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Gaps in quality, person-centered prenatal care in rural Kenya
October 23, 2019
New UCSF Bixby research looks at the quality of care through surveying women in Migori County, a rural county in western Kenya. It’s one of few studies to looking at both provision of prenatal services and women’s experiences of care.
UC San Diego alum fulfills lifelong dream of going to space
October 23, 2019
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, alumna of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, is fulfilling a lifelong dream of space travel as she spends the next six months at the International Space Station.
UC Davis gets $85M to develop a One Health workforce for the next generation
October 23, 2019
UCGHI Planetary Health Center of Expertise Co-director and principal investigator, Woutrina Smith, and team receive USAID award to support new project led by UC Davis One Health Institute.
UC San Diego researchers connect premature births to possible causes in central California
October 23, 2019
A UC San Diego-led research team has created an interactive map of preterm births and potential environmental and social drivers across Fresno County in central California.
UC Riverside helps secure the future of food
October 23, 2019
UC Riverside has created a program called Plants 3-D, which will train students to discover, design, and deploy biology and engineering solutions to the projected problem of massive-scale food insecurity due to climate change.
UC Merced students engineer art from trash for annual Yosemite facelift event
October 23, 2019
UC Merced Global Arts Studies program lecturer brings students to create art from trash found in the park as part of an annual effort by the Yosemite Climbing Association to preserve the natural beauty of Yosemite National Park.
On water sustainability, L.A. County earns C+ from UCLA environmental report card
October 23, 2019
UCLA researchers point to expected funding for stormwater capture and cleanup projects as a positive step.
UC Irvine-led study deepens understanding of the effects of media exposure to collective trauma
October 23, 2019
According to a new UC Irvine study, it’s not just how much media exposure an individual has to collective trauma but also the graphic quality of what one sees.
Climate change is coming for your cabernet
October 23, 2019
Partnering with UC Davis for the world's most ambitious cabernet sauvignon root stock and clone trial, Beckstoffer Vineyards is investing tens of millions of dollars.
California’s crashing kelp forest
October 23, 2019
UC Davis study finds how disease, warming waters and ravenous sea urchins combined to kill the kelp and close the red abalone fishery.
UC Berkeley Professor, Dr. Bertram Lubin to mentor Cal students and focus on the social determinants of health
October 23, 2019
UC Berkeley Professor, Dr. Bertram Lubin, joined the Blum Center and the College of Engineering to serve as a senior advisor in global health.
California rolls out first statewide earthquake early warning system
October 23, 2019
Through an app developed at UC Berkeley, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the nation's first statewide earthquake early warning system that will deliver alerts to people's cellphones.
CDC reports STDs reach all-time high for 5th year in a row, and it's killing babies
October 9, 2019
Jennifer Wagman, UCLA Professor and UCGHI Co-Deputy Director of the Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise, weighs in on congenital syphilis research in Central Valley, CA.
1,306 U.S. infants were born with syphilis in 2018, even though it’s easy to prevent
October 9, 2019
UCLA Professor and UCGHI Co-Deputy Director of the Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise, Jennifer Wagman, discusses congenital syphilis research in Central Valley, CA.
Plant diversity a casualty of high-severity wildfires
October 7, 2019
UC Davis study finds extreme wildfires are transforming forestlands into shrublands.
Becoming Arizona: Lessons from Phoenix for Sacramento
October 7, 2019
UC Davis climate change series explores how two cities are preparing for their hotter future.
California elderberries have rich benefits for farms and diets
October 2, 2019
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources focus on Native California elderberries which can be found at the intersection of sustainable farming, super nutrition and economic viability.
Unplanned Spaces: How movement patterns in rural Malawi impact HIV treatment and prevention
October 1, 2019
Current GloCal Health Fellow, Vania Wang, is using a geographical lens to examine movement patterns to help identify social determinants for HIV treatment and prevention in rural Malawi.
A GloCal Fellow’s Passion: Freshwater for Fisheries and Human Health
September 30, 2019
GloCal fellow Amber Roegner discusses freshwater for fisheries at Lake Victoria in Kisumu, Kenya.
Rivers shaped by climate
September 27, 2019
UC Santa Barbara researchers identify a climate signature in rivers globally.
Scientists track frog-killing fungus to help curb its spread
September 25, 2019
UC Berkeley scientists and an international team of collaborators have created a map to date of when and where different genetic variants of the fungus have infected frog populations.
UC Berkeley, Jerry Brown launch new pan-Pacific climate institute
September 24, 2019
UC Berkeley, in partnership with former California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. and China’s top climate change official, Xie Zhenhua, launch of a new campus institute.
Online global health courses supplement campus offerings
September 24, 2019
UCGHI's online courses offer UC students opportunities to dive into a topic that interests them, along with renowned global health faculty and students from all 10 campuses.
UCI team uses machine learning to help tell which wildfires will burn out of control
September 23, 2019
An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the UC Irvine has developed a new technique for predicting the final size of a wildfire from the moment of ignition.
Testing chemicals for birth defects using stem cells, not mice
September 23, 2019
UC Riverside researchers are helping the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency eliminate animal testing.
Establishment of UC San Diego School of Public Health approved
September 20, 2019
The University of California Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee has approved the establishment of a School of Public Health at UC San Diego.
Nutrition programs alone aren’t enough to support healthy brain development
September 18, 2019
UC Davis study looks at preventing studented brains, not just stunted growth.
Elephant seal 'supermoms' produce most of the population, study finds
September 18, 2019
UC Santa Cruz findings indicate high mortality rates for young elephant seals means long-lived females dominate the reproductive output of the population.
UC Davis scientists identify Bombali ebolavirus in bats in Guinea
September 16, 2019
UC Davis scientists detected Bombali virus in Angolan free-tailed bats roosting inside people’s houses in Guéckedou and Kissidougou.
Drone monitoring of ship emissions could save lives, protect health
September 13, 2019
UCLA students partnered with tech company on project that explored public health outcomes in L.A. and Long Beach port communities.