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A Message from UCGHI on Ukraine
March 9, 2022
How Drs. Adriann Begay and Cristina Rivera Carpenter Center Indigenous Relational Approaches to Medicine through The HEAL Initiative
February 22, 2022
As Indigenous women, Dr. Adriann Begay, MD and Dr. Cristina Rivera Carpenter, PhD, MSN, RN-BC of the HEAL (Health, Equity, Action & Leadership) Initiative recognize an important element to reaching their goals in healthcare including increasing accessibility in healthcare for the community of people around them who have had similar cultural experiences as them.
Dr. Vandana Shiva's Decades-Long Environmental Activism is Rooted in Health of All Beings
February 22, 2022
Dr. Vandana Shiva was born in the forests of the Indian Himalayan Region, her father a forester and mother a farmer. “I literally grew up between the forest and the farm,” she says. “That was my childhood–there was continuity between the forest and the farm because we worked with biodiversity.” But as she grew up, she learned that there were entities actively breaking that continuity.
How Dr. Ricky Bluthenthal Amplifies Ignored Voices
January 28, 2022
Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD understands the very visceral and emotional challenge of working on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) research in the early days of the pandemic that to date has claimed an estimate of 36.3 million lives.
How Dr. Brandi Summers’ Work on Geography and Blackness Intersects with Community Health
January 28, 2022
As a first-generation college student, when Dr. Brandi Summers, PhD left her hometown of Oakland, CA she had no intention of returning. “Growing up lower middle-class in the Bay Area and African-American, there just weren’t as many opportunities as I saw it,” she says. She figured leaving home would provide more opportunity, although she did not know exactly what future opportunities held, and it certainly was not academia.
WHO selects GloCal alumnus Stephen Wandera, MSc, PhD, MSc, as TAG member for the UN Decade of Health Aging
January 28, 2022
The World Health Organization has appointed GloCal alumnus Dr. Stephen Wandera to the Technical Advisory Group for the UN Decade of Healthy Aging initiative.
Dr. Rupa Marya Brings Her Multitudes to All She Does
January 5, 2022
The Women’s Health Gender & Empowerment Center of Expertise’s Internship Opportunities
January 5, 2022
GloCal Fellow Lara Schwarz’s Research Highlighted in NIEHS Newsletter
January 3, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) recently profiled the research of GloCal Fellow Lara Schwarz in its December 2021 Global Environmental Health Newsletter.
CHAT Study 2021 Illustration Contest
December 8, 2021
The Women's Health Gender and Empowerment (WHGE) Center of Expertise’s newest signature project is the California Home Abortion by Telehealth (CHAT) Study. This contest is part of an ongoing collaboration between the CHAT Study, the WHGE COE, and the UCGHI Student Ambassadors Program to raise awareness about the telehealth model for abortion care.
Former GloCal Fellow Moses Obimbo Madadi awarded prestigious Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellowship
November 17, 2021
GloCal is pleased to share that 2016-2017 alumnus Moses Obimbo Madadi, MBChB, PhD, has been awarded a Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellowship from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Dr. Ushma Upadhyay’s Journey to Becoming Co-Director of the Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise
October 29, 2021
As a junior faculty member, Dr. Upadhyay was awarded a UCGHI fellowship through the COE--which funded her work--to measure reproductive autonomy. As her research has expanded, so has her involvement with the WHGE COE.
GloCal Alumnus Matthew Bramble, PhD, receives K01 International Research Scientist Development Award
October 21, 2021
GloCal congratulates 2017-2018 fellowship alumnus Dr. Matthew Bramble on having just received a five-year K01 International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) from the Fogarty International Center.
GloCal Alumnus Helen Byakwaga, MBChB, PhD, receives K43 Emerging Global Leader Award to continue Kaposi Sarcoma research
October 15, 2021
GloCal congratulates 2014-2015 Ugandan alumnus Dr. Helen Byakwaga for recently receiving a five-year K43 Emerging Global Leader Award from the Fogarty International Center to expand her HIV-related Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) research in East Africa.
Former GloCal Fellow Advances Malaria Research and COVID Testing Capacity in His Native Peru
October 5, 2021
Former GloCal fellow Dr. Jaeson Calla used his fellowship for important molecular and cell biology research on malaria, which harms many children in Peru.
How one UC Berkeley initiative is championing for Latinx representation in the environmental sciences
October 1, 2021
Encompass Scholars Program
September 28, 2021
This year-long program is unique and will provide up to 100 undergraduate and graduate students with soft skills, leadership, DEI training and more! Deadline: October 15, 2021.
National Post-Doc Appreciation Week - Dr. Chemtai Mungo
September 20, 2021
In honor of National Post-Doc Appreciation Week, UCGHI Co-Director Craig Cohen would like to celebrate 2019-2020 GloCal Fellow Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, FACOG.
Apply now for GloCal Health Fellowship
September 9, 2021
Now accepting applications for its 2022-23 program, GloCal is recruiting individuals interested in HIV research, non-HIV-related mental health research and other global health priority research areas.
UCGHI offers UC Students online education in global health
September 7, 2021
This fall’s online global health courses offered by UCGHI will soon begin, providing education to UC students on global health issues from the foundations of epidemiology to health justice and mental health.
GloCal welcomes new UC Davis PI
September 6, 2021
In July 2021, the GloCal Health Fellowship welcomed Beatriz Martínez López (DVM, MPVM, PhD) as the new UC Davis campus PI for the fellowship.
Salton Sea restoration efforts could fail without science
August 24, 2021
A group of UC Riverside scientists, engineers, medical experts, and economists have published a new report which offers path for transforming California’s most polluted lake.
New AI Institute expands UC Merced’s smart, sustainable agriculture effort
August 24, 2021
UC Merced becomes part of a multi-institutional research collaborative to develop artificial intelligence — or AI — solutions to tackle some of agriculture’s biggest challenges related to water management, climate change and integration of new technology into farming.
What you need to know about the delta variant
August 24, 2021
UC Irvine coronavirus expert Michael Buchmeier answers questions on the delta variant.
Drought and Climate Change Shift Tree Disease in Sierra Nevada
August 24, 2021
UC Davis study provides some of the first evidence that climate change and drought are shifting the range of infectious disease in forests suffering from white pine blister rust disease.
Time to Ramp Up UC Davis’ Response to Grand Challenges
August 24, 2021
The University of California, Davis has recently named Jonna Mazet — a highly distinguished professor of epidemiology and disease ecology at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and UCGHI board of directors co-chair — to the new position of vice provost for grand challenges.
Berkeley students, staff and faculty launch Afghan scholar rescue campaign
August 24, 2021
A team of UC Berkeley staffers, students, scholars and faculty have launched a fundraising program to help Afghan journalists, lawyers and other academics flee their country as it falls to the Taliban.
The race to conquer COVID
August 19, 2021
From outbreak to vaccine, a new timeline captures UC’s historic mobilization against the coronavirus and the contributions of its many health care providers, researchers and scientists.
UC ranks first among colleges and universities in green power usage
August 19, 2021
The University of California ranks No. 1 among colleges and universities when it comes to green electricity use, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
COVID-19 During Pregnancy Associated with Preterm Birth
August 18, 2021
Individuals who contract COVID-19 while pregnant face a higher risk of having a very preterm birth, as well as any preterm birth, according to a large study led by researchers at UC San Francisco.