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HIV self-test kits improve testing rates among sexual partners

March 22, 2019
UCLA assistant professor, Kathryn L. Dovel reports on her randomized trial in Malawi. 

GloCal fellow Natalie Ferraiolo finds her calling at the US/Mexico border

March 22, 2019
From tattoo removal to mental health and family medicine, this former fellow is helping border communities in need. 

Call for undergraduate summer internship/fellowship proposals in women's health, gender and empowerment

March 18, 2019
Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment COE offers funding to low-income undergrads for summer projects. 

Community engagement principles apply to global health

March 6, 2019
Community Studies majors at UC Santa Cruz find a road to public and global health causes and careers.

Mentoring to advance global health

February 28, 2019
Researchers from UC and around the world present a new supplement on mentoring in low- and middle-income countries.

Justice Movement

February 28, 2019
A symposium at UC Santa Barbara will kick off a global public history project on migration and environmental justice.

Superbug Slayer Dr. Steffanie Strathdee: 'How I Saved My Husband's Life — with Sewage'

February 28, 2019
This UC San Diego epidemiologist discovered what could become a powerful new weapon in the battle against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Tragic birth sparks obstetrician’s pursuit of global health PhD

February 28, 2019
Nicholas Rubashkin, part of the UCSF Institute for Global Health Science’s first group of PhD students, is working to ensure women’s rights are respected when they give birth.

Immigrant Asian American women may be at higher risk for breast cancer

February 28, 2019
UC Riverside research highlights differences in risk among Asian American women who immigrated versus their US-born counterparts.

Researchers hope to tackle methane emissions in manure through use of biochar

February 28, 2019
Professor Gerardo Diaz and his interdisciplinary team of UC Merced faculty will research how biochar can help reduce methane emissions from manure on dairies.

Low-income undocumented adults are largely locked out of health care in California, study finds

February 28, 2019
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that nine in 10 undocumented adults lack insurance. 

UC Davis alumni using solar power to fight jaundice on global scale

February 28, 2019
Nicole Ma is co-founder and CEO of the Los Angeles based Compassionlit, where she is honing in on her goal of creating a more sustainable and effective cure for jaundice.

How coral bleaching threatens Caribbean communities

February 28, 2019
Coral bleaching is often caused by unusually warm ocean temperatures and impacts the communities that rely on the Caribbean sea for food and tourism, according to UC Berkeley study. 

“Imagining the future helps us engineer toward that future”: A Q&A with Will Tarpeh

February 28, 2019
Tarpeh, now an assistant professor in chemical engineering at Stanford, says his professional turning point happened at UC Berkeley in 2013.

New project to build climate resilience through improved land management

February 8, 2019
A $4.6 million grant to UCs Merced and Irvine will help researchers develop new tools and methods for better managing the state’s forests, shrub lands and grasslands.

Genome structure of malaria parasites linked to virulence

February 8, 2019
UC Riverside-led research could help develop novel therapeutic strategies to combat malaria.

How are immigrants changing our definition of health?

February 8, 2019
UCLA's Marjorie Kagawa-Singer argues that more must be done to understand and deploy the advantages of cultural diversity. 
 

A voice for global cancer patients

February 8, 2019
UCSF global health masters student, Alex Keir, shares her personal experience with cancer and her mission to expand the cancer dialogue.

Research seeks relief for hot and thirsty farmlands

February 6, 2019
UCGHI Planetary Health Center of Expertise-funded projects produce results and hope for the Central Valley and beyond. 

Melissa Smith: New to the UC, but no stranger to global health

February 6, 2019
Learn about Melissa Smith's inspiring career working in health and social justice in communities in the US and abroad. 

UC Santa Cruz grad student working to advance Beyond Compliance initiative

January 31, 2019
Alison Hanson and the Beyond Compliance Initiative seek to eliminate sexual harassment and sexual violence from campus.

Increasing murder rate is erasing gains in life expectancy among Mexican men, UCLA research reports

January 31, 2019
UCLA community health professor, Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, explores this study's disturbing findings. 

USAID grant to improve nutrition worldwide

January 31, 2019
UC Davis will partner in global effort to combat hunger.

Fletcher Lab Cellscope is ready for scaling

January 31, 2019
UC Berkeley professor is working to accelerate neglected tropical diseases diagnosis and treatment with a device so ubiquitous it’s probably in your hand: a smartphone. 

Shocks to the system

January 31, 2019
Global food production is suffering from an increasing number of “food shocks,” or sudden losses in food production, according to UC Santa Barbara study. 

Bringing science to global climate talks

January 31, 2019
A large delegation of students and researchers from UC San Diego participated in the COP24 climate conference in Poland.

Focus: Mentorship training in LMICs needs increased support

January 31, 2019
UCGHI co-director, Craig Cohen, served as guest editor of a supplement on mentoring that appeared in the January issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 

Work in Planetary Health this summer

January 22, 2019
The UC Global Health Institute Planetary Health Center of Expertise offers amazing summer opportunities for UC students. Now accepting applications!

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate

January 11, 2019
A UC Riverside sociologist is part of a $1.5 million effort to better understand skepticism toward childhood vaccines.

Where will the world’s next Zika, West Nile or dengue virus come from?

January 11, 2019
UC Davis model identifies most likely wildlife hosts for emerging flaviviruses.

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