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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.
Person-centred care for abortion services in private facilities to improve women's experiences in Kenya
February 28, 2020
Deputy director for UCGHI, Sun Cotter, February 2020 publication in Culture, Health & Sexuality,
$10 million grant will study children's religious views
February 28, 2020
Psychology researcher Rebekah Richert's award is the largest-ever humanities grant awarded to a UC Riverside researcher.
Campus focuses on impact of Triton women in leadership
February 28, 2020
Valuable insights shared by speakers at UC San Diego’s inaugural Triton Women Who Lead Forum.
An Incomplete Victory
February 28, 2020
UC San Diego Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies suggests despite the significant contributions of black women in making the 19th Amendment a reality, their role is often unsung.
National Academy of Engineers elects Kurtz into it's ranks
February 28, 2020
Professor Sarah Kurtz has become the first UC Merced faculty member to be elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
Is there (still) a gender gap in politics?
February 28, 2020
While women have made great strides in entering the workforce, running companies and getting elected to Congress, there has remained a persistent gender gap in politics over the past 40 years.
Women firefighters face high exposure to toxic ‘forever chemicals’
February 26, 2020
New study shows San Francisco’s women firefighters are exposed to higher levels of certain toxic PFAS chemicals than women working in downtown San Francisco offices.