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Can AI Improve Diagnosis of Rare Diseases?
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Mastering the Art of Evidence Synthesis: A Workshop on Systematic Reviews
Take a deep dive into the world of systematic reviews in this two-day interactive workshop from January 16-17, 2025 — Mastering the Art of Evidence Synthesis: A Workshop on Systematic Reviews. Designed for researchers and practitioners from disciplines including medicine, public health, and psychology, this workshop will walk you through the steps to craft a meticulous review protocol based on best practices in evidence-based decision-making. With hands-on practice, you’ll master the art of developing protocols tailored to your research questions and build the skills to conduct meta-analysis using real datasets. The workshop offers a thorough theoretical foundation and practical skills.
Digital Health Week 2024: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Vaccine Education
Join Stanford Digital Medic, Maya Health Alliance, and UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences for an interactive online presentation to see their approach to improving HPV and routine vaccination rates in Indigenous Maya communities in Guatemala. You’ll discover how they used a human-centered design approach to gather insights from community members and health workers to create a culturally relevant, animated vaccine education video series. Learn how tailored and inclusive interventions can address barriers to immunization and equip communities with the information they need to make decisions for themselves and others.
[Videos] HPV and Routine Immunization Education
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Stanford Center for Digital Health Annual Symposium
Join the Stanford Center for Digital Health for a day of meaningful discussions at the intersection of technology and health. Engage with leading speakers and attendees from academia, policy, philanthropy, and industry as they explore the latest advancements and challenges in digital health. This event promises to foster connections and inspire action across diverse sectors dedicated to improving health through technology.
Breakthrough Low-Cost Technology Could Make Breast Cancer Diagnostics in Sub-Saharan Africa Faster, More Precise
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The AI revolution in health care
Artificial intelligence breakthroughs are ushering in new ways to individualize patient recommendations, augment diagnoses and aid in clinical decisions. Join Washington Post Live for conversations with top medical leaders from Stanford, UCSF, and UC Berkeley about how AI could transform the patient journey of the future and ways to improve transparency and trust in this new era of medicine.
IGHS Grand Rounds with CHESA (the Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia)
The CHESA Global Health Equity Fellowship leverages UCSF resources and expertise to cultivate and mentor the next generation of global surgery and anesthesia leaders. For this Grand Rounds, CHESA will provide a brief overview of the fellowship program and highlight a project led by CHESA Fellow alumni Drs. Treasure Ibingira, Martha Namugga, and Caroline Stephens. Their initiative aims to reduce the mortality and morbidity of trauma in Uganda by improving education, strengthening care delivery, and mobilizing diverse stakeholders to build an integrated trauma system in the country.
Blood Test at Birth Could Eventually Identify Babies at Increased Risk of SIDS
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Mpox Outbreak Declared a Global Emergency, Alliance Members Take Action
“World health leaders must deploy rapid support and flexible funding to countries affected in Africa to stop mpox from spreading further,” wrote Vanessa Kerry, Seed Global Health.
In response to the mid-August declaration by WHO that mpox is a global emergency, Alliance member organizations are mobilizing.
UCSF’s Malaria Elimination Initiative Receives New Funding to Advance Elimination Goals
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Health Equity Brown Bag Lunch | Geography and Inequity: Key Structural Determinants of Health in the US
Join the Alliance, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, and Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health for Geography and Inequity: Key Structural Determinants of Health in the US, a Health Equity Brown Bag Lunch Session. This session features speaker Sarah Hooper, JD, Professor of Practice at UC Law San Francisco and Associate Dean of the UCSF-UC Law SF Master of Science in Health Policy & Law. She focuses on health justice, aging, and complex care. She has been involved in clinical interventions like the Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors Clinic and research projects such as the Dementia Care Ecosystem clinical trial. Sarah has co-developed tools for decision-making among older adults with dementia, including PREPARE and Plan for Clarity.
Cracking Codes in Cellular Communication
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Global Child Health Lecture Series 2024
Join Alliance member UCSF for a two-week series of conversations about the state of child health around the world. This series takes place from August 13–August 22, 2024 and discusses topics related to child health and infectious diseases, climate health, career development, multidisciplinary collaboration, pediatric programs and clinics, and many more.
RISE UP for Breast Cancer
Join Alliance members UCSF for a new, interdisciplinary conference focusing on a bold reimagining of breast cancer prevention and treatment through cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas and out-of-the-box thinking. The purpose of this conference is to center the whole woman and collaborate across disciplines, so that we can RISE UP to the challenge of reducing breast cancer incidence and mortality in our lifetime.
Scientists Discover a New Hormone that Can Build Strong Bones
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Poor Health, Stress in 20s Takes Toll in 40s With Lower Cognition
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3rd Annual Bay Area Tuberculosis Science (BATS) Symposium
Join the UC Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (UC TRAC) for the 3rd Annual Bay Area Tuberculosis Science (BATS) Symposium, co-sponsored by Alliance members UCSF Center for Tuberculosis and UC Berkeley Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases. BATS brings together TB investigators at UCSF, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Stanford University and the SF Department of Public Health to highlight established and early-stage investigators in the UC TRAC community with the intention to build community and foster collaboration.
Bird flu landing in The City is ‘a blip on the radar,’ experts say
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