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WHGE COE New Special Issue: Transformative approaches to gender justice in sexual and reproductive health
August 3, 2020
The University of California Global Health Institute’s Center of Expertise on Women’s Health, Gender, and Empowerment prepared a special issue of Culture, Health & Sexuality journal on Transformative Approaches for Gender Justice in Sexual and Reproductive Health, led by Guest Editors Rebecca Fielding-Miller and Abigail Hatcher.
Ambassador Program Prepares Future Leaders in Women’s Health and Planetary Health
July 7, 2020
Four UC students reflect on their UCGHI Student Ambassador Program experience earlier this year. Ambassadors select between two areas of focus linked to the two centers of expertise within UCGHI: Women's Health, Gender, and Empowerment (WHGE) Center of Expertise and Planetary Health Center of Expertise. The program provides a leadership opportunity for students at all educational levels across the 10 UC campuses.
UCLA professor and team find long-acting injectable cabotegravir is highly effective for the prevention of HIV infection
May 18, 2020
The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) announced today results from HPTN 083, a global randomized, controlled, double-blind study showing long-acting injecting cabotegravir lowered HIV incidence among cisgender men and transgender women who have sex with men.
Microbiome therapy protects against recurrent bacterial vaginosis
May 18, 2020
A product containing healthy vaginal bacteria has proved effective against recurrent bacterial vaginosis (BV), an extremely common vaginal infection that is associated with preterm birth, HIV infection and problems with in vitro fertilization, new UCSF findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine on May 14, 2020.
How COVID-19 is affecting the global supply chain
May 5, 2020
UCR professor explains the pandemic’s impacts from toilet paper shortages to potential labor issues.
Coronavirus Global Slowdown Is Cleaning the Skies. How Long Will It Last?
April 29, 2020
UC San Diego Scripps Oceanography climate scientists ponder what episode tells us about global warming.
Urban slums are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19. Here’s how to help
April 29, 2020
UC Berkeley professor of Public Health/City and Regional Planning at Berkeley Public Health, talks about how communities in urban slums are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19.
Research During a Pandemic: COVID-19 Forces GloCal Fellows to Rearrange Their Lives and Projects
April 27, 2020
GloCal fellows work in and come from countries around the world. As COVID-19 rages, fellows are living through the choices the countries where their research projects are located have made to control the pandemic.
UCSF Health Care Workers to Serve in Navajo Nation
April 24, 2020
A team of UC San Francisco health care workers traveling to Arizona and New Mexico begin a one month voluntary assignment providing urgently needed health care support for patients in the Navajo Nation.
Deforestation surged following end of armed conflict in Colombia
April 10, 2020
UCLA researcher and Colombian colleagues highlight the importance of good governance of protected areas.
The Link Between Virus Spillover, Wildlife Extinction and the Environment
April 8, 2020
As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, a common question is, can infectious diseases be connected to environmental change? Yes, indicates a study published today from the University of California, Davis’ One Health Institute.
Chilean medical and midwifery students support the recent decriminalization of abortion
April 3, 2020
UCSF Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) surveyed medical and midwifery students in Chile regarding their attitudes about abortion.
UC San Diego engineers and doctors team up to retrofit and build ventilators with 3D-printing
April 2, 2020
UC San Diego students, staff and faculty address one of the key challenges of COVID-19 outbreak.
Advancing Global and Community Health at UC Santa Cruz
April 1, 2020
As countries across the globe fight the coronavirus pandemic, UC Santa Cruz is creating a new program that will prepare students and provide research to solve current and future global health problems.
$2M Grant will galvanize COVID-19 response at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
April 1, 2020
To help combat the public health crisis presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Heising-Simons Foundation has made a $2 million grant to UC San Francisco to establish a COVID Response Initiative at UCSF partner hospital Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG).
More than 21,000 homeless people in U.S. could be hospitalized due to COVID-19
April 1, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to kill more than 3,400 people experiencing homelessness across the United States, according to new estimates from researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
PREDICT receives extension for COVID-19 pandemic emergency response
April 1, 2020
With the $2.26 million extension, the UC Davis PREDICT project will continue to provide technical expertise to support detection of SARS CoV-2 cases in Africa, Asia and the Middle East to inform the public health response.
A coordinated response
March 30, 2020
UC Santa Barbara researchers who have studied xenophobic reactions to disease outbreaks consider society’s response to COVID-19.
UC San Diego engineers and doctors team up to retrofit and build ventilators with 3D-printing
March 30, 2020
UC San Diego students, staff and faculty address one of the key challenges of COVID-19 outbreak.
UC Riverside researchers’ mouse studies also show how a common nutrient can help babies of alcoholic moms
March 30, 2020
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
March 30, 2020
As doctors around the country scramble to diagnose cases of COVID-19, scientists at the UC Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) are creating from scratch a diagnostic lab with the capability to process more than 1,000 patient samples per day.
What the Ebola outbreak could teach us about how to contain the novel coronavirus
March 30, 2020
New UCLA study underscores the importance of public engagement and trust during health crises.
Coronavirus is sickening young adults and spreading through them, experts say
March 25, 2020
As COVID-19 cases continue to climb globally, a common misconception spreading with the illness is that it mainly affects the elderly while sparing younger people.
Coronavirus is sickening young adults and spreading through them, experts say
March 25, 2020
As COVID-19 cases continue to climb globally, a common misconception spreading with the illness is that it mainly affects the elderly while sparing younger people.
Tracking data used to identify biodiversity hot spots in Southern Ocean ecosystems
March 19, 2020
An international team of scientists used electronic tracking data from birds and marine mammals to identify areas of ecological significance in the waters around Antarctica.
Leveraging human rights to change the criminal justice system
March 11, 2020
UCLA Law alumna is working to change U.S. laws that cause unjust harm to incarcerated people of color — especially women.
Celebrating women across the UC
March 8, 2020
In honor of International Women's Day (March 8) and Women's History Month, we celebrate the outstanding achievements and contributions—both big and small—of women across the University of California who have helped propel us forward to a more equitable world.
A catalyst for change
March 7, 2020
UC Santa Cruz’s Chancellor is a distinguished chemist fascinated by both the transformation of matter and the transformative power of a UC education.
Tanzanian GloCal alumna continues to tackle Sickle Cell Disease
March 6, 2020
A recent recipient of an Emerging Global Leader Award (K43) from the National Institutes for Health Fogarty International Center, Dr. Siana Nyka Mtatiro is continuing her vision of building capacity for genetic studies in Tanzania.
Do no harm: IGHS works to deliver patient-centered care to women worldwide
March 4, 2020
UCSF IGHS has played a major role in advancing the agenda for patient-centered care during pregnancy and childbirth.