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Global Health Sciences Bulletin
"Global Health Works Locally: how global health experiences promote community work at home". Dr. Bill Schecter, Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Vice-Chair of Surgery at UCSF and Chief of Surgery at the San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), will give the keynote talk, followed by presentations and a panel discussion by GHS clinical scholars about their experiences abroad. For more information contact Education
GHS and CTSI have made a joint commitment to work with faculty and staff to develop strategies to improve pre- and post-award administration at UCSF for international projects. We are hosting four town hall meetings where we hope to learn from your experiences and together identify and prioritize areas which are cause for concern and in need of improvement. Town hall meetings will be held at the following sites:
Parnassus: Tuesday, 2/26/08: 1 - 3 pm in room S118
50 Beale Street: Thursday, 2/28/08: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm in room 12061
SFGH: Thursday, 2/28/08: 1:30 - 3:30 pm in Pediatrics room 6E7
Mission Bay: Friday, 2/29/08: 10 am - 12 pm in Genentech Hall, room S261
Please RSVP by February 20 to Kelly
Sanders.
Patrick Kelly, IOM
HSW-301 on the Parnassus Campus
For more information contact Global Health Sciences at 502-6045 or email Communications.
Monday, March 10 from noon to 1:00 pm in N-217 on the Parnassus campus, the AIDS Research Institute, UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health and Department of Orofacial Sciences, in observance of International Women's Day, will offer a special presentation featuring Dr. Elizabeth Bukusi of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and Dr. Craig Cohen of UCSF. Please RSVP by email to Kathleen or by phone at 597-4560.
a lecture and discussion with Dr. Haile T. Debas, M.D.
HSW-301 on the Parnassus Campus
(to be broadcast to Mission Bay GEN S261)
Haile T. Debas, Executive Director UCSF Global Health Sciences, will talk about the efforts to develop a plan for a bold idea that creates a trans-disciplinary University of California School of Global Health engaging all 10 campuses. Dr. Debas will discuss the vision and concept of the school, review the planning efforts to date and explore with the audience the ways UCSF and our faculty may be involved. Time will be set aside for participants to provide input, raise questions and engage in discussion about UCSF participation in the School. For more information see the calendar or contact Global Health Sciences or (415) 502-6045.
Our online database of funded international projects continues to grow since its November 2007 launch. In the coming months we expect to expand the database to over 200 projects. If you have international funded activities that are not shown here, please e-mail communications@globalhealth.ucsf.edu. We welcome your feedback to improve and enhance this service. This project is a collaboration between GHS and the Clinical
and Translational Science Institute. (At this time, the database is limited to UCSF users.)
We have heard from many faculty and staff on unique issues and needs related to working on international projects. Navigating the grant administration process, financial requirements, staff recruitment, and many other processes can gain complexity in an international setting. GHS-CTSI hopes to develop strategies to improve administrative efficiencies for PIs with international activities. For the first step, we will host 4-8 town hall meetings in February and March to assess the current systems, discuss needs, and solicit suggestions for improvement. Town halls will be organized by region of activity. If you would like to participate, please contact Kelly Sanders.
The University of California Institute
for Mexico and the United States
(UC MEXUS) fellowship and grant program
directors will be at UCSF on Friday,
January 25, 2008, for a workshop
to provide information about 2008
UC MEXUS funding opportunities. UC
MEXUS offers grant and fellowship
competitions each year for UC faculty,
researchers, and students for projects
focused on bi-national and Latino
research and collaborative academic
programs and exchanges in all disciplines.
The workshop, to be held from 11:30am
to 1:00pm in HSW-301 on the Parnassus
campus, will include a brief description
of current UC MEXUS competitions,
including proposal writing suggestions,
with plenty of time for individual
questions. Faculty, researchers,
and students are welcome. For further
information and to RSVP, contact Lauri
Medeiros, Director, Corporate and
Foundation Relations at 415-502-8304,
or by email.
This event is co-sponsored by UCSF
School of Pharmacy, Global Health Sciences
and Corporate & Foundation Relations.
GHCSP is accepting applications for 2008 cycle from graduate students or residents at UCSF in one of the following Schools: Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing or Pharmacy. Deadline for submission is January 31. Please visit the website for more details. For questions, email Education.
On Friday, January 25 at 6 pm in Cole Hall, the campus community is invited to view the documentary Miss HIV -- and hear UCSF experts talking about strategies to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. The free event is sponsored by UCSF Public Affairs. Panelists include David Bangsberg, MD, MPH, an associate professor of medicine in residence and scientist at the AIDS Research Institute; Gertrude Khumalo-Sakutukwa, MMEdSc, a research specialist at the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies; Norman Hearst, MD, PhD, professor of family and community medicine; and Prasanna Jagannathan, MD, resident and clinical scholar, Global Health Sciences. Moderator: Shipra Shukla, UCSF Public Affairs. For more information see website.
The Global Health Group is a new "action tank" established within Global Health Sciences by Dr Richard Feachem in October 2007. Its focus is on driving large-scale action on selected major priority issues within global health and development, currently elimination of malaria, and health systems strengthening. Dr Feachem and the Global Health Group (GHG) and are pleased to announce two new members of the Group:
- Dr. Dominic Montagu joined the GHG as of January 1 as head of its health systems initiative, focusing on an enhanced role for the private sector in strengthening health systems in developing countries. Dominic has held joint appointments with the Institute for Global Health (IGH) and UC Berkeley School of Public Health, and will transition into his new GHG role between now and April 2008.
- Hyun-Ju Woo joined the GHG in December as Executive Assistant to Dr Feachem. Hyun previously worked at IGH, running its Dinner Series, and worked with Dr Feachem during the startup of the IGH.
Recruitment for the GHG's COO/Deputy Director and Program Coordinator positions is actively underway, and we welcome referrals to individuals with significant background in malaria for a pending full time position. Please refer any questions to Elizabeth Brashers, Startup Operations Officer, at 597-8180 or brasherse@globalhealth.ucsf.edu.
GHCSP is accepting applications for 2008 cycle from graduate students or residents at UCSF in one of the following Schools: Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing or Pharmacy. Deadline for submission is January 31. Please visit the website for more details. For questions, email education@globalhealth.ucsf.edu.
The Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation has funding available for UC faculty and students, including research funding, dissertation fellowships, and a summer internship available in Washington, DC. Deadlines are late January and early February for funding for the 2008 - 2009 academic year. For details, see http://igcc.ucsd.edu or contact Estella
Post.
Integration of HIV care and Treatment into Prenatal Care
in Rural Kenya: A Cluster Randomized Trial
- Dr. Sierra Washington, MD MPH
Friday, January 18, noon - 1:00 pm at SF General, Building 80, 4th floor (Ward 84) conference room. See flier for details or contact Sophy
Wong for more information.
UC provides free travel insurance coverage for all employees traveling out of state and to foreign countries on UC business. Benefits include emergency evacuation, travel assistance, loss of property, and more. Travelers must register before EACH trip to be covered. More information on the UC travel insurance program can be found at http://www.uctravel.org/
If you would like to promote a program, service,
or event of interest to the UCSF Global Health
Sciences community, please contact
us for
consideration of your posting via the GHS
bulletin.
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