Introducing UC Global Health Day 2022 Plenary Speaker:
Dr. Ricky Bluthenthal
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Through his research on HIV interventions, transmission prevention and people who inject drugs, Dr. Ricky Bluthenthal sees empirical research as a valuable tool for guiding political leaders to create systems of well being and care, especially for marginalized groups.
UCGHI is honored to have Dr. Ricky Bluthenthal, as a plenary speaker for this year's UC Global Health Day on May 7, 2022, where he will speak on the importance of working collaboratively and seeking to understand the challenges faced by those most in need of care.
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Photographed Above: Dr. Ricky Bluthenthal |
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Photographed Above: Dr. Brandi T. Summers |
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How Dr. Brandi Summers’ Work on Geography and Blackness Intersects with Community Health |
UCGHI board member and assistant professor of Geography and Global Metropolitan Studies at UC Berkeley, Dr. Brandi Summers, studies how Blackness contributes to urban cultural landscapes and the contributing factors in which space and race are arranged. She reflects on this year's UC Global Health Day theme, Centering Social Justice in Community Health and how that coincides with the built environment.
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Photographs courtesy of Dr. Woutrina Smith (top) and UCOP (middle and bottom) |
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Applications Open: Planetary Health Center of Expertise Summer Work Experience Program
The Planetary Health Center of Expertise (PHCOE) Summer Work Experience Program offers students a unique hands-on opportunity to work on projects related to natural resources, agriculture, climate change, and environmental and health policy.
Initial application deadline: Thursday, February 10, 2022
Planetary Health Summer Work Experience Program Seeks Hosts
The Summer Work Experience program is a wonderful way to connect and collaborate with talented UC students. Funding is not a prerequisite to host (as some scholarships/stipends are available). You may request an undergraduate and/or a graduate student and students are often available to work June 2022 - August 2022. The matching of students to hosts will occur from mid-February to mid-March 2022.
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Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Internships for Student Ambassadors
Current Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment (WHGE) Student Ambassadors are encouraged to learn about and apply for the eight fantastic summer internship opportunities being offered for the summer of 2022. The WHGE Center of Expertise will award up to eight financial awards for students working for an unpaid internship. The application deadline is Friday, March 4, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. PT.
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Photographed Above: Dr. Stephen Wandera |
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WHO selects GloCal alum Stephen Wandera as Technical Advisory Group member for the UN Decade of Health Aging |
The World Health Organization has appointed GloCal alum Dr. Stephen Wandera to the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for the UN Decade of Healthy Aging. Dr. Wandera is a gerontologist and demographer whose research focuses on inequalities in health, social determinants of health, and access to healthcare among older persons in Uganda and sub-Saharan Africa
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Welcome 2021-22 Student Ambassadors! |
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Photographed Above: Student Ambassadors participate in the program's kick-off Orientation via Zoom
On Friday, January 21, 2022 UCGHI welcomed the 2021-22 Student Ambassador cohort which is made up of students from all 10 UC campuses and Charles Drew University. We are excited for this year's group of 52 students to expand their global health networks and continue their education in global health through the seminar series provided by the Planetary Health and Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Centers of Expertise.
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Celebrating Black History and Black Futures Month |
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Wishing the UCGHI community a very happy Black History and Black Futures Month! |
Did You Know?
Charles Drew University (CDU) is a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) that has partnerships with the University of California, Los Angeles for their joint Medical Education Program and the UCGHI Student Ambassadors Program.
Photo courtesy of Charles Drew University
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2022 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Virtual Conference, March 28 - April 1 |
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Over 2,000 scientists, students and implementers from academia, NGOs, government and the private sector will present, learn and collaborate to address some of the pressing challenges our world faces at the annual CUGH conference. A wide range of medical and non-medical disciplines are represented throughout the virtual pre-conference satellites (free to attend, register online). Attendees will be inspired and challenged to learn new skills, gain new contacts and find ways we can improve the health of people and the planet.
This year, UCGHI is one of the CUGH host institutions, and many UCGHI collaborators will be participating. UC Irvine's Program in Public Health Dean (and UCGHI Board member), Dr. Bernadette Boden-Albala, will moderate a breakout panel discussion on science communication. She will be joined by esteemed panelists, Dr. Bradley Pollock (UC Davis, UCGHI Board Member), Dr. Melody Goodman (NYU), Dr. Karen Yeates (Queens University), and Dr. Marybeth Terry (Columbia University), to discuss the importance of science communication from a global health perspective and solutions for improving science communication research, training, and practice.
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UC Love Data Week
February 14 – 18, 2022
UC Love Data Week is a week-long offering of presentations and workshops focused on data access, management, security, sharing, and preservation. Whether you're working on qualitative or quantitative data, there are over 30 presentations, workshops, discussion groups and "hacky" hours. All members of the University of California community are welcome to attend. Make sure to register with your UC-campus email.
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Image courtesy of UC Love Data Week |
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Photo courtesy russaquarius/iStock
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Photo credit: Motortion/iStock
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Photo credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA
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Photo credit: Pexels/Karolina Grabowska
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Photo credit: Stan Lim/UCR
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Photo Credit Erik Jepsen/UCSD
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- February 23, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm PT
- April 4, 2022 12:00 pm PT
- May 7, 2022, day-long hybrid event
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