UCLA
University of California Students Tell Us the Importance of Hispanic Heritage Month
UCGHI Welcomes Dr. Dalia Magaña and Dr. Valerie Cortez to Advisory Council
2021-2022 GloCal Fellow, Stephen Okoboi, Receives K43 Emerging Global Leader Award
Essential to Capitalism but Forgotten in the Harvest: LGBTQIA+ Farmworkers and the Continued Rise in Anti-Queer Regimes
Navigating Challenges & Inspiring Success: The Significance of Queer Mentorship in Academia
Community-Building as Resilience-Building: The Power of Support Groups for HIV-Positive Trans Mental Health Services
Reproductive Justice and Respectful Maternity Care
Emerging Infection Diseases/Zoonotic Diseases
The Cesarean Gap: Addressing the Racial Disparity Among Cesarean Deliveries in the U.S.
Pathways of Antibiotic Exposure: a case study of California’s Central Valley
Telehealth Use Can Overcome Disparities in Access for Medication Abortion
Fake News and Deforestation: The Double Threat to Planetary Health
Exploring the Intersections of Migration, Climate Justice, and Gender
Nutrition & Food Security
Women’s Health and Wellbeing in Armenia
Environmental Health Disparities as an Environmental Justice Issue
Reproductive Justice and Respectful Maternity Care
Emerging Infection Diseases/Zoonotic Diseases
The Cesarean Gap: Addressing the Racial Disparity Among Cesarean Deliveries in the U.S.
Pathways of Antibiotic Exposure: a case study of California’s Central Valley
Telehealth Use Can Overcome Disparities in Access for Medication Abortion
Fake News and Deforestation: The Double Threat to Planetary Health
Exploring the Intersections of Migration, Climate Justice, and Gender
The Power of Research to Create Dialogue About AAPI Women’s Experiences with Sexual Violence
Get to know CGHJ’s New Associate Director, Sean Arayasirikul!
Deeper Than Race: How Reluctance to Examine Black American Diversity Obscures the Maternal Health Crisis
Taking Root Across the UC: Expanding Latinx and the Environment to UC Riverside and Beyond
How Iran’s Woman. Life. Freedom. Movement Shaped a Movement across the UC System
Paving the Way for the Field of Disability Studies
How a UC scholar and UC faculty member are centering Black health
UCGHI Receives UC Online Awards
UCSF CHESA Statement on the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
Meet Our 2022 Summer Work Fellows
A Message From UCGHI Director Madhavi Dandu
Former GloCal fellow Dr. Archana Siddaiah publishes book on mental health
The Impacts of COVID-19 on People Living with HIV/AIDS
GloCal fellow Dr. Ouambo Hervé featured in NIEHS newsletter
Letter from the Director
GloCal/UPCH "Conducting Global Health Research" certificate program initiated
2021-2022 GloCal Fellow Angel Algarin Receives K Award and Begins New Faculty Position
UCGHI statement in response to Roe v. Wade
UCGHI Welcomes new Director!
Center Name Change: Announcing the Center for Gender and Health Justice
Dr. Tom Coates Reflects on a Trailblazing Career as he Fulfills his term as UCGHI Director
UCSF CHAT Study Aims to Break Barriers of Access in Abortion Telehealth Services
New GloCal Site PI Council convenes first meeting
As UCGHI's Deputy Director, Sun Yu Cotter Works to Cultivate More Diversity in Global Health and Take Up More Space as an Asian-American
The UC Global Health Community Gathers to Connect and Build Relationships at UC Global Health Day 2022
Six UC graduates receive fellowships for projects in women’s health, gender justice, and empowerment
GloCal fellow Schola Matovu, PhD, RN, awarded UCSF 2022 Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award
Sexual Assault Awareness Month: A UCGHI Student Ambassador Reflection
How Dr. Samantha Ying is Leading Social Justice-Focused Scientific Inquiry through Student-Centered Mentorship
How UC Santa Cruz’s New Global and Community Health Program Will Work at the Intersection of Social and Natural Sciences
GloCal alumnus Dr. Michael Mwachiro publishes book on mentorship
A Message from UCGHI on Ukraine
How Drs. Adriann Begay and Cristina Rivera Carpenter Center Indigenous Relational Approaches to Medicine through The HEAL Initiative
Dr. Vandana Shiva's Decades-Long Environmental Activism is Rooted in Health of All Beings
How Dr. Ricky Bluthenthal Amplifies Ignored Voices
How Dr. Brandi Summers’ Work on Geography and Blackness Intersects with Community Health
WHO selects GloCal alumnus Stephen Wandera, MSc, PhD, MSc, as TAG member for the UN Decade of Health Aging
Dr. Rupa Marya Brings Her Multitudes to All She Does
The Women’s Health Gender & Empowerment Center of Expertise’s Internship Opportunities
GloCal Fellow Lara Schwarz’s Research Highlighted in NIEHS Newsletter
CHAT Study 2021 Illustration Contest
Former GloCal Fellow Moses Obimbo Madadi awarded prestigious Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellowship
Dr. Ushma Upadhyay’s Journey to Becoming Co-Director of the Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise
The UCGHI Student Ambassador Program’s Personal and Professional Impact
The UCGHI Student Ambassador Program’s Personal and Professional Impact
GloCal Alumnus Matthew Bramble, PhD, receives K01 International Research Scientist Development Award"
GloCal Alumnus Helen Byakwaga, MBChB, PhD, receives K43 Emerging Global Leader Award to continue Kaposi Sarcoma research
Former GloCal Fellow Advances Malaria Research and COVID Testing Capacity in His Native Peru
How one UC Berkeley initiative is championing for Latinx representation in the environmental sciences
Encompass Scholars Program
National Post-Doc Appreciation Week - Dr. Chemtai Mungo
UCGHI welcomes new UCGHI Co-Director and Program Assistant
Apply now for GloCal Health Fellowship
How one UC Berkeley initiative is championing for Latinx representation in the environmental sciences
UCGHI offers UC Students online education in global health
GloCal welcomes new UC Davis PI
Salton Sea restoration efforts could fail without science
New AI Institute expands UC Merced’s smart, sustainable agriculture effort
What you need to know about the delta variant
Drought and Climate Change Shift Tree Disease in Sierra Nevada
Time to Ramp Up UC Davis’ Response to Grand Challenges
Berkeley students, staff and faculty launch Afghan scholar rescue campaign
The race to conquer COVID
UC ranks first among colleges and universities in green power usage
COVID-19 During Pregnancy Associated with Preterm Birth
COVID-19 During Pregnancy Associated with Preterm Birth
Q&A: What is realistic when it comes to herd immunity?
University of California Health hospitals recognized among the best in California and the nation
Text-message ‘nudges’ can encourage holdouts to get COVID vaccination, study finds
New UCGHI Board Members Bring Focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Twenty-one new GloCal fellows embark on a year of research
UC Global Health Day 2021: Decolonizing Global Health Q & A
UCGHI Black Lives Matter Task Force Supports BLM and Institute-Wide Change
Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise Student Ambassadors
Planetary Health Center of Expertise Student Ambassadors
Could California put solar panels on top of canals?
Inaugural One Health Integration in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion/Black Lives Matter Competitive Grant Winners
Navigating a year of heartbreak and hope: Q&A with Dr. Carrie L. Byington, executive vice president of UC Health
UCGHI AAPI perspectives on anti-Asian violence and racism
This is the dawning of the age of the vaccine passport
Condemning anti-Asian violence and discrimination
WHGE COE Small Grants Program to Support Mentored Research for Early Career Investigators from Historically Underrepresented Groups and Their Graduate Students
WHGE COE Small Grants Program to Support Mentored Research for Early Career Investigators from Historically Underrepresented Groups and Their Graduate Students
UCNet: Spark your creativity and celebrate global health
Advancing Health Equity in Santa Barbara County and Beyond: the Latinx and Indigenous Migrant COVID-19 Response Task Force and Center of Expertise Internships
The UN Sustainable Development Goals and feed the future research on rural resilience
New research shows that agrochemical pollution of waterways affects the transmission of Schistosomiasis
GloCal welcomes new UCLA PI
Discussing the roots of racism in medicine with Douglas Haynes, PhD
UC Davis World Food Center will co-host the Universities Fighting World Hunger Virtual Summit 2021
Force for Good
NIH Diversity Supplements for your students, postdocs, and faculty
GloCal fellow Monica Diaz, MD, begins new position as Assistant Professor of Neurology at UNC Chapel Hill
UCGHI Student Ambassador Program Offers Students Leadership and Career Training in Global Health
Working Globally, Locally: GloCal Fellow Manages Tanzanian Project from California
Los científicos peruanos que buscan las nuevas variantes del coronavirus
UC Davis One Health Institute Offers One Health Field Training
UCGHI Director's Statement on the invasion of the U.S. Capitol
WHGE COE Early Career Investigator Small Grants Program
Kobe Bryant And George Floyd: America’s Tragedy And Horror In Two Lives
Global Funding must be in the next COVID-19 emergency supplemental
Advances in Global Health: A Q&A with Editor-in-Chief Craig Cohen
3 UCSF faculty named to Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board
Climate change will give rise to more cancers
UC researchers pioneer more effective method of blocking Malaria transmission in mosquitoes
Biden-Harris team names Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board
People’s bodies now run cooler than ‘normal’ — even in the Bolivian Amazon
Development and validation of a person-centered abortion scale in Kenya
Statewide coalition forming to bring COVID awareness to at-risk communities
Experiencing police violence worsens mental health in distinct ways
"Learning from the Past and Working in the Present to Create an Antiracist Future for Academic Medicine"
2020 Election Series: The next president needs to think globally about COVID-19
UC Riverside is the first UC campus to teach the Cahuilla language
Former GloCal Fellow Studies Improving Retention in HIV Care with Emerging Global Leader Award
Global Sports Development and Sidewinder Films Partner with UC Speaks Up to Prevent Campus Sexual Assault
Rethinking Wildfire Cultural Burning and the Art of Not Fighting Fire
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers awarded funding for work to reduce gun-related intimate partner homicides
Fighting the health effects of climate change is the mission for new UCLA center
Global fire outlook not good news, but mitigation is possible, analysis shows
Diversifying the sciences
Connecting Through the Arts
UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences tries to stop mosquitos biting amid the pandemic
Moving the Needle
U.S. will revive global virus-hunting effort ended last year
What’s next: The future of environmental justice
New Database Better Enables Studies on Women’s Health by Making Research Measures Accessible
Breakthrough in eliminating dengue, other mosquito-borne diseases
COVID-19 exposes how Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders face stark health care disparities
New funding for firearm violence research in California
UCSC partners with CSUMB for postdoctoral training and mentorship program
WHGE COE New Special Issue: Transformative approaches to gender justice in sexual and reproductive health
UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health Researchers are Seeking Summer Campus Representatives for Virtual Film Project
Ambassador Program Prepares Future Leaders in Women’s Health and Planetary Health
UCGHI Video Series: COVID-19 Updates from Around the World
UCGHI statement in response to the death of George Floyd
Recap: Women’s Health, Gender, and Empowerment COE Virtual Retreat
UCLA professor and team find long-acting injectable cabotegravir is highly effective for the prevention of HIV infection
Microbiome therapy protects against recurrent bacterial vaginosis
How COVID-19 is affecting the global supply chain
Coronavirus Global Slowdown Is Cleaning the Skies. How Long Will It Last?
Urban slums are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19. Here’s how to help
Research During a Pandemic: COVID-19 Forces GloCal Fellows to Rearrange Their Lives and Projects
UCSF Health Care Workers to Serve in Navajo Nation
Deforestation surged following end of armed conflict in Colombia
The Link Between Virus Spillover, Wildlife Extinction and the Environment
Chilean medical and midwifery students support the recent decriminalization of abortion
UC San Diego engineers and doctors team up to retrofit and build ventilators with 3D-printing
Advancing Global and Community Health at UC Santa Cruz
$2M Grant will galvanize COVID-19 response at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
More than 21,000 homeless people in U.S. could be hospitalized due to COVID-19
PREDICT receives extension for COVID-19 pandemic emergency response
A coordinated response
UC San Diego engineers and doctors team up to retrofit and build ventilators with 3D-printing
UC Riverside researchers’ mouse studies also show how a common nutrient can help babies of alcoholic moms
UC Berkeley scientists spin up a robotic COVID-19 testing lab
What the Ebola outbreak could teach us about how to contain the novel coronavirus
Coronavirus is sickening young adults and spreading through them, experts say
Coronavirus is sickening young adults and spreading through them, experts say
Tracking data used to identify biodiversity hot spots in Southern Ocean ecosystems
Leveraging human rights to change the criminal justice system
Celebrating women across the UC
A catalyst for change
Tanzanian GloCal alumna continues to tackle Sickle Cell Disease
Do no harm: IGHS works to deliver patient-centered care to women worldwide
Person-centred care for abortion services in private facilities to improve women's experiences in Kenya
$10 million grant will study children's religious views
Campus focuses on impact of Triton women in leadership
An Incomplete Victory
National Academy of Engineers elects Kurtz into it's ranks
Is there (still) a gender gap in politics?
Women firefighters face high exposure to toxic ‘forever chemicals’
How Did They Do It? The Inside Story of SB-24: Medication Abortion on UC & CSU Campuses
Working with UCSF, California Surgeon General Aims to Cut Adverse Childhood Experiences by Half
The ticket to inclusion
Agricultural area residents in danger of inhaling toxic aerosols, UC Riverside study finds
UCLA and Africa: A history of partnership, a future of shared progress
Battling brain cancer on all fronts
A special project of the UCGHI Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise
How UC is working to expand open access to its research
California's Refugee Reproductive Health Network (ReproNet): Engaging Refugee Women in Research Partnerships
UC launches first-ever organic research institute, with a hand from Clif Bar
Dementia leaders launch Latin American research initiative
Top academics join forces to tackle health and humanitarian crisis at the border
As mysterious coronavirus spreads, an infectious disease expert explains what you should know
UC Davis grad student Camila Bonilla Cedrez uses prediction models to shed light on fertilizer prices in Africa
Good catch
Can solar geoengineering mitigate both climate change and income inequality?
Urban health scare: E-Scooters show alarming spike in injuries
Global study of street networks reveals growing urban sprawl
Can solar geoengineering mitigate both climate change and income inequality?
UCLA launches institute to explore legal, policy impact of emerging tech
PhD student gets to the root of health disparities facing Hmong farmers
Request for Proposals
NIA Supplement Fellows
Potential of electric vehicles tied to solar research
UCGHI Researchers Lead One Health Workforce Training with $85 Million from USAID
Wildfires in a warming world
Shutdown of coal-fired plants in U.S. saves lives and improves crop yields
Polluted wastewater in the forecast? Try a solar umbrella
No difference in results when surgeries are performed by U.S.- or foreign-trained surgeons
California’s sea otter population could triple by recolonizing San Francisco Bay
Advances open door to more aggressive policies to meet climate goals
Integrated aquatic pest management shows promise
Young women still may be getting unnecessary pelvic exams
Coastal fog linked to high levels of mercury found in mountain lions, study finds
Smarter strategies
Atmospheric river storms create $1 billion-a-year flood damage
Many pregnancies are shorter as climate change causes more 90-degree days
Can salmon eat their way out of climate change?
NIH’s Global Health Fellowships support junior researchers in low- and middle-income nations
The heat is on
DDT Linked to Higher Risk of Diabetes Among Asian Indian Immigrants to U.S.
Babies in the womb may see more than we thought
How giant kelp may respond to climate change
As Supreme Court takes up DACA, UC students rally in support
The hippo's hidden world
Researchers look to wetlands to increase Delta water quality
UC President Napolitano’s statement on White House exit from Paris climate accord
Best of frenemies: unexpected role of social networks in ecology
Novel surgery may prevent lymphedema in patients with breast cancer
Are students getting enough air?
10 years, 10 campuses, one trailblazing career: Haile Debas reflects on UCGHI
UCCE seeks to mitigate climate change’s impact on already disadvantaged communities
Whole genome sequencing could help save pumas from inbreeding
Gaps in quality, person-centered prenatal care in rural Kenya
UC San Diego alum fulfills lifelong dream of going to space
UC Davis gets $85M to develop a One Health workforce for the next generation
UC San Diego researchers connect premature births to possible causes in central California
UC Riverside helps secure the future of food
UC Merced students engineer art from trash for annual Yosemite facelift event
On water sustainability, L.A. County earns C+ from UCLA environmental report card
UC Irvine-led study deepens understanding of the effects of media exposure to collective trauma
Climate change is coming for your cabernet
California’s crashing kelp forest
UC Berkeley Professor, Dr. Bertram Lubin to mentor Cal students and focus on the social determinants of health
California rolls out first statewide earthquake early warning system
CDC reports STDs reach all-time high for 5th year in a row, and it's killing babies
1,306 U.S. infants were born with syphilis in 2018, even though it’s easy to prevent
Plant diversity a casualty of high-severity wildfires
Becoming Arizona: Lessons from Phoenix for Sacramento
California elderberries have rich benefits for farms and diets
Unplanned Spaces: How movement patterns in rural Malawi impact HIV treatment and prevention
A GloCal Fellow’s Passion: Freshwater for Fisheries and Human Health
Rivers shaped by climate
Scientists track frog-killing fungus to help curb its spread
UC Berkeley, Jerry Brown launch new pan-Pacific climate institute
Online global health courses supplement campus offerings
UCI team uses machine learning to help tell which wildfires will burn out of control
Testing chemicals for birth defects using stem cells, not mice
Establishment of UC San Diego School of Public Health approved
Nutrition programs alone aren’t enough to support healthy brain development
Elephant seal 'supermoms' produce most of the population, study finds
UC Davis scientists identify Bombali ebolavirus in bats in Guinea
Drone monitoring of ship emissions could save lives, protect health
Climate change: a dirt-y business
How California wildfires can impact water availability
If you don't want to provide abortions, don't go into healthcare
Malaria could be eradicated by 2050, global health experts say
UCSD receives funding from ending the HIV epidemic initiative
UCGHI helps lead One Health to Planetary Health
TED Audiences get the dirt on soil and climate change from Berhe
$16 million NIH grant will help launch Center for Health Disparities Research at UC Riverside
Letter from UC President Napolitano in support of the College Student Right to Access Act
Wildfires could permanently alter Alaska's forest composition
UCLA Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Pritzker Family Foundation
Compost key to sequestering carbon in the soil
Women giving birth in Uttar Pradesh, India, have worse experience at higher-level facilities
Link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer’s disease development identified
Amazon rainforest absorbing less carbon than expected
What’s killing sea otters? Scientists pinpoint parasite strain
How red-eared invaders are hurting California’s native turtles
Monster tumbleweed: invasive new species is here to stay
Lake Shasta dam releases can be managed to benefit both salmon and sturgeon
Apply now for GloCal Health Fellowship
Researchers use monkey flower to study climate change
Doubling down
The animals that will survive climate change
Fertilizer feast and famine
Study shows urgent need for long-term follow up of Zika-exposed infants
UC San Diego heart transplant program boasts nation’s best survival rates
UCGHI welcomes new deputy director
New book tells personal story of resistance, terror, and US policy in Honduras
The Berkeley Lab provides new recipes for taking salt out of seawater
Women may be more vulnerable to climate change but data absent
SPARQ creates measures, interventions to improve person-centered reproductive health care
Latina mothers experienced jump in preterm births after 2016 election
UC Merced public health PhD student earns fellowship to study health equity
Detained migrant children need continuous medical care
UC Davis and USAID launch new research program to study rural poverty worldwide
UC Speaks Up for research and prevention of campus-based sexual violence
Bringing emergency care to Tanzania
UC Santa Cruz establishes interdisciplinary Southeast Asia research center
Alumna’s film about Syrian refugees wins Audience Award for Best Feature at SF DocFest
Medical students learn about practicing medicine with limited resources in Peru
Twenty new GloCal fellows embark on a year of research
A third of children up to age 3 exposed to Zika in-utero have neurological problems
Climate change could fuel next wave of immigrants from Latin America
Bay Area Global Health Alliance convenes inaugural board of directors
Meet Rachel L. Kaplan, trailblazing UCSF researcher fighting transphobia
‘Committed’ CO2 emissions jeopardize international climate goals, UC Irvine-led study finds
Controlling deadly malaria without chemicals
America has a health equity problem
UC Berkeley to adopt 100 villages in Meghalaya
Cows and climate change
Deportation worries fuel anxiety, poor sleep, among US-born Latinx youth
UC Davis welcomes 24 leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa
What it means to practice global health: A lesson from Uganda
How hurricanes cause disease outbreaks
UCSC celebrates graduation of first Feminist Studies PhDs
USAID photo exhibit on Zika launches QBI symposium on arthropod-borne diseases
The population paradox
Better human rights protections around the world for people with disabilities, but gaps remain
Combination of water scarcity and inflexible demand puts world’s river basins at risk
Barriers to health
Berkeley Talks: Feminist legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon on the butterfly politics of #MeToo
Quantifying hope
Ebola in Uganda
Degree, check. Next stop, heal the world.
One of the worst in state: Merced County’s childhood obesity crisis
Concerning climate
Understanding the complexities of mobility and HIV in eastern Africa
Prescription for resilience
UC Irvine Chancellor Gillman joins the UCGHI Board of Directors
UC Santa Cruz sociology PhD candidate named UC Free Speech Fellow
Climate undermined by lobbying
UC San Diego report finds California above national average for sexual harassment rates
Historically redlined communities face higher asthma rates
The role of data science and machine learning to combat human trafficking
Envisioning a future for cacao amidst a changing climate
Taking the border crisis to heart
UC Riverside, Riverside schools push back against pollution
Partially deaf UC Merced student hopes to inspire others with graduation success
New report: Nearly 19,000 asylum seekers await US entry in Mexican border cities
Childbirth is hard: Health systems shouldn’t make it harder
A sense of urgency
Five UC undergraduates receive scholarships for projects in women’s health, gender and empowerment
Power isn’t water: Learnings from Kenya’s rural electrification efforts
Human impact on droughts goes back 100 years
Meet the women who battled tuberculosis in Indian country
Researchers identify faster, more effective drug combination regimens to treat tuberculosis
Ambassadors show how to protect the planet
GloCal fellow wins Emerging Global Leader Award
California farmers have raised wages, but still unable to find enough workers
UCLA Luskin professor launches organization to fill research gap at EPA
Protecting small farms in Mozambique from drought
UC Merced grad student represents San Joaquin Valley at Global Food Security Symposium
Meet Dr. Alison El Ayadi, researcher taking on female genital fistula
Plastic’s carbon footprint
USAID project helps UC Davis continue long tradition of agricultural development in Egypt
New report creates roadmap for US-Mexico cooperation on security, drug and border policy
Air pollution impacts childhood development, new UC Merced study shows
Researcher finds dangerous levels of metals in liquor sold in Uganda
From bean to cup: Anti-trafficking IdeaLab develops app for ethically sourced coffee
Learning from failure: NextDrop’s water information pilot in Bangalore
Opinion: The impact of the technology revolution on tuberculosis
Building a TB-free world
UCGHI Board of Directors welcomes new co-vice chairs
Zot n Clothes thrift shop held at UC Irvine cross cultural center
“Discovery” sparks movement to reduce impact of preterm birth in East Africa
Sixth annual Climate Conference links science and justice
Supercomputer simulations help combat tuberculosis (TB) granulomas
UC Merced Public Health undergraduate wins scholarship to conduct public health research overseas
Bernadette Boden-Albala will lead UC Irvine's School of Population Health
Oaxaca program tabbed as ‘Diversity Champion’
Joshua Blumenstock: The knowns and unknowns of big data and poverty alleviation
HIV self-test kits improve testing rates among sexual partners
GloCal fellow Natalie Ferraiolo finds her calling at the US/Mexico border
Call for undergraduate summer internship/fellowship proposals in women's health, gender and empowerment
Community engagement principles apply to global health
Mentoring to advance global health
Justice Movement
Immigrant Asian American women may be at higher risk for breast cancer
Superbug Slayer Dr. Steffanie Strathdee: 'How I Saved My Husband's Life — with Sewage'
Tragic birth sparks obstetrician’s pursuit of global health PhD
Researchers hope to tackle methane emissions in manure through use of biochar
Low-income undocumented adults are largely locked out of health care in California, study finds
How coral bleaching threatens Caribbean communities
UC Davis alumni using solar power to fight jaundice on global scale
“Imagining the future helps us engineer toward that future”: A Q&A with Will Tarpeh
How are immigrants changing our definition of health?
New project to build climate resilience through improved land management
Genome structure of malaria parasites linked to virulence
A voice for global cancer patients
Research seeks relief for hot and thirsty farmlands
Melissa Smith: New to the UC, but no stranger to global health
UC Santa Cruz grad student working to advance Beyond Compliance initiative
Increasing murder rate is erasing gains in life expectancy among Mexican men, UCLA research reports
USAID grant to improve nutrition worldwide
Fletcher Lab Cellscope is ready for scaling
Shocks to the system
Bringing science to global climate talks
Focus: Mentorship training in LMICs needs increased support
Work in Planetary Health this summer
Where will the world’s next Zika, West Nile or dengue virus come from?
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate
Iceboxes and jail: Helping immigrant mothers and children held at the border
Welcome to 2019: A message from UCGHI director Thomas J. Coates
Addressing maternal mortality through person-centered care
David Heller tackles chronic disease worldwide
Hackathon garners innovative ideas to address mosquito-borne diseases
Environmental engineers devising plan to save humanity
Rice plants that reproduce as clones from seeds
Proposed changes to immigration laws would cost California jobs, harm public health
Toxic smoke is Africa's quiet killer. An entrepreneur says his fix can make a fortune
Half a million tests and many mosquitoes later, new buzz about a malaria prevention drug
UCSF researchers awarded multi-year CDC agreement to aid six countries in monitoring recent HIV infections
UC Riverside School of Medicine and Eisenhower Health establish training affiliation
An opioid epidemic may be looming in Mexico — and the US may be partly responsible
ZestBio continues innovation with waste-based products
Shrinking groundwater
A reason for optimism: Treating chronic pediatric disease in Haiti
Generous funding to malaria-parasite researcher promises new therapeutic strategies
UC San Diego-led study predicts novel approach to battling influenza
Researcher takes first step toward improved diagnosis for Valley fever
UC Irvine and Singapore researchers find source of 2015 Southeast Asia smoke cloud
Infant HIV infection increases the risk for congenital CMV infection
InFEWS fellows take on sustainable development goals
Refugees reclaim human rights with technology
Research internship opportunity: Campus violence prevention
Shrinking Groundwater
Many gains in fight against HIV, but epidemic is far from over
Fogarty Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars seeks event coordinator
Call for nominations for UCGHI Board of Directors Vice Chair
HIV vaccine enters human efficacy trials
UCSC alumna’s film about Syrian women refugees to have world premiere at film festival
Food for thought: The Tsimane Health and Life History Project at UC Santa Barbara
Machine learning identifies antibiotic resistance genes in tuberculosis-causing bacteria
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to fund yearlong series exploring human suffering
UC grad students picked to help Global Food Initiative
UCLA team helps create facility for Ugandan women who suffered childbirth injuries
Bay Area organizations introduce Bay Area Global Health Alliance
Health communication researcher working to improve internet-based medical information
Researchers identify new approach for controlling dengue fever and Zika virus
A simpler way to get to the bottom of mysterious illnesses in poor countries
Improving chickens to quell hunger worldwide
Affordable Care Act reduced health care disparities among Latino groups in California, study finds
Steffanie Strathdee names one of the 50 most influential people in health care 2018
Tracking a killer
A new and dire diagnosis: Human trafficking
Study links individual HPV types to HIV infection
Ebola cases spike as nervous communities stop cooperating with health care workers
Grant will support efforts to integrate climate change impacts into health sciences courses
Solar power could electrify sub-Saharan Africa
$2.3 million NIH grant will support efforts to stop mosquito-borne diseases
UCSF HIV doctor to co-chair International AIDS Conference, AIDS 2020
MarHub: A technology to help refugees navigate asylum
International research conference draws new perspectives, sparks new ideas
UCLA-led Health Equity Network of the Americas is created to address gaps in health, longevity
GloCal Health Fellowship promotes global health research, builds research capacity
Video: What is global health?
Forum calls for action on climate change to protect health
Community engagement enhances graduate education
UC climate-change research is one focus of global summit
Zika virus strips immune cells of their identity
UC Davis receives $1 million from Keck Foundation following virus discovery
Clinical trial seeks to prevent heart disease in those living with HIV
The Lemelson Foundation and the Blum Center partner to help students
Call for papers in transformative approaches for gender justice in sexual and reproductive health
Video: Careers in global health
Climate change puts heat on public health
Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment deputy director launches community resource supporting women’s health
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers show how computers can predict spread of HIV
Mobility linked with higher-risk sexual behaviors in Kenya and Uganda
Researchers plot maps, collect data to fight future infectious disease outbreaks
HIV and a tale of a few cities
Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants
Finding Ebola before it finds you
Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise awards summer grants to five UC undergraduates
Climate change and extreme weather events: A snapshot
First Fogarty dermatology fellow studies Kaposi’s sarcoma in Uganda
Devastating events can drive human trafficking, UC Santa Cruz paper shows
Study examines how age and ethnicity impact HIV testing
UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences and Global Programs Office play key role in national survey
Health facilities in low- and middle-income countries not prepared to manage noncommunicable diseases
UC Irvine engineers host workshops in East Africa on precipitation technology
A decade of development engineering with the Pinoleville Pomo Nation
Scientists discover new Ebolavirus in bats in Sierra Leone
Rx One Health Summer Institute 2018 launches in Tanzania
Promising Los Alamos innovations take the spotlight
UC San Diego scientists ID protein exploited by virus ravaging West Africa
UCSF master's program in global health celebrates 10 years of impact
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health partners with a major Chinese medical school
Researchers to target mosquito egg productions to curtail disease
Multimillion-dollar grant brings nicotine and cannabis policy center to campus
UC Davis doctoral students researching mosquitoes
A technology for military and civilian trauma care
In health research, local efforts have global benefit
Planetary Health Center of Expertise selects summer fellows
Eleven trainees begin GloCal Health Fellowship
Global health research is about being adaptable and diligent and working together
Crowdfunding site powers passion projects
Climate change is making it harder for couples to conceive
One Health education: where are we today?
From surgery to policy, Juliet Okoroh seeks health justice worldwide
Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment COE sparks collaboration in the name of #MeToo
Sifuentez appointed to head Center for Humanities
UC San Diego launches new Center for Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery and Development
The challenges of health care in remote Madagascar
Turning a phage
Rhesus macaque model offers route to study Zika brain pathology
Development Impact Lab conference speaks to future of engineering for poverty solutions
The long-lasting health effects of separating children from their parents at the US border
Understanding the relationship between livestock, snakes and livelihoods in Costa Rica
Peering into Tb bacteria that attacks antibiotics
New planetary health case studies are available now
UC Merced graduate student awarded thesis of the year for work in public health
Why I stopped charging my patients for consultations
Immigrant policing and public health
The trafficking victim beside me
Training the next generation of One Health professionals
Fighting poverty with big data: A conversation with Joshua Blumenstock
No summer rest as UC students eye global health abroad, at home
PHCOE launches International Student Ambassador Program
Online global health courses supplement campus offerings
Call for student ambassadors in Planetary Health
Goosby to collaborate on $94 million USAID STAR Award to PIH
Global TIES team earns honors for solar lantern project
International partners receive funding to study sexual violence
Research offers new insights into malaria parasite
New Fulbright awards strengthen campus study abroad initiatives
Lab-confirmed prenatal exposure to Zika is linked to cardiac defects in infants
Dr. Haile T. Debas on making a contribution to underdeveloped countries In Africa
Global Programs Offices strengthen UC researchers’ work in Africa
Back at UC, but still having global impact
Farming fish could save land
Food for thought takes on new meaning for UC Global Food Initiative fellows at UCLA
Three decades before the #MeToo movement, UC San Diego led the way against sexual assault
UC Davis announces two new partnerships with Australian entities
VIDEO: University of Washington professor explains a socio-technical approach to refugee education
Climate change is ruining California’s environment, report warns
Engineering students contribute to global health solutions
UC researchers at the forefront of drought management
Three new members join the UCGHI Board of Directors
UC Riverside graduate student receives Ford Foundation fellowship
Bill McKibben, Daniel Ellsberg headline Right Livelihood Laureates' conference at UC Santa Cruz
UC Merced professor and students recognized for research excellence
Fulbright’s finest
Study forecasts a severe climate future for California
For Rosa Furneaux, winner of the Dorothea Lange Fellowship, photography begins with trust
Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence DNA from all complex life
Center for AIDS research funding renewed for an old and on-going fight
Preventive use of common antibiotic reduces child mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
UC Merced's first student Fulbright Scholar heads to El Salvador for research
The secret to making it out of poverty
UCSC Community Studies class showcases public health leaders in 'Year of Alumni'
UC San Diego’s sexual assault awareness month events mark pioneering prevention and support efforts
Research links anti-immigrant prejudice to mortality risk
Is the end of the pandemic era approaching?
UCSF convenes groundbreaking commission to define path towards Malaria eradication
UCSB fellow to study violence against women at the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto
Making mental health a global priority
Childhood mortality plummets as community health workers go door-to-door in Urban Mali
Study indicates that climate change will wreak havoc on California agriculture
UC San Diego chemist stirs hope for a new flu treatment
Global fisheries to be, on average, 20 percent less productive in 2300, UCI study finds
Global obesity battle: what you eat and how you think
Thousands have unsafe drinking water, but clean water is close
How UC faced down a global pandemic
Big ideas abroad
UC researchers lead malaria elimination efforts worldwide
Hilton Foundation grant to support early childhood development for babies of HIV-infected mothers in Malawi
Undergrads: funding available for women's health, gender and empowerment projects
Smart farm
First year PhD student will study health communications with a focus on Latino health
Can 1.5 million college students address climate change?
At the nexus of food, energy, and water: Elliot Campbell bridges the research gap
Jaime Sepulveda: stand up for global health
UC Riverside's Sharon Walker to continue investigating depleting water supplies globally
But first, water
Mapping HIV in sub-Saharan Africa reveals patterns
Planetary Health International Student Ambassador Program
Scientists report big improvements in HIV vaccine production
Repurposed drug found to be effective against Zika virus
Highlander Venture Fund chooses UCR professor’s ‘Next-Generation’ mosquito repellent for second Investment
New evidence shows potential of two drugs to block malaria transmission
Project aims to prevent pandemics using One Health approach
Congo Basin Institute an emerging game-changer
Planetary Health COE launches educational resource
Spring 2018 brings more global health courses to UC students
Reflecting on road safety during a holiday in East Africa
Campaign launches to increase abortion care at California universities
Strawberries embody California agriculture's conflicts
This doctor's revolutionary stem cell treatments could eradicate HIV
Researchers return to Guatemala for historic data collection
Rx One Health summer experience
How birds' genes influence adaptation to climate change
Women leaders in global health: perspectives from emerging leaders
40 Years later, some survivors of the first Ebola outbreak are still immune
Genetic changes help mosquitoes survive pesticide attacks
Researchers don’t know how toxic wildfire smoke is
Human rights lawyers rule in favor of women’s health
Guiding light
Get to work in Planetary Health
Summer opportunity with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Summer opportunity in climate change and health equity
Summer opportunity in environmental conservation, policy and natural resources
VIDEO: Richard Feachem talks about malaria elimination
Women’s resistance to sexual assault in the time of #MeToo
Monkeypox on the rise: how worried should we be?
UCI scientists unveil new satellite-based global drought severity index
Los Alamos research fundamental to first efficacy study for mosaic HIV-1 preventive vaccine
$1.7 Million for climate-resilient agricultural research
Malaria elimination in Asia Pacific could lead to large return on investment, new study shows
DACA students represent the students we want, the doctors we need
Theater experience shapes this GloCal fellow’s medical career
Funding opportunity available for campus-based violence prevention research
UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine designated as a WHO collaborating centre for emergency and trauma care
Hydraulically fractured wells threaten groundwater systems
Medical schools partner to help undeserved communities
The social cost of carbon doubles
Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise publishes special issue in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Imagining environmental justice
UCSF and partners in Mexico study treatment to prevent diabetes
Making mosquitoes self-destruct
Prestigious fellowship furthers grad student’s asthma research
Measuring stress and child development in Mexican-origin families
Human health as a cost benefit
UCSF announces the Institute for Global Health Sciences
Scientists identify hotspots of coastal risks in Latin America and the Caribbean
Global Poverty and Practice alumni reflect on post-grad life
Preventing gender-based workplace discrimination and sexual harassment
Students collaborate for healthier populations
Save the date for UC Global Health Day 2018
Online courses prep those in line to aid global health
Data-rich, low-cost technologies help disarm diseases globally
Global Health Group celebrates 10 years of impact
Persist 2017 conference aims to inspire women to get politically active
UCLA offers new Global Health certificate
From wildlife to humans with the PREDICT project
Put people over profits, says Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus
Abortion restrictions like those in Ohio disproportionately impact low-income women and their health
Researchers create molecule that could ‘kick and kill’ HIV
Meet UC San Diego's Global Health student representatives for 2017-2018
Faculty spotlight: Nathan Samras, MD, MPH
Research honored at scholars symposium
Video: Rx One Health summer course
Social impact
Scientists estimate death rates from air pollution caused by the impact of climate change
Tiny hats for tiny babies
Growing public health program launches standalone PhD
Scientists identify new hosts for Chagas Disease vectors
Improving infant health: What’s the role for social policy?
GloCal fellow Lauren Haack: from small town USA to advocate for Latino kids
In her own words: GloCal fellow tells her story from Tanzania
“Bump Day” reflections: doing more to invest in women and girls’ health
Tick, tick, tick
New PRIME cohort aims to bridge valley’s health divide
Faculty spotlight: Matthew Waxman, MD, DTM&H
Combining vegetables and livestock in Cambodian farming
UCSF welcomes global health anesthesia fellow
GloCal fellows: Getting into the trenches for global health research
Apply now for GloCal Health Fellowship
In a warming climate, ocean- and land-based floods are a disastrous duo, UCI researchers find
Hurricane Harvey’s public health impact extends beyond flooding
Manganese in underground drinking water is cause for concern
Manufacturing in Phnom Penh
United Nations special envoy on Tuberculosis commends India for its bold vision in combating TB
Poverty policies
Mentoring to advance global health
Come together for Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment retreat
Sulfur used as pesticide linked to lung problems in children
Summer spotlight: UCLA Blum Center summer scholars
Student fellows collaborate for a healthier planet
2017 seed grants support eight planetary health research projects
Master’s students develop their passions through capstone research
UCSD students hope low-cost device will help combat HIV worldwide
UCI establishes Malaria Initiative to fight deadly disease in Africa
UC Berkeley and UCSF researchers host joint symposium at important time for global TB
Star Trek-inspired virtual mentor wins saving lives at birth seed grant
Bats are the major reservoir of coronaviruses worldwide
Undergrads, walking the villages
UCGHI names new board chair
Doctoral candidate wins Fulbright for study in Mexico
Researcher continues progress toward effective HIV inhibitor
Tackling childbirth-related mortality in the world’s poorest place
Small pest, big battle
Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise invites expressions of interest for journal editing role
UCGHI and partners develop online global health courses for UC undergrads
Migrant life takes toll on health
New website showcases global health work across the University of California
Fogarty International Center renews funding for GloCal Health Fellowships
Student capstone research cited in CDC revised guidelines
GloCal fellow John Rose keeps surgery on global health agenda
Immigration does not raise crime, refuting common assumption
Nanopipette technology wins first place in NIH "Follow that Cell" challenge
UCGHI Initiative trains students, faculty to advocate for global health issues
Women's Empowerment and Global Health A Twenty-First-Century Agenda
Advocacy Initiative — Student Advocates
37 Student Innovators from UC Berkeley Gear-Up for Clinton Global Initiative University
Dreaming Big
Women's Health Center of Expertise awards summer grants to seven UC undergrads
Planetary Health Center of Expertise invites proposals for pilot research projects
Planetary Health and CA Department of Conservation offer summer graduate fellowship
Mentoring the mentors in global health research: Johannesburg, South Africa 2016
GloCal Fellow David Heller's opinion piece featured in The Washington Post
New safer conception toolkit to empower local healthcare providers and HIV-affected
Call for Papers: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
GloCal fellows participate in Lancet Commission on global surgery
Dr. Jennifer Syvertsen profiled in Global Health Matters
Prestigious global mental health study abroad grant awarded to GPH faculty, Dr. Ojeda and Dr. Burgos
