Connecting for innovation and equity in global health
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).
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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.
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.
Join UCSF for a day-long in-person and virtual event focused on health equity in data interpretation and radical participatory design and research sponsored by UCSF’s SOM Dean’s Office, Institute for Global Health Sciences, and Emancipatory Sciences Lab.
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Join UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences for their virtual Master of Science in Global Health Information Session. 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.
A panel discussion on the U.S. and Mexico response to the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for future preparedness in both countries. This event was hosted in partnership with UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences and moderated by Ben Plumley.
On May 11, Dr. Garrett Mehl, Head Digital Health Technology Unit, and Andy Pattison, Team Lead Digital Channels and head of the WHO Tech Task Force, were joined by Dr. John Grove, Director, Quality Assurance of Norms and Standards, for this briefing from the WHO, co-hosted by the Bay Area Global Health Alliance and UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences
With monkeypox now an international, national and state public health emergency, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance and UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences hosted an online update on the crisis. Experts from Bay Area Global Health Alliance member organizations UCSF, Stanford University, PRC, San Francisco Community Health Center, and Chevron, along with Santa Clara County Health Officer and Public Health Director Sara Cody, shared their perspectives.
Bay Area Global Health Alliance members Americares, Stanford University, Public Health Institute, UCSF, and Google had a virtual conversation exploring the impact of wildfires and air pollution on the health of communities in the United States. The discussion co-hosted by the Alliance and Americares highlighted the most important concerns in this space and each panelist shared how their organization is working to build resilience, support preparedness/disaster management efforts, and address the health inequities resulting from climate change. At this virtual event, attendees had the opportunity to learn from leading experts in climate health, contribute ideas, and leave with action items to further climate resilience in their communities. Learn more.
At YTH Live Global, an annual event hosted by ETR, the Alliance organized a panel discussion exploring the challenges and opportunities of addressing the global youth mental health crisis. Experts from Google, Hopelab, and UCSF discussed fostering community on tech platforms and collaborating to create effective digital interventions for youth mental health. Learn more.
On November 15, UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences and the Bay Area Global Health Alliance co-hosted a virtual roundtable discussion on how to prevent the next pandemic. The online conversation featured award-winning science writer and author Laurie Garrett with: Jonna Mazet – Vice Provost, Grand Challenges, UC Davis; Chancellor’s Leadership Professor of Epidemiology and Disease Ecology, Larry Brilliant – physician and epidemiologist, CEO of Pandefense Advisory, senior counselor at the Skoll Foundation and a CNN Medical Analyst, Thu Do – Director, Medical Affairs, Global Patient Solutions, Gilead Sciences, and Paul Wesson – Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine, UCSF (serving as moderator). Learn more.
Unbiased metagenomics hold considerable promise in our ability to rapidly detect and respond to emerging infectious disease threats. The scientists at the Chan Zuckerberg (CZ) Biohub and UCSF are working to improve scale and access to next- generation sequencing tools around the globe. Two colleagues from CZ Biohub and UCSF will join Alliance member UCSF to talk about their work.
Alliance member UCSF invites you to a CPPR conversation series/IGHS grand rounds hosted by the Center for Pandemic Preparedness and Response and the Institute for Global Health Sciences at UCSF featuring two globally renowned infectious disease doctors, Anthony Fauci, MD, and Eric Goosby, MD. This is a unique opportunity to hear from two medical giants with extensive experience in the management and containment of infectious disease outbreaks.
Join Alliance member UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences at a webinar about closing the financing gap for climate change and health. To address the growing health impacts of climate change, the global community must make immediate changes in the climate and health sectors. In this webinar, climate change and health financing experts and advocates will discuss strategies and opportunities for advancing synergistic investment in climate and health programs and policies.
Join Alliance member UCSF for a conversation with infectious disease doctor Monica Gandhi. She’ll discuss her new book, Endemic: A Post-Pandemic Playbook, which addresses the importance of biomedical advances and harm reduction strategies in ensuring equitable responses to current and future pandemics. Dr. Monica Gandhi is an expert in infectious diseases, specializing particularly in the care of patients with HIV and AIDS.
Join Alliance member UCSF’s community at a teach-in to discuss the latest developments in Syria and Turkey, following a series of devastating earthquakes, including a. 7.8-magnitude temblor that struck on Feb. 6, 2023. The hybrid event, to convene in person in Pottruck Auditorium in Rock Hall on the Mission Bay campus and via a live stream, will feature members of the UCSF community who hail from Syria and Turkey. Refreshments will be served.
Join Alliance member UCSF Pandemic Initiative for Equity and Action for a conversation with Resolve to Save Live’s Amanda McClelland. Amanda will join UCSF to talk about Resolve’s work building country capacity to prevent future pandemics, including the 7-1-7 target for outbreak detection and control. Mike Reid, MD, MA, MPH will serve as moderator for the conversation.
Join Alliance member UCSF’s Pandemic Initiative for Equity and Action for a webinar on the role of exposure notifications for future pandemic response. During the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 40 countries and 28 US states deployed the Google-Apple Exposure Notification (EN) smart-phone system. Malekinejad and Skehan will discuss EN’s potential utility for responding to outbreaks of similar infectious diseases.