UC Global Health Institute

SAVE-THE-DATE: Saturday, April 24, 2021 This virtual UC Global Health Day 2021 event will have a thematic focus on decolonizing global health to advance health equity. We are dedicated to amplifying diverse voices and we understand that in order to meet our goals and reimagine global health it will take a great deal of creativity. So, we are thrilled to invite you to submit to the Creative Expression Contest in photography, video and poetry. Selected submissions will be fea...tured at next year’s UC Global Health Day. You are encouraged to take this holiday break to consider a submission to the contest. To find out more emerging event details: http://bit.ly/UCGHD2021 About UC Global Health Day: Interdisciplinary by nature and collaborative in spirit, global health efforts encompass a range of academic topics from psychology to engineering to sustainability and economics, scholars are committed to improving the health of humans, animals and ecosystems around the globe. This event builds on the work of global health practitioners from UC and beyond by bringing together partners, leaders and young career professionals for a day of sharing and discussion.

In this op-ed for Forbes, Douglas M. Haynes, professor of history and vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion, and member of the UCGHI Black Lives Matter Task Force, shares what responses to the deaths of Kobe Bryant and George Floyd reveal about the state of race in the U.S. Via School of Humanities at UC Irvine

Whether at a birthday party in Brazil, a funeral in Kenya or protests in Hong Kong, humans all use variations of the same facial expressions in similar social contexts, such as smiles, frowns, grimaces and scowls, a new UC Berkeley study shows.

UCGHI Director Tom Coates calls for action now on global funding in the next COVID-19 emergency supplemental in The Hill.

Gulf Research Program’s 2021 Early-Career Research Fellowship Program Introduces New Track on Health Equity