UC Global Health Institute (Video)

Global health researchers from throughout the University of California system convened for the 2018 UC Global Health Day, featuring keynote speaker Vikram Patel of Harvard Medical School addressing the need for universal mental health coverage, followed by commentary from Janis Jenkins of UC San Diego and Bruce Link of UC Riverside. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32915]

Student advocates from across the UC system join the 2018 UC Global Health Day to describe efforts on their respective campuses to collaborate with faculty, campus global health groups, and each other in support of global health. Current proposed cuts to the global health budget threaten the health of communities both globally and locally. The UCGHI Advocacy Initiative helps ensure student, faculty, and community voices are heard throughout California and in Washington, D.C. by coordinating campus events and outreach to members of Congress and other elected officials. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33666]

As part of the UC Global Health Day 2015, four leading public health researchers offer ideas on how to help undocumented immigrants at the state level, in light of stalled immigration reform in Washington. Speakers include Claire Brindis of UC San Francisco, Michael Rodriguez and Steven Wallace of UCLA, and Reshma Shamasunder of the California Immigrant Policy Center. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 29632]

As part of the 2015 UC Global Health Day, student-produced videos are presented, including “Sex Squad” from UCLA, “Body Image in Venezuela” from UCLA , “Into the Pit” from UC Berkeley, “The Forgotten: Clinica del Bordo” from UC San Diego and “Global Health: My Voice” from UC San Francisco . Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 29631]

After a warm welcome from Dr Haile Debas, chair of the UC Global Health Institute, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong of UCLA gives a fascinating and accessible talk on what he describes as the global burden of cancer, especially felt in low income countries, and shares new research showing how advanced technology can be used to boost the immune system. Dr. Soon-Shiong was the keynote speaker of the 2015 UC Global Health Day. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 29419]

"Teach for California, Research for the World." That's how UC President Janet Napolitano describes the mission of the University of California as she details the UC's innovative responses to today's most pressing global health issues in this keynote address to the 2014 UC Global Health Day at UC Davis. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28301]

After introductory comments from UC President Janet Napolitano, Dr. Jonathan Samet of the USC Institute for Global Health gives an eye-opening talk on how public health campaigns dramatically reduced smoking rates in the US and offers ideas on how those techniques can be used to curb non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and diabetes. Samet’s presentation was part of UC Global Health Day 2014, sponsored by the UC Global Health Institute. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28252]

Ideas alone are good but not good enough – it takes collaboration to make things happen. That theme was heard throughout UC Global Health Day 2014, including in the morning plenary featuring Jonna Mazet, Executive Director of the One Health Institute and Andrew Hargadon of the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis. Drs. Mazet and Hargadon explored the discovery of penicillin, why this lifesaving antibiotic took so long to get to market, and what steps must be taken to advance the pace of global health innovation. UC Global Health Day was sponsored by the UC Global Health Institute. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28251]

The top three winners of the UC Global Health Institute’s student video challenge are presented as part of the UC Global Health Day 2014. First Place: Nistara Randhawa, UC Davis PhD Student Second Place: Radhika Gharpure, UC Davis Veterinary Student Third Place: Claudia Gilmore-Gutierrez, UCLA MPH Student Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 28253]

This panel focuses on the translation of clinically proven interventions into population impact, and population-based interventions that have clinical implications. Panelists explore future directions in global population sciences, including behavioral, social, and policy analysis, economics, and implementation sciences. Each panelist describes the status of his or her field, identifies emerging issues for the next two decades, and highlights opportunities for UCSF to advance global population health. Panelists: Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Professor, Department of Medicine; Elvin Geng, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine; Jim Kahn, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Claire Brindis, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Health Sciences moderates. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 27886]

The panelists discuss their global clinical investigation programs, highlighting creative research approaches and lessons learned. Topics include innovative methods for studying treatment of tuberculosis, infectious and inflammatory eye diseases, and mental health disorders in resource-constrained environments around the world. Each speaker provides case examples, discusses achievements, and shares his or her perspectives on opportunities for furthering UCSF global clinical research initiatives. Panelists: Nisha Acharya, Associate Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology; Susan Meffert, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Payam Nahid, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine. Saam Morshed, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery moderates. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 27885]

Among the most important global causes of disease are infectious parasites, including unicellular protozoans and multicellular helminths (worms), which are responsible for billions of illnesses and millions of deaths each year. This panel discusses a sampling of basic and translational research at UCSF on parasitic diseases. Maggie Feeney discusses studies of immune responses of children to malaria, including laboratory studies in Uganda and at UCSF. De’Broski Herbert discusses laboratory studies of human immune responses against worm infections. Joe DeRisi discusses basic research toward the development of new drugs to treat malaria. Phil Rosenthal, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases UCSF, moderates. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 27755]

Explore the current state of global HIV/AIDS. Panelists discuss what progress has been made in fighting this global epidemic, how research findings are being translated into improved clinical outcomes, and how the Bay Area research community is working to address the questions that remain. Panelists: Eran Bendavid, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Stanford; Stefano Bertozzi, Dean, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley; Diane Havlir, Professor and Chief of the HIV/AIDS Division & Positive Health Program, UCSF; Michael Larimore, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis. Paul Volberding, Director, AIDS Research Institute and Director of Research, Global Health Sciences, UCSF, moderates. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 27756]

Over the past 7 years, Dr. Natterson-Horowitz has been developing interdisciplinary programs at UCLA that bring together the fields of veterinary medicine, human medicine, evolutionary and wildlife biology to explore the potential for a species-spanning approach to health. The potential for comparative clinical medicine and evolutionary medicine to yield new approaches and novel hypotheses for important health challenges is only now emerging. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25000]

Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, the vice provost for global initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and the founding chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health, addresses the ethical dilemmas posed by setting global health priorities, and the tough choices policymakers need to confront. He highlights some of the world’s most pressing public health challenges and assesses some approaches that can be taken to promote health in developing nations. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 24997]

The second part of a day long gathering hosted by UC Berkeley explores the consequences of high fertility and population growth in Africa. Martha Campbell, School of Public Health at UC Berkeley and President and Founder of Venture Strategies for Health and Development, introduces Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu, Director, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP). With the African population expected to more than double in fifty years, Zulu argues for an end to child marriages, greater education - especially for girls, and a stronger health care system that includes family planning, Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 23995]

The University of California, Berkeley hosted a gathering of experts in the fields of population, sustainability, and global health. Malcolm Potts, director and founder of the Bixby Center for Population, Health & Sustainability at UC Berkeley, kicks off this plenary on population, consumption, and human wellbeing that includes a keynote address by Sir John Sulston, a Nobel Laureate and chair of the UK Royal Society Working Group People and the Planet, a project studying the relationship between changes in population size, age structure, consumption, and human well-being and a panel that includes Dr. Ndola Prata and Dr. Jaime Sepulveda. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 23514]

Dr. Gwen Griffith is a veterinarian turned conservationist, who applies her science and health training to promoting ecosystem health at the landscape level. She works with communities to help solve and adapt to a changing climate. She helps medical professionals recognize the health impacts of climate change and become part of the solution; and she enables the development community and homeowners to understand sustainable building, see the economic benefits, and take action to create sustainable and healthy homes and buildings. In her role as Director of Curriculum Development at Colorado State University, Dr. Griffith provides in-depth education on the energy, water, climate connection with an emphasis on water efficiency and source water protection. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 23830]

Dr. William Perry (UCSD Neuropsychiatry/Behavioral Med.) explores the neuropsychological perspective. He presents research linking both aging to cognitive changes, and cognition to occupational performance in physicians. He then postulates that many older physicians draw from “crystalized knowledge” and non-analytic cognitive processes. Dr. Perry presents the role of neuropsychology in assessing the aging physician and contrasts a neuropsychodiagnostic assessment with a PACE Fitness for Duty evaluation. He also introduces the idea that doctors can accommodate potentially cognitive decline and mitigate against effects of aging. Series: "UC Global Health Institute" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 23137]