Quarterly Newsletter | Spring 2025 | | |
There’s Still Time to Apply to the UCSF Master’s Program in Global Health Sciences!
As we navigate long-standing and emergent challenges in the coming years, the need for highly skilled global health professionals to problem-solve and work with those most affected both domestically and globally will grow. As the nation’s first master’s program in Global Health Sciences, our program is re-committed to its mission of training the next generation of global health leaders.
The degree offers hands-on experience through independent capstone projects tailored to students’ interests and in partnership with academic institutions, Ministries of Health or NGOs in the U.S. or around the globe. Many of these partners are already seeking student support for the coming year. If you know someone who might be interested, please pass this information along! Both one-year full-time and two-year 50%-time tracks are offered for this program, allowing students to self-direct their learning based on their own needs.
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| | Screenshot from NBC News story filmed at UCSF (January 18, 2025 broadcast) | | Pulse Oximetry Research Expands to Uganda to Test Devices in Globally Diverse Populations | UCSF’s Open Oximetry Project was created to improve the safety and precision of pulse oximeters in all populations. The project is now working to open a new pulse oximeter testing center in Uganda which will help provide a better snapshot of how pulse oximeters work in a diverse population. | | IGHS staff meet at an HIV clinic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with clinic staff and partners to prepare for a data quality assessment and improvement activity. Courtesy of GIReD. | | Improving HIV/AIDS Data Quality in the Democratic Republic of Congo | The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been fighting to control the HIV/AIDS epidemic for decades. The U.S. government asked IGHS to help the country improve its data quality. | | A surveyor and a healthcare provider review data and surveillance strategies for monitoring waterborne diseases, with a focus on community health and safety. | | Connecting Research to Development: A Case Study | IGHS has partnered with Connecting Research to Development (CRD) to support the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health in detecting and responding to waterborne disease outbreaks. These coordinated efforts effectively contained the cholera threat and highlighted the resilience of the local health system, strengthened by CRD’s integrated approach to emergency response. | | | | Meet Pendo Ibrahim, MD, MS, a clinical researcher with the Global Cancer Program at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania. Ibrahim and her team are tackling one of East Africa’s biggest cancer challenges: Kaposi’s Sarcoma. | | Advocacy at UCSF: Email Your Representatives to Say No to Funding cuts |
- Urge Congress to Oppose Medicaid Cuts! Congress is considering a budget bill that could mean devastating cuts to Medicaid. This could weaken a healthcare system that serves 72 million Americans and covers 2 out of every 5 births in the United States. Cuts to Medicaid will threaten UCSF’s mission to provide care to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay. UCSF Health sees more Medi-Cal inpatients than any other health system in San Francisco. Members of Congress need to hear from their constituents that it is important to protect access to healthcare and vote against cuts to the Medicaid program. Click below to email your representative.
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it plans to slash facilities and administrative (F&A) funding for research institutions. When the NIH awards a research grant, it provides F&A funding at a negotiated rate to cover the costs of research facilities, technology and the other costs necessary to conduct the research. As the largest public recipient of NIH funds, UCSF is one of the most important voices for the research community in opposing these cuts. Email your Members of Congress and tell them how devastating these cuts will be to UCSF’s ability to perform life-saving research.
| | IGHS Offers Mentored Grant for Early Stage Investigators at UCSF | Early Stage Investigators at UCSF can apply for the Mentored Scientist Award in Global Health Research to conduct global health-focused research projects. | | | |
Digital Research Methods for Health Equity in Marginalized Communities with Rachel Belt, MSc
April 16, noon to 1 p.m. PST
Mission Hall, Room 3700 and via Zoom
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Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia (CHESA)'s 5th Anniversary Celebration
April 22, 9 a.m. to noon PST
UCSF Parnassus Heights, Aldea Center at Mount Sutro, 155 Johnstone Dr. and via Zoom
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Bay Area World Malaria Day Forum
April 25, 8 a.m. to noon PST
UCSF Mission Bay
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IGHS Grand Rounds: International Nurses Day 2025
May 7, 4 to 6 p.m. PST
Mission Hall, Room 1400 and via Zoom
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Global Nursing Impact Series with Joe P. Davies, BSN, RN
May 13, 7 to 7:30 a.m. PST
Via Zoom
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Enhancing Respiratory Care in Uganda with Digital Support with Laura Ellington, MD, MS
May 21, noon to 1 p.m. PST
Mission Hall, Room 3500
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The Origins of Ebola as a Human Pathogen with David McIver, PhD
May 28, noon to 1 p.m. PST
Mission Hall, Room 3700 and via Zoom
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IGHS Grand Rounds: Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, on the Future of HIV Prevention
June 4, 11 a.m. to noon PST
Genentech Hall, Byers Auditorium and via Zoom
Check our Events page for registration information (coming soon).
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Save the Dates!
IGHS Celebrates 25 Years!
November 12 & 13, 2025
UCSF Mission Bay
Stay tuned for more information.
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A turning point for global health: challenge or opportunity? Goosby E., Reid, Michael J A. The Lancet, 12 March 2025.
Self-perception of risk for HIV acquisition among people in prisons in Iran: A nationwide survey in 2017. Abdolahinia, Z., Nejadghaderi, S., Mehmandoost, S. et al. BMC Public Health, 1 February 2025.
Effect of mass drug administration on malaria incidence in southeast Senegal during 2020–22: a two-arm, open-label, cluster-randomised controlled trial. El-hadji Konko Ciré Ba, Michelle E Roh, Abdoulaye Diallo, Tidiane Gadiaga, Amadou Seck, Sylla Thiam, Ari Fogelson, Seynabou Gaye, Ibrahima Diallo, Aminata Colle Lo, Elhadji Diouf, Oumar Gallo Ba, Alioune Badara Gueye, Xue Wu, Paul Milligan, Tabitha Kibuka, Moustapha Hama, Erin Eckert, Julie Thwing, Adam Bennett, Roly Gosling, Jimee Hwang, Doudou Sene, Fatou Ba, Bayal Cissé, Katharine Sturm-Ramirez, Michelle S Hsiang, Jean Louis Ndiaye. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 9 January 2025.
Willingness to pay for a mosquito bite prevention ‘forest pack’ in Cambodia: results of a discrete choice experiment. Yukich, J., Doum, D., McIver, D.J. et al. Malaria Journal, 19 December 2024.
Ebolavirus evolution and emergence are associated with land use change. Christian E. Lange, Thomas R. Barnum, David J. McIver, Matthew LeBreton, Karen Saylors, Charles Kumakamba, Sara Lowes, Eduardo Montero, Robert L. Cohen
Ecological Monographs, 11 December 2024.
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