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Generous funding to malaria-parasite researcher promises new therapeutic strategies
November 30, 2018
UC Riverside’s Karine Le Roch is principal investigator on two NIH grants.
UC San Diego-led study predicts novel approach to battling influenza
November 30, 2018
The San Diego 'comet’ supercomputer is used to create detailed flu virus simulations.
Researcher takes first step toward improved diagnosis for Valley fever
November 30, 2018
Clinicians searching for a new way to identify Valley fever patients who develop the disease’s worst symptoms will find hope in a new paper by UC Merced Professor Katrina Hoyer.
UC Irvine and Singapore researchers find source of 2015 Southeast Asia smoke cloud
November 30, 2018
Burning of peatlands in Borneo and Sumatra created severe air pollution in region.
Infant HIV infection increases the risk for congenital CMV infection
November 30, 2018
UCLA's Dr. Kristina Adachi's research suggests that infants born to HIV-positive mothers have high rates of congenital cytomegalovirus.
Refugees reclaim human rights with technology
November 30, 2018
From UC Davis, the Article 26 Backpack is a new humanitarian tool that displaced people are using to securely store and share documents, such as transcripts and resumes, with universities, scholarship agencies and employers.
InFEWS fellows take on sustainable development goals
November 30, 2018
This UC Berkeley Blum Center fellowship supports students whose PhD research aims to provide lasting environmental solutions and alleviate poverty in the world’s poorest regions.
Research internship opportunity: Campus violence prevention
November 29, 2018
Seeking students from UCLA, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara for a six-month research internship.
Shrinking Groundwater
November 19, 2018
According to researchers at UC Santa Barbara, the world may have less fresh water than previously thought.
Many gains in fight against HIV, but epidemic is far from over
November 14, 2018
University of California researchers continue to develop creative solutions to the enduring issue of HIV/AIDS.
Fogarty Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars seeks event coordinator
November 13, 2018
Interested candidates must apply by November 20, 2018.
Call for nominations for UCGHI Board of Directors Vice Chair
November 13, 2018
This is an excellent opportunity for a UC faculty member to join a network of inspired and committed individuals advancing global health across the UC system.
HIV vaccine enters human efficacy trials
November 9, 2018
The HIV mosaic vaccine was originally designed at Los Alamos National Laboratory using a machine learning algorithm designed by Bette Korber and her team.
UCSC alumna’s film about Syrian women refugees to have world premiere at film festival
November 9, 2018
We Are Not Princesses, the first feature film by UC Santa Cruz alumna Bridgette Auger (’11).
Food for thought: The Tsimane Health and Life History Project at UC Santa Barbara
November 9, 2018
Two indigenous populations offer a glimpse into how diet — and western eating habits — impact health and wellbeing
Machine learning identifies antibiotic resistance genes in tuberculosis-causing bacteria
November 9, 2018
UC San Diego researchers have trained a machine learning algorithm to identify and predict which genes make infectious bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to fund yearlong series exploring human suffering
November 9, 2018
The yearlong series at UC Irvine will offer lectures, symposia and presentations from invited speakers.
UC grad students picked to help Global Food Initiative
November 9, 2018
The student, from UC Berkeley and UC Davis, will work on research for improved food security and agricultural sustainability.
UCLA team helps create facility for Ugandan women who suffered childbirth injuries
November 9, 2018
50-bed center will treat fistulas caused during obstructed labor.
Bay Area organizations introduce Bay Area Global Health Alliance
November 9, 2018
UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Stanford and UCSF are among founding partners of the Alliance.
Health communication researcher working to improve internet-based medical information
October 26, 2018
UC Merced public health communication Professor Susana Ramirez’s new partnership with an eHealth startup aims to help people get quality information and find out what they do with it once they have it.
Researchers identify new approach for controlling dengue fever and Zika virus
October 26, 2018
UC Riverside study uses gene-editing tool to disrupt serotonin receptor linked to egg production in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
A simpler way to get to the bottom of mysterious illnesses in poor countries
October 26, 2018
Backed by major funders, a group of scientists, including UCSF researchers, has created a platform to help the world’s disease detectives. Will it work?
Affordable Care Act reduced health care disparities among Latino groups in California, study finds
October 26, 2018
UCLA analysis shows that legal status of Mexican-heritage Latinos plays a significant role in the ability to access services
Improving chickens to quell hunger worldwide
October 26, 2018
UC Davis researchers are leading an international effort to identify genes crucial to breeding chickens with enhanced resistance to Newcastle disease and heat stress.
Steffanie Strathdee names one of the 50 most influential people in health care 2018
October 26, 2018
Medical drama propelled UC San Diego epidemiologist to forefront in fight against multidrug-resistant bacteria.
Tracking a killer
October 15, 2018
UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego and Sanford Prebys Medical Discovery Institute researchers trace the complex and variable pathways to the deadly condition known as sepsis.
A new and dire diagnosis: Human trafficking
October 15, 2018
In the first-of-its-kind policy, all mandated reporters within UC San Diego Health will be responsible for reporting suspected victims of human trafficking.
Study links individual HPV types to HIV infection
October 15, 2018
UC Riverside-led study finds persons with any HPV type, more than one HPV type, or high-risk HPV are more likely to test HIV positive.
Ebola cases spike as nervous communities stop cooperating with health care workers
October 15, 2018
Anne Rimoin, associate professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health was quoted by The Hill in an article about the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.