News
GloCal Alumna Schola Matovu, PhD, RN Earns Prestigious K01 Award and Fellowship Recognition
December 2, 2024
We are very pleased to share that Schola Matovu, PhD, RN, a distinguished 2021-2022 GloCal Health Fellow, has achieved remarkable milestones in her career in gerontological nursing and her work to alleviate social injustices such as poverty, gender and health inequalities in the global community.
GloCal Fellows Attend Global Health Summer Institute at UAB
July 31, 2024
Three GloCal Health Fellows from the new 2024-2025 cohort were excited to attend the first annual Sparkman Center for Global Health Summer Institute at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB).
Regional Scientific Workshop Held at Hanoi Medical University
May 10, 2024
An Asia regional scientific workshop for trainees affiliated with GloCal and other Fogarty LAUNCH programs was held at Hanoi Medical University (HMU) in Vietnam between May 8-10, 2024.
Former GloCal Fellow, Dr. Karla Rascon-Garcia, Begins Postdoctoral Position at Duke Global Health Institute
April 30, 2024
Karla Rascon-Garcia, PhD, an infectious disease epidemiologist and network science modeler, began a postdoctoral position at the Duke Global Health Institute on April 15th, 2024 where she will work under the mentorship of Dr. Steve Taylor and Dr. Wendy Prudhomme-O’Meara.
Four GloCal Fellows Attend an Implementation Workshop in Accra, Ghana
February 27, 2024
Three GloCal fellows and one GloCal Fulbright-Fogarty fellow joined other current Fogarty LAUNCH fellows in attending an implementation science workshop in Accra, Ghana from Feb. 19-22.
From San Francisco Port to Dar Port – an SD4H and GloCal Collaboration
January 2, 2024
What began as chance encounters between fellows in the corridors of Mission Hall at UCSF in San Francisco, California, is blossoming into a transformative mentorship initiative that the fellows are christening "One Love East Africa Fellows" (O'LEAF).
GloCal congratulates two alumni on beginning new faculty positions this fall!
December 1, 2023
In October, Dr. Juliet Siena Lumati (formerly Okoroh), started as an Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology at Northwestern University. Additionally, in November, Dr. Amber Roegner began as an Assistant Professor of One Health and Environmental Toxicology at School of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago, as well as an Institute for Racial Justice Faculty Affiliate.
Two GloCal Alumni Collaborate on Dementia and Frailty Research in Uganda
November 15, 2023
The GloCal Health Fellowship is excited to share that two of its alumni are collaborating on a new research study to assess dementia and frailty among older persons in rural Eastern Uganda.
GloCal welcomes 16 new Steering Committee members
October 30, 2023
GloCal welcomes 16 new Steering Committee members from UC San Francisco, UC San Diego, UC Los Angeles, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Merced and several of its LMIC partner research sites.
GloCal MPI, Sung-Jae Lee, PhD, Appointed Co-Lead of the Health Equity and Translational Social Science (HETSS) Research Theme at UCLA
September 5, 2023
UCLA GloCal Health Fellowship Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI), Sung-Jae Lee, PhD, will serve as Co-Lead of the Health Equity and Translational Social Science (HETSS) Research Theme for the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA with Alma Guerrero, MD, MPH.