UC Global Health Day Speakers Show How We Can Make Change through Policy and Advocacy | |
UCLA Art & Global Health Center's Sex Squad performing at UCGHD 2024. | |
The Power of Storytelling at UC Global Health Day 2024
Rohan Radhakrishna, MD, MPH, MS–opened UC Global Health Day 2024 emphasizing the power of storytelling in our work as health professionals. “We need to acknowledge and reflect, have language that's inclusive, include narrative and storytelling, have an intersectional approach and have diverse messengers and diverse platforms to reach people and rebuild trust.”
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UCGHD 2024: What's Your Feedback? | |
UCGHI Director, Madhavi Dandu, and Opening Plenary Speaker, Rohan Radhakrishna, during the plenary Q&A. | |
UC Global Health Day 2024 Survey: What's Your Feedback? | We would like to know more about your experience at UC Global Health Day 2024. Please take a moment to share your opinions with us via a short 5-minute survey. Your feedback is greatly appreciated! | |
UCGHI leadership and core team members with UCGHI Center and Program leadership at UCGHD 2024. | |
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Thank you to our partners, sponsors who supported students to attend, speakers, exhibitors, planning committee members, abstract reviewers, and in-person and virtual attendees for making UC Global Health Day 2024 possible! We could not have done it without you.
In case you missed it, stay tuned for conference presentation recordings!
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UCGHI at CUGH 2024 - Global Health Without Borders: Acting for Impact | | |
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Global Health Education
Dele Ogunseitan attended CUGH 2024 and asked insightful questions at several panels regarding global health education and the use of artificial intelligence in global health.
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GloCal Health Fellowship
2022-2023 GloCal Health Fellow, Tamara Jimah, presented at CUGH as part of the Fogarty LAUNCH panel, "Training the Next Generation of Global Health Researchers."
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Center for Planetary Health
CPH leadership presented three breakout panels at CUGH 2024: 1) Water Equity and Health, 2) Addressing the Triple Environmental Crisis and the Social Determinants of Health, and 3) Climate Change and the Biodiversity Crisis.
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Center for Gender and Health Justice
Lara Stemple presented about the overturn of Roe v. Wade and its far-reaching implications at CUGH's panel, "Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Abortion and Beyond."
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Center for Health Workforce Equity
HEAL Initiative Co-Founders, Sriram Shamasunder and Phuoc Le, attended CUGH 2024 where they were able to meet with HEAL Policy Lead, Vincent Lin.
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UCGHI MASS Program
Several UCGHI MASS awardees attended CUGH, including Rawnaq Behnam who presented a poster on her research, "Barriers to Managing Gestational Hypertension among Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan."
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UCGHI Centers and Programs in the News | |
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HEAL Southwest Leadership Program
The HEAL Southwest Leadership Program, set to begin in Fall 2024, is now accepting applications from nurses dedicated to advancing health equity within Indigenous communities.
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SHINE Strong is a year-long training program for undergraduates in developing expertise in HIV prevention science and trans health research. Applications are due April 5th at 5:00pm PST.
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OHWA Free Online Courses
Check out One Health Workforce Academies free online courses and case studies designed for learners to acquire One Health competencies. Access will be granted upon enrollment.
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Advances in Global Health is open for submissions. Advances in Global Health is a peer-reviewed, open access, research journal that is focused on advancing health equity throughout the world.
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Join the North Carolina Global Health Alliance and their partners for the 2024 North Carolina Global Health Careers Week, Monday March 18 - Friday March 22. This is a great free, virtual opportunity for students!
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Publications from the UCGHI Community | |
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Effectiveness and safety of telehealth medication abortion in the USA by Ushma Upadhyay et al.
Optimal strategies to improve uptake of and adherence to HIV prevention among young people at risk for HIV acquisition in the USA (ATN 149): a randomised, controlled, factorial trial by Dallas Swendeman et al. (UCGHI authors: Dallas Swendeman, Sung-Jae Lee)
Detectable viral load associated with unmet mental health and substance use needs among trans women living with HIV in San Francisco, California by Erin C. Wilson et al. (UCGHI author: Sean Arayasirikul)
Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Battery Systems by Brian Tarroja, Oladele Ogunseitan, & Alissa Kendall
Conceptualizing Contraceptive Agency: A Critical Step to Enable Human Rights-Based Family Planning Programs and Measurements by Kelsey Holt et al. (UCGHI author: Ushma Upadhyay)
Rural Water Point Functionality Estimates and Associations: Evidence from Nine Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia by Anna L. Murray (UCGHI author: Georgia L. Kayser)
Real-World Cervical Cancer Screening Uptake and Predictors of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid Positivity Among Women Living with HIV in Care Programs in Western Kenya by Chemtai Mungo et al. (UCGHI authors: Chemtai Mungo [GloCal alumna], Craig R. Cohen)
Fluidity in Reporting Gender Identity Labels in a Sample of Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents and Young Adults, Los Angeles, California, and New Orleans, Louisiana, 2017-2019 by Manuel A. Ocasio et al. (UCGHI author: Dallas Swendeman)
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