After the inception of Latinxs and the Environment (L&E) at UC Berkeley by Dr. Federico Castillo, PhD, and Lupe Gallegos-Diaz, MSW in 2017, the program recently added a branch at UC Riverside (UCR) under the direction of Dr. Sam Ying, PhD. We spoke to Dr. Ying and some of the key student leaders from L&E to get an insider's perspective on it's growth and expansion.
"As a first-generation Latina, one of my main motives is to help guide and support those who have yet to reach where I am."
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Valeria Covarrubias-Santillan
Deeper Than Race: How a Reluctance to Examine Black American Diversity Obscures the Maternal Health Crisis
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"Black Americans are routinely viewed as a “monolith” in research studies- ignoring the critical role that their ethnic and even regional diversity can play."
Today, Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy than white women in the US. UC Berkeley MPH Candidate and UCGHI MASS Program Awardee Mariah Jiles writes about the necessity of addressing disparities in the health between Black and white pregnant people.
GHS 254: Research Ethics and Practice in Global Health is being offered via Zoom for the Spring Quarter at UCSF and it is open to all UC doctoral students. UC doctoral students who are interested in this course should email education.globalhealth@ucsf.edu.
GloCal Health Fellowship Alumna Jalika Joyner, DVM, will be a panelist for the CUGH 2023 Session: Training the next generation of global health researchers: the NIH-Fogarty Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars on Saturday, April 15th from 4:30pm-6:30pm.
Research is revealing the impact of climate change on pathogen and disease spread. The UC Davis Veterinary Medicine One Health Institute's work on the topic, including developing technology to study bats more efficiently and safely, was featured on PBS NewsHour on March 1.
On May 9, 2023, UC Survivors and Allies will lead a Survivor Teach In: From Surviving to Healing on the UCLA campus. The group will share findings from students on their experiences with resources for survivors of sexual violence.
HEAL recently launched its Campaneros en Salud (CES) Leadership Program as part of its strategy to impact health workers closer to where they live and work. The year-long program is taught by the HEAL team at CES and alumni entirely in Spanish.
The editors of Advances in Global Health will be hosting a workshop at CUGH 2023 for early stage investigators (ESI) from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The workshop will take place on April 13th from 1:00pm-5:00pm.
The University of California’s (UC) Center for Climate, Health and Equity (CCHE) is sponsoring a novel “Student Climate Ambassador” program for UC students systemwide. Applications are due April 14th, 2023.
Image credit: UC Center for Climate, Health and Equity
Latinx and the Environment Fellowship
This is an 8-week summer research internship designed for UCR undergraduate students committed to advancing Latinx participation and leadership in environmental fields from any major to gain research experience in environmental fields. Deadline to apply is April 15th, 2023.
The Center for Health Workforce Equity is hiring! They are recruiting a full time Operations Officer and Hospitalist Social Medicine Clinician-Educator. These are rare roles to be part of a growing global health social justice organization!
