Spring 2022 News and Events

After almost 12 years working with the Master of Science in Global Health program, Madhavi Dandu will be stepping away from her role as program director at the end of the academic year in July. Madhavi has been pivotal in leading and evolving the MS program and will be incredibly missed!

Education News

IGHS is recruiting a current UCSF faculty member to join the Master of Science program as part-time Program Director, as well as a junior to mid-level faculty or staff leader to join as part-time Assistant Director. Applications are due May 9, 2022 and program alumni are encouraged to apply!

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The master’s program is looking forward to an in-person graduation ceremony this year. The Classes of 2020 and 2021 are invited to join us for the reception on Thursday, July 28 so that we may finally celebrate with you IRL! Save the date and stay tuned for more details.

Find jobs and connections in the IGHS LinkedIn alumni group! To join the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences Alumni Network, simply click the link, click the request to join the private LinkedIn group, and we’ll admit you ASAP. We post jobs and opportunities almost every week. Search, share and start a conversation!

Alumni can now access the student portal to view their academic record, download unofficial transcripts, and order official paper and PDF transcripts. Alumni with a Gmail account can use their Google credentials to log in. If you don’t have a Gmail account or need to update your phone number to enable two-factor authentication, please contact the Office of the Registrar.

It’s no surprise that our most-liked Instagram post in the past month featured PhD candidate Lucía Abascal Miguel (MS ’18) as a finalist for Grad Slam, the UCSF Graduate Division’s annual research communications contest. Her presentation, “No le Pidas Peras al Olmo / Don't Ask the Elm Tree for Pears,” won Third Prize and was the first-ever Grad Slam presentation in Spanish. Felicidades Lucía!

IGHS was pleased to confer the Doctor of Philosophy in Global Health Sciences degree in December 2021 to Nicholas Rubashkin. The topic of his dissertation was, The MFMU VBAC Success Calculator: Statistical Prediction and Race in an Ethnography of Obstetric Thinking. Nick is the fourth graduate of the IGHS PhD program, which launched in 2016 and currently has 13 students and candidates. Congratulations, Nick!

Master of Science students have embarked on 10 weeks of field research for their capstone projects with partner organizations throughout the US, the Navajo Nation, and 14 other countries. As alumni know, the capstone project is the centerpiece and often a highlight of the master’s program. Please help us spread the word about the MS program, share your experience with potential students, and encourage qualified candidates to apply for the 2022-23 cohort until the final deadline on June 15!

Student and Alumni Publications

Amity Eliaz, MS ’21: Evaluating the Impact of Language Concordance on Coronavirus Disease 2019 Contact Tracing Outcomes Among Spanish-Speaking Adults in San Francisco Between June and November 2020

Graham Hinchcliffe, MS ’21: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and mental health care of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in California (policy brief)

Emily Hotchkiss, MS ’20: Social support among women with genital fistula in Uganda

Ashley Mitchell, PhD student: The development and feasibility of a group-based household-level intervention to improve preconception nutrition in Nawalparasi district of Nepal

Do you have a recent publication? Please share the link with us at education.globalhealth@ucsf.edu.

Upcoming Events

UC Global Health Day

May 7, 8:30 am-6:00 pm PT

Virtual attendance is FREE! Shout-out to MS student Rachel Granovsky and PhD student Ashley Mitchell who will be presenting their posters.

Advocacy and action in times of COVID 19: experiences in resource-denied communities

May 11, 12:00-12:50pm PT

For this special IGHS Grand Rounds, all speakers are affiliated with the UCSF HEAL Initiative, the largest and most diverse global health fellowship in the US.

Launch of the UC Center for Climate, Health and Equity

May 25 and 26, various times

The Center brings together leaders from across the UC’s ten campuses to advance healthy and equitable climate action. Shout-out to PhD candidate Naomi Beyeler who is serving as managing director of the new Center.

IGHS News

5K for Vaccine Equity Raises $23,000 for COVAX

Global work to improve birth outcomes could help reduce racial disparities in the U.S.

The Taliban’s gender apartheid: a threat to Afghan women’s political and social identity and a hidden danger to their health

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