Dr. Rupa Marya gesturing to her band mates on stage during her plenary speech at UC Global Health Day 2022
Photographed above: UC Global Health Day 2022 opening speaker, Rupa Marya, MD and her band mates
University of California Global Health Day 2022: Centering Social Justice in Community Health
UCGHI's Deputy Director, Sun Yu Cotter Works to Cultivate More Diversity in Global Health and Take Up More Space as an Asian-American
Sun Yu Cotter, UCGHI Deputy Director
Photographed above: Sun Yu Cotter, MPH
UC Global Health Day 2022 Survey: What's Your Feedback?
UCGHI extends our gratitude to all of the in-person and virtual attendees that participated in UC Global Health Day 2022.

We would like to know more about your experience at the conference. Please take a moment to share your opinions with us via a short survey.

Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
Photographed above: UC Global Health Day 2022 plenary speaker Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, MA (left) and UCGHI Planetary Health COE co-Director and event co-moderator, Samantha Ying, PhD (right).
UC Global Health Day 2022 Replay!
"Deep medicine and the care revolution!", Rupa Marya, MD
"Centering the disadvantaged: Reflections on community partnership & solidarity as research praxis", Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, MA
Rupa & the April Fishes Concert at the Quarry Amphitheater
"The planet's health and our health are one health", Vandana Shiva, PhD
"Relational Approaches in Indigenous Health: from Paternalism to Partnership",
UCGHI GloCal Health Fellowship Funded for 5 more years!
The UCGHI GloCal Health Fellowship was awarded another 5 years of funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center (FIC)! During this next iteration of the program from 2022-2027, GloCal will be one of FIC’s 7 funded Launching Future Leaders in Global Health (LAUNCH) Research Training Programs.

Learn more on the GloCal webpage >>
Photographed above: GloCal program fellows and leadership attending the 2019 NIH Orientation
Advances in Global Health: Call for Research Articles
UC Press Advances in Global Health journal logo
Advances in Global Health seeks manuscripts by students* and trainees to better understand the epidemiology and public and global health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on outcomes related to the Sustainable Development Goal 3 (good health and well-being).
*students/trainees must be the first author, faculty may be co-authors

Deadline to submit is June 30, 2022.
Six Research Fellowships Awarded by the Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise
The UCGHI Women’s Health, Gender, and Empowerment Center of Expertise (WHGE COE) has awarded six, $2,500 fellowships as seed funding for graduate student research projects of the student's own design.
WHGE Fellowship Awardees
One Health Workforce Next Generation Featured in White House Fact Sheet
The USAID One Health Workforce - Next Generation program at UC Davis promotes global health security by building human resources and bolstering the workforce for more effective disease surveillance and control.The project was recently recognized in a fact sheet on the Global Health Worker Initiative.
Congratulations to UCGHI Incubator Supplement Awardees
UCGHI is providing three one-year supplementary grants (up to $30,000) to extend the work of emerging centers of expertise so that they may expand their collaboration across UC campuses and disciplines to advance innovative strategies for addressing significant global health challenges. Join us in congratulating the following groups and their lead faculty:
Food Justice & Health Equity

  • Carrie Waterman, PhD (UCD)
  • Susana Matias, PhD (UCB)
  • Gaidi Faraj, PhD (Grambling State University)
Implementation Science

  • Stefano Bertozzi, MD, PhD (UCB)
  • Dilys Walker, MD (UCSF)
  • Matt Sparke, PhD, MA (UCSC)
  • Gregory Aarons, PhD (UCSD)
  • Alison Hamilton, PhD MPH (UCLA)
  • Miya Barnett, PhD (UCSB)
  • Deborah Wiebe, PhD, MPH (UCM)
  • Stephen Schueller, PhD
Peri-operative and Surgical Equity

  • Doruk Ozgediz, MD, MSc (UCSF)
  • Theresa Chin, MD (UCI)
  • Jason Corburn, MCP (UCB)
  • Diana Farmer, MD (UCD)
  • Catherine Julliard, MD, MPH (UCLA)
  • David Lo, MD, PhD (UCR)
  • Thelma Hurd, MD, MPH (UCM)
  • Stephen Bickler, MD (UCSD)
Photographed above:Schola Matovu, PhD, RN
GloCal fellow awarded 2022 Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award

GloCal fellow Schola Matovu, PhD, RN, has been presented with the prestigious 2022 Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award from the UCSF School of Nursing.
Image courtesy of UC Riverside
Digital Inclusion Funding Opportunities

UC Online is providing funding for "Digital Inclusion" efforts focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and access. There are four award types and approximately $2.7M is available to be distributed to all nine undergraduate campuses.

The deadline to apply is May 31, 2022
UCGHI Student Ambassadors Seeking Student Participants for Research Studies
Three UCGHI student ambassadors are currently conducting studies and seeking UCLA and/or UC students to participate. Eunhee Park, PhD (c) and Sean Sugai, are studying violence-related experiences that intersect with gender and racialized hate. To check your eligibility and to participate, please visit the study's page:

Learn more about Eunhee Park and the project in this recent LAist article: "How — And Why — Academic Researchers Are Taking On Anti-Asian Hate">>
Shirelle Mizrahi, is conducting a study on sexual violence and harassment among sexual and gender minority students. To check your eligibility and to participate, please visit the study's page:
News Across Campuses
Free Online Participatory Science Short Course

The UC California Naturalist Program and the Center for Community and Citizen Science at UC Davis collaborated to produce this online short course. Trainings include an introduction to basic elements of participatory science, how participatory science is used in UC ANR and UC Cooperative programs and creating collaborative and co-created projects.
Striking down 'Roe v. Wade' will hit people of color hardest, activists say
UCGHI Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment COE co-Director, Dr. Ushma Upadhyay was interviewed by Sandhya Dirks for NPR's All Things Considered broadcast.
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UC Santa Cruz
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UC Davis
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UC Los Angeles
Protestors standing side-by-side, wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID, while holding hand-made signs that read "cancel rent".
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UC Merced
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UC Riverside
A common species of Stonefly
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UC San Diego
Woman and girl sitting in front of a laptop, the girl is smiling
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UC San Francisco
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UC Santa Barbara
Scientist collecting samples in a field of grass.
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UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley students protesting health inequality for Palestine.
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UC Irvine
Headshot Julia Lee
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UC Hastings
aqueduct near agricultural fields in California
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Charles Drew University
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Upcoming Events


  • May 19, 2022, 11:00 am PT, online, registration is free


  • May 25 -26, 2022, online, registration is free


  • May 25- 26, 2022, UC Berkeley, ticket required


  • June 19-22, 2022
Funding Opportunities
Recent Publications by UCGHI Community Members
The UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS) and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is hiring a Communications Manager. The communications manager will develop, implement and execute a comprehensive, multidisciplinary communications program and work in two or more communications disciplines in the area of population sciences.