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What Does It Take to Prevent and Address Workplace Violence?
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, workplace violence is the third leading cause of fatal occupational injuries in the United States. Starting on July 1, 2024, employers in California need to implement an effective workplace violence...
International West Africa Symposium & Workshop on Infectious Disease
Join Alliance member UCSF’s Quantitative Biosciences Institute in collaboration with the University of Sierra Leone for the first International West Africa Symposium & Workshop on Infectious Disease. The Symposium on July 29-30 will bring and expose leaders in the international infectious disease community from within Africa and beyond, together in Freetown, Sierra Leone to describe the state of the art in infectious disease research on a number of key pathogens relevant to the region. Workshops will follow on July 31-August 3.
Empowering Frontline Health Workers with AI: Navigating Pitfalls and Possibilities
Join the Bay Area Global Health Alliance at 8:30-10 am PT, June 25 for a panel discussion exploring the complexities and opportunities of using AI to support frontline workers. This discussion, the third in a four-part series sponsored by Pfizer, will be moderated by UC Berkeley lecturer and Alliance board chair Colin Boyle and will feature Elina Urli Hodges (Duke Global Health Innovation Center), Daphne Ngunjiri (Access Afya, Kenya), Andrew Ddembe (MobiKlinic, Uganda), Raghav Minocha (Simprints), and Enric Jané (Causal Foundry).
New study differentiates perinatal risks of COVID-19 infection from pandemic era societal changes
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Combatting Avian Influenza: Employing the One Health Approach to Prepare for, Prevent, and Respond to Emerging Health Threats
Join Alliance member UC Davis for a a virtual emergency consultation aiming to inform policy and inspire coordinated action on combating Avian Influenza. Through a One Health approach we will develop a pathway for cross-sector collaboration in infectious disease preparedness and response efforts.
A Vision of Equity for All: The Alliance Joins UC Davis Grand Challenges and Healthy Davis Together to Develop a Blueprint for Equitable Pandemic Response
View UC Davis' Pandemic Preparedness Roadmap website page. Among the many lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States was an understanding of the critical need for collaborative, multisector responses to emerging health concerns. The response in the United...
The Agonizing Reality of Obstetric Fistula
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Surgery in a hospital doesn’t necessarily lead to better outcomes than surgery in a surgical center
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Human-Centered Design Course
Alliance member UCSF is offering a course focused on human-centered design. Human-centered design is a discipline incorporating the human needs perspective to solve problems in public health and medicine. Learners will learn and follow a design process, applying methods focused on building empathy, translating needs into solution requirements, creative ideation, prototype development and testing, and planning for implementation. Deadline for registering for this Fall term course is May 1st, 2024.
Implementation Science Short Course
Join Alliance member UCSF for a two-day course that will introduce and apply key concepts of Implementation Science in a small group setting. This course will provide opportunities to acquire new knowledge and skills, as well as meet and collaborate with other Implementation Science researchers. Learners will complete this course with concrete examples applying relevant Implementation Science theory to their own research area.
IGHS Grand Rounds: An Overview of PEPFAR/GHSD’s HIV Sciences Priorities
Join Alliance member UCSF for an overview of PEPFAR’s HIV sciences priorities, with updates from Ingrid Katz, Director for Behavioral Sciences and Mike Reid, Chief Science Officer for President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Emergency Relief (PEPFAR) / Global Health Security and Delivery (GHSD).
Signs of Multiple Sclerosis Show Up in Blood Years Before Symptoms Appear
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Rosemarie de la Rosa tracks how childhood exposure to environmental pollutants and social stress has lifelong affect
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New study shows that many California pharmacists are willing—but unable—to prescribe medication abortion
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Drilling for Disease: Unearthing the Health Harms and Injustice of Oil and Gas Drilling
Join Alliance members Stanford, UCSF, and UC Davis for a virtual symposium focused on climate, health, and equity. This symposium offers opportunities to hear from expert climate and health policy activists and personally affected community leaders who will speak about how all California residents’ health is being impacted by oil drilling and fossil fuels.
The One Health Workforce Academies Creates Global Academic Connections in an Interdependent World
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Three fixes for AI’s bias problem
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Master of Science in Global Health Info Session
Join Alliance member UCSF for their Master of Science in Global Health Info Session. UCSF Master’s in Global Health Sciences is an interdisciplinary program that prepares students for careers in research, policy, academia, program management and evaluation, and leadership. Program Director Chris Carpenter, MD, MPH and Associate Director Ingrid Chen, PhD, MS ’13 will present an overview of the program and admissions process and have time for Q+A.
New UC Berkeley Center Aims to Create Healthcare Innovation Research-to-Impact Pipeline
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