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Dispatches from the AIDS Epidemic: Early Perspectives on a Global Health Crisis
Join the Center for Global Public Health at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health for a distinguished book panel discussion featuring the authors of Dispatches From the AIDS Pandemic: A Public Health Story – Dr. Kevin De Cock, Dr. Harold Jaffe, and Dr. James Curran.
Bring on the AI Guardrails!
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UC Berkeley Online MPH Information Session
Join UC Berkeley School of Public Health for their online MPH Information Session. The session will provide valuable insights into the program, curriculum, and career opportunities available to prospective students. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet with the...
Fireside Chat with Paulin Basinga, Gates Foundation Director for Health in Africa | January 27, 2021
At the Bay Area Global Health Alliance’s Annual Meeting, held on January 27, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Paulin Basinga, Director, Health, Africa, served as the keynote speaker. He spoke in a fireside chat on “Solidarity in Vaccine Access” with Alliance board member Stefano Bertozzi, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Health Policy & Management, UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Read more about the Annual Meeting.
Advancing Global Health Initiatives with Technology | February 24, 2021
A panel discussion on global health and technology featuring Bay Area Global Health Alliance members. This panel served as part of the UC Berkeley Haas Healthcare Association two-day conference, “Finding New Breath: Emerging Stronger Through Health Crises.”
More than Misinformed: Improving Public Health Information Environments
The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated infodemic – the abundance of information, both true and false, spreading at unprecedented speed and scale – has created myriad challenges for public health professionals. In this webinar, speakers from Alliance member UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health will discuss their view that information environments are social determinants of health and describe their vision for how local infodemiologists – field epidemiologists for the infodemic – can begin addressing misinformation and building healthy information environments in their communities.
A Berkeley Public Health Conversation with California Surgeon General Dr. Diana Ramos
Join Alliance member UC Berkeley for a special in-person conversation with Dr. Diana Ramos, Surgeon General of California as a part of Berkeley Public Health’s Dean Speaker Series 2023: Heroes of Public Health. Dr. Ramos has more than three decades of cross-cutting experience and expertise with a focus on reproductive health.
2023 Haas Healthcare Conference
Now in its 16th year, Alliance member UC Berkeley’s Haas Healthcare Conference brings together over 400 corporate leaders, graduate students, digital health entrepreneurs, life science professionals, and public health champions to explore market and sector trends. After the last three years in which the unprecedented effects of COVID have reshaped the healthcare system, the conference welcome leaders from across the industry to discuss how to build the future of healthcare from this new foundation.
The Future of Aging: Transatlantic Perspectives on Digital Health Tech
Join Alliance member UC Berkeley and the German Center for Research and Innovation San Francisco at a conversation about how the United States and Germany collaborate more to foster digital health innovations, particularly for aging populations.
Health Disparities in former NFL Players: Findings from the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University
Join UC Berkeley School of Public Health for their insights on the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University, a comprehensive research program that examines the health and wellbeing of former National Football League (NFL) players, by focusing on conditions and injuries that former players have identified as most important for both their short- and long-term health. As a researcher who focuses on the importance of centering the community in research studies, Dr. Whittington will share insights on health disparities in former NFL players.
Online MPH Application Clinic
Join UC Berkeley School of Public Health for their Online MPH Application Clinic. Their online admissions team will share details about the program requirements, best practices to prepare, and tips for submitting an authentic and competitive application.
14th Annual Center for Emerging & Neglected Diseases (CEND) Symposium
Join the Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases (CEND) at UC Berkeley for their 14th Annual Symposium. CEND aims to strengthen connections between scientists working on infectious diseases of global health importance and the broader global health research, therapeutics development, and advocacy communities. The focus of the 14th Annual Symposium is Fundamental Mechanisms, Breakthrough Therapies and Beyond.
Dr. Sandra McCoy and Partners Secure $6 Million to Study HIV Interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa
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The State of the Alliance 2023
As 2023 comes to a close, we reflect on what the Bay Area Global Health Alliance has accomplished, how we have shifted to meet the moments and our members’ needs, and where we need to go to advance global health equity and innovation.
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi Awarded First-Ever Bay Area Global Health Alliance Leadership Award
On Monday, October 30, 2023, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi received the first-ever Bay Area Global Health Alliance Leadership Award for her unwavering HIV/AIDS response leadership and contributions to advancing global health and equity throughout her career.
Insights to Action: Ideation on Implementation for Equity Convening
Too often, promising health interventions do not reach the world’s most vulnerable or are not effectively adapted to community needs and constraints, resulting in critical needs remaining unmet and growing health inequity. On Thursday, October 26, 2023, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance’s Insights to Action event explored practical solutions to close the gap between what we know and what we do, using the lens of implementation science to advance health equity.
UC Berkeley Partners with Kaiser Permanente to Launch the California Center for Outbreak Readiness
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The Alliance Joins Leaders at White House Roundtable on AI and Health
Last week Sara Anderson, Executive Director of the Alliance, was honored to be part of the White House Roundtable on AI and Health. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy convened a distinguished group of leaders from across sectors to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) can be safely deployed to improve health outcomes, with a special breakout session on the use of AI to improve public health and global health. To prepare for the meeting, the Alliance sought input from our multi-sector members and key stakeholders on what three-four points they would make if they were at the table.
Informal Gathering of Partners to Discuss Rural Healthcare Delivery | April 6, 2023
The Alliance hosted an informal gathering of members including: Fistula Foundation, Kapnek Trust Zimbabwe, Friends of Chidamoyo, UC Berkeley, UCSF Bixby Center for Reproductive Health, Stanford, MedShare, Viamo, and CCBRT Tanzania to share experiences in rural healthcare delivery. Digital innovations such as the Butterfly Ultrasound device, which attaches to a cell phone and provides access to specialists for image analysis, were discussed as critical for low-resources settings.