The UCGHI Student Ambassador Program is a virtual leadership and learning program that strives to increase the global health workforce and provides professional growth opportunities for students.
The UCGHI Student Ambassador Program is a leadership opportunity for all current University of California and Charles R. Drew University students from various disciplines who are dedicated to personal and professional growth by representing UCGHI and global health on their respective campus.
The program goals are to: 1) educate Ambassadors on global health issues with focuses on the subject areas covered by UCGHI Center for Planetary Health (CPH), UCGHI Center for Gender and Health Justice (CGHJ), and UCGHI Center for Health Workforce (HEAL); 2) facilitate community building with fellow students interested in global health across the University of California and Charles R. Drew University; 3) integrate cultural humility in global health and actively acknowledge and identify power inequities through collective dialogue; 4) connect students and faculty/staff across college campuses; 5) amplify student voices through UCGHI’s social media platforms; and 6) amplify professional growth opportunities and workforce skills building for student ambassadors such as student engagement opportunities and internship opportunities.
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Special Leadership Opportunity: UCGHI encourages Student Ambassador alumni to consider applying for the two Lead Student Ambassador positions, a special opportunity for one student from a Southern California UC campus or CDU and one student from a Northern California UC campus to support program coordination and to work closely with UCGHI and Center leadership. UCGHI will be providing $1,000 to two Lead Student Ambassadors.
Who is Eligible: Any currently enrolled student at any University of California Campus or Charles R. Drew University. Students can be in any field/discipline and can be undergraduate, graduate, or professional students.
Important Dates:
Networking Session |
Community Building Among UCGHI Student Ambassadors, UCGHI Program Analyst |
Webinar #1 |
California Farmworker Health Vulnerabilities and Responses Amid Climate Change |
Professional Development Workshop |
Introduction to Cultural Humility |
Networking Session #2 |
Career Pathways in Global Health Panelists:
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Webinar #2 |
Human Rights and Refugee Health Alden Blair, PhD, MS, Director of Research for the UCSF Global Alliance in Nursing (GAIN) and Associate Director of the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS) Masters of Science Program |
Webinar #3 |
Nutrition and Food Access
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May Showcase |
UCGHI Student Ambassadors Final Project Showcase |
Networking Session |
Community Building Among UCGHI Student Ambassadors, UCGHI Program Analyst |
Webinar #1 |
Environmental Health and Water Access Georgia Kayser, PhD (UCSD), Associate Director, UCGHI Center for Planetary Health |
Webinar #2 |
Global Mental Health |
Networking Session #2 |
Networking and Presentations Taylor Thomas, MPH, MA, Sean Arayasirikul, PhD, and 2024 UCGHI Center for Gender and Health Justice Summer Interns |
Webinar #3 |
Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in Malawi, Liberia, and Sierra Leone Miranda Rouse, MPH, Program Coordinator, Global Action in Nursing (GAIN) |
Webinar #4 |
Immigrant Health and Migration Kelly Song, Study Coordinator for the UCLA BRAVE Study and Raul Gutierrez, MD, Associate Clinical Professor at UCSF, Co-Director of the CoE Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing |
Professional Development Workshop |
Conflict Mediation and Consensus Building in Global Health Deeqa Mohamed, Consensus Building Institute; with opening remarks about the current state of PEPFAR and insights from the field by Dr. Eric Goosby, UC San Francisco |
June Showcase |
Student Presentations - Resource Audit and Mapping of Global Health Across the UC |
Webinar #1 |
Global Health Policy Porter Delaney, Kyle House Group and Eric Goosby, MD, UC San Francisco |
Networking Session #1 |
Meet & Greet and Presentation on Health Disparities Surrounding SPA 6 David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD, President and Cheif Executive Officer of Charles R. Drew University |
Webinar #2 |
Everything, Everywhere, All At Once: A conversation about anti-Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) hatred, intersectional invisibility, and moments for transformation |
Professional Development Workshop |
Careers and Education in Global Health Madhavi Dandu, MD, MPH, UCGHI Director, and Inez Bailey, MS, UCSF Director of Academic Development and Strategy for the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Networking Session #2 |
UC Global Health Day 2024 at UCLA |
Webinar #3 |
Climate and Health and Decarbonization Sapna E. Thottthil, PhD, MSc and Adrianne Teherani, PhD from the UC Center for Climate, Health and Equity |
Networking Session #3 |
Meet & Greet with Latinxs and the Environment Students and UCGHI Center for Planetary Health Leadership |
June Showcase |
Student Presentations -
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Center for Gender and Health Justice Student Ambassadors
Center for Planetary Health Student Ambassadors
The UCGHI Student Ambassador Blog, where UCGHI students bring you a fresh perspective on the world's current events and news through the lens of passionate and insightful student writers. UCGHI believes that the student voice is powerful, and by amplifying their diverse voices, we can foster meaningful discussions and contribute to the ongoing dialogue surrounding the pressing issues of global health.
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“ I feel confident that having these experiences in the UCGHI Student Ambassador Program that I have the skills to be part of the global health community after graduating.”
-Natasha Glendening, PhD Student at UCI and 2023-2024 Lead Student Ambassador
