UC Berkeley students: apply for a CUGH registration scholarship!
Deadline: February 29, 2016 UC Berkeley Center for Global Public Health and The Center for Emerging & Neglected Diseases are partnering up to provide students with an opportunity to attend this...
View Article2/10 Seminar: Engaging with remote communities using mobile technology
Event Details Wednesday, February 10, 2016 5:00 – 6:00 PM 545 Li Ka Shing Center, UC Berkeley **use elevator entrance @ 2nd floor lobby, same level as Pat Brown’s** Rsvp: http://msurvey.eventbrite.com...
View Article3/3/16: UCB expert panel on the Zika virus
Event information The Zika virus has been spreading rapidly throughout Latin America, with numerous implications for global public health regionally and across borders. In response, the UC Berkeley...
View ArticleUC Berkeley Global Health Case Competition Highlights Student Energy for...
On Saturday, February 27th, a large group of students gathered at the Li Ka Shing Building on the UC Berkeley campus to participate in the first ever UC Berkeley Intramural Global Health Case...
View ArticleExploring the world to make a difference: 2016 CGPH Fellows embark on new...
Exploring the world to make a difference: CGPH Fellows embark on new adventures By: Amie Zhangada, Center for Global Public Health As the school year winds down to a close and summer edges closer,...
View ArticleNow hiring – CGPH Program Manager position
Job Summary: CGPH Program Manager, UC Berkeley The Center for Global Public Health (CGPH) at UC Berkeley is a transdisciplinary Center that serves as a hub for global health sciences research at UC...
View ArticleCGPH fellow explores NCDs and food culture in Trujillo, Peru
Shane Fallon is a UC Berkeley School of Public Health Masters student who was awarded a Center for Global Public Health Reporting Fellowship this summer. Her summer project takes her to Peru, to...
View ArticleResearchers map Zika’s routes to the developing fetus: Antibiotic stops the...
“Our paper shows that duramycin efficiently blocks infection of numerous placental cell types and intact first-trimester human placental tissue by contemporary strains of Zika virus recently isolated...
View ArticleHuman exposure to methylmercury from crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in China
UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Ben K. Greenfield DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2016 REGION: China REFERENCE: Peng Q, Greenfield BK, Dang F, Zhong H. Human exposure to methylmercury from crayfish (Procambarus...
View ArticleCardiovascular disease and impoverishment averted due to a salt reduction...
UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Zachary D. Olson DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2016 REGION: South Africa REFERENCE: Watkins DA, Olson ZD, Verguet S, Nugent RA, Jamison DT. Cardiovascular disease and impoverishment...
View ArticleClimate and the Timing of Imported Cases as Determinants of the Dengue...
UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Qu Cheng, Robert C. Spear DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2016 REGION: China REFERENCE: Cheng Q, Jing Q, Spear RC, Marshall JM, Yang Z, Gong P. Climate and the Timing of Imported...
View ArticleOblongifolin M, an active compound isolated from a Chinese medical herb...
UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Jason He DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2016 REGION: China REFERENCE: Wang M, Dong Q, Wang H, et al. Oblongifolin M, an active compound isolated from a Chinese medical herb Garcinia...
View ArticleBurden of Influenza and Influenza-associated Pneumonia in the First Year of...
UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2016 REGION: Managua, Nicaragua REFERENCE: Gresh L, Kuan G, Sanchez N, et al. Burden of Influenza and Influenza-Associated Pneumonia in the...
View ArticleMetabolomics-Based Discovery of Small Molecule Biomarkers in Serum Associated...
UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: Februray 2016 REGION: Nicaragua and Mexico REFERENCE: Voge NV, Perera R, Mahapatra S, et al. Metabolomics-Based Discovery of Small Molecule...
View ArticleEffectiveness of a conditional cash transfer programme on TB cure rate: a...
UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Zachary Olson DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2016 REGION: Brazil, Latin America REFERENCE: Torrens AW, Rasella D, Boccia D, et al. Effectiveness of a conditional cash transfer programme...
View ArticleThe Impact of Repeat HIV Testing on Risky Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a...
UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Zachary Wagner DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2016 REGION: Malawi, Africa REFERENCE: Delavande A, Wagner Z, Sood N. The Impact of Repeat HIV Testing on Risky Sexual Behavior: Evidence...
View ArticleExposure versus Susceptibility as Alternative Bases for New Approaches to...
UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Shuo Wang, Robert C. Spear DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2016 REGION: China REFERENCE: Wang S, Spear RC. Exposure versus Susceptibility as Alternative Bases for New Approaches to...
View ArticleEvolutionarily Successful Asian 1 Dengue Virus 2 Lineages Contain One...
UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Chunling Wang, Leah C. Katzelnick, Magdela Montoya, Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2016 REGION: Asia REFERENCE: Wang C, Katzelnick LC, Montoya M, Hue KD, Simmons CP, Harris...
View ArticleHomotypic Dengue Virus Reinfections in Nicaraguan Children
UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Chunling Wang, Eva Harris, Magelda Montoya DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2016 REGION: Nicaragua REFERENCE: Waggoner JJ, Balmaseda A, Gresh L, et al. Homotypic Dengue Virus Reinfections...
View ArticleA hybrid mobile approach for population-wide HIV testing in rural east...
UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Maya L Petersen, Edwin D. Charlebois (UCSF) DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2016 REGION: Sub-Saharan Africa REFERENCE: Chamie G, Clark TD, Kabami J, et al. A hybrid mobile approach for...
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