Global Health Sciences News Archives 2006

• GHS postdoc featured in UCSF Today
• International Fellowship Program Seeks Applicants
• Global Health Symposium Highlighted in the Philanthropy Insider
• Where AIDS Funding Should Go
• The Fourth Annual Global Health Symposium Recap
• The Fourth Annual Global Health Symposium
• Partners in Education: UCSF in Tanzania
• Past News Articles 2005-2004

Elizabeth Fair: Making a Greater Impact in Global Health
October 27, 2006

UCSF postdoctoral scholar Elizabeth Fair is helping to shape the future direction of Global Health Sciences (GHS).

Since Global Health Sciences began only three years ago with the vision of Executive Director Haile Debas, Fair has been working alongside about 65 researchers from UCSF and UC Berkeley on strategic planning to determine the institutes mission and future goals, as well as to devise models for applying basic science to global health work over the next five to 10 years.

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International Fellowship Program Seeks Applicants
October 2006

The Fogarty International Center/Ellison Overseas Fellowship Program is an exciting one-year clinical research training experience for graduate level U.S. students in the health professions. This is an opportunity for highly motivated individuals to experience mentored research training at top-ranked NIH funded research centers in a diverse group of countries, including Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, China, Haiti, India, Kenya, Mali, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia.

The program is sponsored by the NIH's Fogarty International Center (FIC) in partnership with The Ellison Medical Foundation, the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Association of American Medical Colleges and the Association of Schools of Public Health are managing the program.

To learn more please contact Yolanda Thomas, AAMC Division of Biomedical and Health Sciences Research, at ythomas@aamc.org, or 202-828-0481 or visit http://www.aamc.org/students/medstudents/overseasfellowship.

Global Health Symposium Highlighted in the Philanthropy Insider
May 2006

In the May issue of the Philanthropy Insider, the Fourth Annual Gobal Health Symposium was featured with a recap of the event and its purpose. The article describes, "Now in its third year, GHS provides an opportunity for UCSF's faculty and students to help eliminate health disparities across the globe, improving the lives of vulnerable populations from the San Francisco Bay Area to Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America."

To see this spotlight, please go to the full article.

Where AIDS Funding Should Go
May 20, 2006

By Dean Jamison and Nancy Padian

Last month public health experts from around the world gathered in Beijing to celebrate the launch of a comprehensive international study of health interventions and strategies for the 21st century. The book that resulted is known as Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, second...

Please go to the full article for more information.

The Fourth Annual Global Health Symposium Recap
May 18, 2006

Global Health Sciences and the School of Medicine’s Office of International Programs held its 4 th Annual Global Health Symposium on April 24, 2006. In addition to a keynote address, four students presented their prize-winning projects to an audience of approximately 150 faculty and students, and the first ever Faculty Mentor Award in Global Health was awarded. The formal presentations were followed by a student poster session and reception.

Please see the full article for more information.

The Fourth Annual Global Health Symposium
April 7, 2006

At the 4th Annual Global Health Symposium on April 24 at 4pm in N-217, Dr. Gerald Keusch of Boston University will deliver a keynote address entitled, “Is Academia Relevant to Global Health?” The event will showcase UCSF students’ international research, project work, or service completed during professional school. Oral presentations will be given by the four winners of the abstract competition decided by a panel of global health faculty. Additional projects will be presented as posters, as part of a poster contest that will be judged by attendees at the symposium. Also featured is a slide show of images captured by students and faculty working on projects around the world. A reception featuring food and music will follow in the Nursing Mezzanine.

For more information, please go to the events section of the web site.

Partners in Education: UCSF in Tanzania
March 27, 2006

A two-day conference was the highlight of a recent visit by a team of education leaders from the UCSF School of Medicine to the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences (MUCHS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This visit was part of an emerging collaboration between the two institutions, spearheaded by UCSF Global Health Sciences to build the capacity to improve the education of the health professionals in Tanzania.

The full article of this conference can be found in the News section of the UCSF School of Medicine website.