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Climate change: a dirt-y business

September 12, 2019
UC Riverside scientist identifies increased rainfall may threaten food security.

How California wildfires can impact water availability

September 9, 2019
New Berkeley Lab study uses supercomputers to analyze hydrological changes in a California watershed following a wildfire.

If you don't want to provide abortions, don't go into healthcare

September 9, 2019
UCSF Monica McLemore explains in VICE why accommodations for conscience claims must be centered in the health care professions ethic of service to patients.

Malaria could be eradicated by 2050, global health experts say

September 9, 2019
According to a new report published by The Lancet Commission and UCSF on malaria eradication, a future free of malaria can be achieved as early as 2050.

UCSD receives funding from ending the HIV epidemic initiative

September 6, 2019
The San Diego Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) at UCSD has been awarded planning grants to help the federal government achieve its goal of reducing new HIV infections in the United States by 90 percent by 2030.

UCGHI helps lead One Health to Planetary Health

September 5, 2019
Learn how UCGHI has over its 10-year history helped lead a paradigm shift in approaches to global health challenges through its support of new ways of thinking about how human health, animals and the environment are intertwined.

TED Audiences get the dirt on soil and climate change from Berhe

September 4, 2019
UC Merced Professor Berhe's delivers TED Talk  “What’s Soil Got to do with Climate Change?” 

$16 million NIH grant will help launch Center for Health Disparities Research at UC Riverside

September 4, 2019

Bruce Link a UCGHI Board Member and a Co-Principal Investigator spoke of the importance of UCGHI to 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

September 3, 2019

UC President Napolitano came out in support of providing medication abortion at UC campus health centers “as soon as possible.” 

Wildfires could permanently alter Alaska's forest composition

August 28, 2019
Berkeley Lab study finds evergreen conifer trees will decline and deciduous broadleaf trees dominate in a warmer climate with more wildfires.

UCLA Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Pritzker Family Foundation

August 27, 2019
UCLA has received a $1 million donation from the Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation to support UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute.

Compost key to sequestering carbon in the soil

August 27, 2019
UC Davis study dug deep to uncover which agricultural systems store the most carbon.

Women giving birth in Uttar Pradesh, India, have worse experience at higher-level facilities

August 27, 2019
UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health new research looked at women’s experiences of patient-centered care in different facility types across the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer’s disease development identified

August 27, 2019
UC Irvine study finds absence of microglia prevents plaque formation.

Amazon rainforest absorbing less carbon than expected

August 26, 2019
Insufficient nutrient supply has not been properly accounted for in ecosystem models.

What’s killing sea otters? Scientists pinpoint parasite strain

August 23, 2019
UC Davis study identifies genetic link found between deadly pathogen and wild and feral cats on land.

How red-eared invaders are hurting California’s native turtles

August 23, 2019
UC Berkeley study finds western pond turtles get a lot fatter and healthier without competition from their invasive brethren.

Monster tumbleweed: invasive new species is here to stay

August 23, 2019

Lake Shasta dam releases can be managed to benefit both salmon and sturgeon

August 22, 2019
UC Santa Cruz study finds optimal scenario for releasing water into the Sacramento River can meet the needs of endangered winter-run chinook salmon, threatened green sturgeon, and downstream water users.

Apply now for GloCal Health Fellowship

August 21, 2019
Aspiring global health researchers are encouraged to apply by November 8, 2019.

Researchers use monkey flower to study climate change

August 16, 2019
UC Merced study examines plant adaptation affected by major ecological changes. 

Doubling down

August 15, 2019
UC Santa Barbara study shows human impacts on oceans nearly doubled in recent decade, could double again without adequate action.

The animals that will survive climate change

August 15, 2019
UC Merced Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe discusses animals and microbes, like cockroaches and archaea, that have proven their survival skills throughout time.

Fertilizer feast and famine

August 15, 2019
Solving the global nitrogen problem; a team of scientists, led by UC Davis, has published a study that identifies five strategies to tackle the problem.

Study shows urgent need for long-term follow up of Zika-exposed infants

August 15, 2019
The study was carried out by researchers at the UCLA School of Medicine on more than 200 infants in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

UC San Diego heart transplant program boasts nation’s best survival rates

August 14, 2019
Cardiovascular Institute at UC San Diego Health among top performing in US. 

UCGHI welcomes new deputy director

August 7, 2019
Get to know our new deputy director, Sun Cotter!

The Berkeley Lab provides new recipes for taking salt out of seawater

July 31, 2019
As populations boom and chronic droughts persist, coastal cities have increasingly turned to ocean desalination to supplement a dwindling fresh water supply.

New book tells personal story of resistance, terror, and US policy in Honduras

July 31, 2019
The Long Honduran Night is the latest book by UC Santa Cruz emerita professor of history, Dana Frank. 

Women may be more vulnerable to climate change but data absent

July 31, 2019
UC San Diego Center on Gender Equity and Health researchers discuss gendered gaps in climate change research. 

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