FALL 2023

Michelle Roh, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar at IGHS, was awarded a K99/R00 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study why the anti-malarial drugs sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine seem to effect birthweight differently when given to pregnant people in different regions of Africa.

Patience Afulani, MD, PhD, is studying the mental well-being of health care providers in Africa and identifying strategies to reduce the effects of implicit and explicit bias. She is working with the Kenya Medical Research Institute, the Navrongo Health Research Center and health departments in Kenya and Ghana. This effort is part of the Caring for Providers to Improve Patient Experience study, which aims to improve patient care during labor and delivery in Kenya and Ghana. 

A new UC program called the Global Center on Climate Change, Water, Energy, Food, and Health Systems will address the health impacts of climate change in the climate-vulnerable communities in Jordan’s Azraq Basin. Margaret Handley, PhD, MPH, will lead the implementation science component of the research strategy to implement pilot projects. 

Paul Wesson, PhD, received a $300,000, two-year Ending the HIV Epidemic administrative supplement from the National Institutes of Mental Health to study how people emerging from incarceration can best be connected to HIV care.

Koki Kinagwi, MBChB, MPH, MBA, country director for Kenya at UCSF Global Programs for Research and Training discusses with UCSF colleagues DITHub activities underway in Kenya.

On October 16, IGHS launched the Data, Innovation and Technology Hub (DITHub) at UCSF. DITHub aims to identify and address global health threats and disparities by introducing precision public health strategies, building robust data pipelines and optimizing data use.

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IGHS will work with the University of Nairobi to create a machine learning and data science training program for girls and young women focused on public health leadership. The program, called Enabling Girls in AI and Growing Expertise (ENGAGE), will recruit over 800 girls and young women in six primarily rural Kenyan regions. 

Gain global health knowledge, skills and experience in our transformative one-year Master of Science in Global Health degree program. Applications for the 2024–2025 academic year are open through June 14, 2024. Interested in learning more? Visit our website and register for an upcoming virtual information session.

Equitable Global Health Partnerships Initiative Meeting in Nairobi, November 2022

The UCSF Bixby and IGHS collaborative Equitable Global Health Partnerships invites anyone interested in learning about the initiative’s accomplishments and plans to a virtual meeting on Dec. 6, 2023, from 7–8 a.m. PST. (The time is scheduled to align with African time zones.) Please register to receive a Zoom link.

Join the UC Global Health Institute in Los Angeles on March 7, 2024, for the 10th UC Global Health Day to learn about global health research, training, education, and advocacy across the University of California system and beyond!

MEI program coordinator

Afulani PA, Oboke EN, Ogolla BA, Getahun M, Kinyua J, Oluoch I, Odour J, Ongeri L. Caring for providers to improve patient experience (CPIPE): intervention development process. Glob Health Action. 2023 12 31; 16(1):2147289.

Sudhinaraset M, Giessler KM, Nakphong MK, Munson MM, Golub GM, Diamond-Smith NG, Opot J, Green CE. Can a quality improvement intervention improve person-centered maternity care in Kenya? Sex Reprod Health Matters. 2023 Dec; 31(1):2175448.

Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Bibhav Acharya, Mahesh Puri, Nadia Diamond-Smith. A longitudinal study of the role of spousal relationship quality and mother-in-law relationship quality on women’s depression in rural Nepal. SSM - Mental Health. 2023 Dec 1; 3:100193.

See all 33 faculty publications from the last quarter.

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Welcome to the newest members of our IGHS family!

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