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How Did They Do It? The Inside Story of SB-24: Medication Abortion on UC & CSU Campuses

February 21, 2020
Dr.  Ushma Updahyay’s panel discussion at UCLA, "How Did They Do It? The Inside Story of SB-24: Medication Abortion on UC & CSU Campuses" with California State Senator, Connie M. Leyva, and Zoe Murray, student activist with the justCARE Campaign, recorded on February 20, 2020.

Working with UCSF, California Surgeon General Aims to Cut Adverse Childhood Experiences by Half

February 20, 2020
Nadine Burke Harris, MD, California’s first surgeon general, has a bold goal: cut adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress in half within one generation.

The ticket to inclusion

February 11, 2020
UC Santa Barbara study shows movies starring lead actors from underrepresented groups perform as well as those with white male leads.

Agricultural area residents in danger of inhaling toxic aerosols, UC Riverside study finds

February 6, 2020
Excess selenium from fertilizers and other natural sources can create air pollution that could lead to lung cancer, asthma, and Type 2 diabetes, according to new UC Riverside research.

UCLA and Africa: A history of partnership, a future of shared progress

February 6, 2020
The impacts have spanned from health care to ecological preservation.

Battling brain cancer on all fronts

February 6, 2020
UC Irvine neuro-oncologist Daniela Bota’s pioneering work is improving outcomes for patients with the most aggressive form of the disease.

A special project of the UCGHI Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise

February 5, 2020

Strengthening the prevention and response to campus-based sexual and intimate partner violence in four African university campuses. Now accepting new proposals to fund campuses committed to ending gender-based violence in LMICs.

How UC is working to expand open access to its research

February 5, 2020
UC has announced two new publisher agreements, each with a different model to provide financial support for UC researchers who choose to publish their work open access. 

California's Refugee Reproductive Health Network (ReproNet): Engaging Refugee Women in Research Partnerships

February 5, 2020
The Refugee Reproductive Health Network (ReproNet) conducted its first meetings with the Refugee Patient Task Force on Cervical Cancer Prevention and Screening in January 2020. Meetings were coordinated with the Afghan Sacramento Community, Aisha Masjid Mosque and the United West East African Support Team Center and the Syrian community center in San Diego

UC launches first-ever organic research institute, with a hand from Clif Bar

February 5, 2020
The UC system's first-ever institute for organic research and education will be established in the UC's Agriculture and Natural Resources division (UC ANR).

Dementia leaders launch Latin American research initiative

February 5, 2020
Cohosted by GBHI and the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, the symposium initiated a new multinational consortium to expand dementia research in Latin America called  Research Dementia Latin America, or ReDLat.

Top academics join forces to tackle health and humanitarian crisis at the border

January 31, 2020

UCSF-led Jan. 21-22 inaugural summit to look at the inhumane conditions of migrants along the U.S.-Mexican border, and to propose policy solutions.

As mysterious coronavirus spreads, an infectious disease expert explains what you should know

January 31, 2020

To put the latest news in context, UCSF infectious disease expert Charles Chiu, MD, PhD, about the origins of the Wuhan virus and public health risks going forward.

UC Davis grad student Camila Bonilla Cedrez uses prediction models to shed light on fertilizer prices in Africa

January 31, 2020
A study led by UC Davis Horticulture and Agronomy graduate student Camila Bonilla Cedrez compiled fertilizer price in eighteen countries in sub-Saharan Africa to predict local prices at locations for which no empirical data was available.

Good catch

January 28, 2020
UC Santa Barbara study finds nearly half of the fish caught worldwide come from stocks that are scientifically monitored and, on average, are increasing in abundance.

Can solar geoengineering mitigate both climate change and income inequality?

January 28, 2020
New research from the UC San Diego finds that solar geoengineering  may reduce income inequality between countries.

Urban health scare: E-Scooters show alarming spike in injuries

January 24, 2020
UCSF study has found hospital admissions quadrupled in the last four years, major surge of injuries related to scooters, particularly among young adults. 

Global study of street networks reveals growing urban sprawl

January 22, 2020
UC Santa Cruz study is the first global examination of sprawl as measured by the local connectivity of street networks.

Can solar geoengineering mitigate both climate change and income inequality?

January 22, 2020
New research from the UC San Diego finds that solar geoengineering—the intentional reflection of sunlight away from the Earth’s surface—may reduce income inequality between countries.

UCLA launches institute to explore legal, policy impact of emerging tech

January 22, 2020
Recently launched UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy will examine advances in artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, robotics and new forms of digital media to identify the benefits and risks they represent.

PhD student gets to the root of health disparities facing Hmong farmers

January 22, 2020
Public Health PhD student in UC Merced Professor Nancy Burke’s lab, received the inaugural Central Valley Graduate Fellowship this fall to help support her research into how exposure to environmental factors leads to poor health outcomes of Hmong farmers in the Valley.

Request for Proposals

January 15, 2020
The UCGHI Women’s Health, Gender, and Empowerment Center of Expertise is seeking pro​posals from global university partners to conduct research to strengthen their campus’ prevention and response to sexual assault, harassment, stalking, dating violence and other forms of gender-based violence. Applications are due Tuesday 31 March 2020 (5:00PM Pacific Standard Time).

NIA Supplement Fellows

January 13, 2020
Peruvian GloCal Fellows Dr. Miguel Sánchez and Dr. Willyams Reynoso have been awarded funds through a supplement from the National Institute on Aging - NIH to carry out ground-breaking research on the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease in their country

Potential of electric vehicles tied to solar research

January 8, 2020
UC Merced professor's research in comparing the efficiency of different solar-cell technologies when installed on car roofs could advance efforts to use solar panels on electric cars to recharge their batteries.

UCGHI Researchers Lead One Health Workforce Training with $85 Million from USAID

January 7, 2020

UCGHI researchers will play a lead role in educating the next generation of the global health workforce in one health approaches through winning up to $85 million over five years from USAID.

Wildfires in a warming world

January 7, 2020
UC Santa Barbara researchers will lead UC-wide collaborative project on wildfires.

Shutdown of coal-fired plants in U.S. saves lives and improves crop yields

January 6, 2020
According to a new UC San Diego study, between 2005 and 2016, the shift away from coal saved an estimated 26,610 lives and 570 million bushels of crops.

Polluted wastewater in the forecast? Try a solar umbrella

January 6, 2020
Berkeley Lab scientists demonstrate a “photo-thermal” umbrella that can double evaporation rates, thus reducing environmental impact of settling ponds.

No difference in results when surgeries are performed by U.S.- or foreign-trained surgeons

January 6, 2020
UCLA-led research team analyzed the outcomes of nearly 634,000 common surgical procedures and found no difference in results when surgeries are performed by U.S. or foreign-trained surgeons.

California’s sea otter population could triple by recolonizing San Francisco Bay

January 6, 2020
UC Santa Cruz study highlights importance of estuaries as prime habitat for the endangered southern sea otter.

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