END7 – March 31 at 4 pm

The Center for Global Public Health (CGPH) and the Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases (CEND) are pleased to invite you to a presentation by Emily Conron, Resource Development Associate at the Sabin Vaccine Institute. Come out to learn about the seven most common neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), the global strategy for control and elimination,

Development Impact Lab

Please join the Blum Center for Developing Economies for an upcoming workshop for those interested in documenting their social justice field research/experiences.   Next Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm, the Blum Center’s Development Impact Lab will be hosting a workshop on “Documenting your Field Experience through Video” in 100 Blum Hall.  You can RSVP Here Facilitated by

Global Adolescent Health Symposium recap!

Last Thursday, over 100 faculty, students, and guests gathered at Sutardja Dai Hall for the 2015 UC Berkeley Center for Global Public Health Annual Symposium. This year’s theme, “Making Cents, Making Change,” focused on economic innovations for adolescent health and wellbeing. The symposium featured a keynote address by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor of Social Work

Afghan National Public Health Institute Speaker

Monday, January 26th 12-1pm. 15 Haviland Hall, UC Berkeley Please join us in welcoming Dr. Musarat who is visiting from Kabul, Afghanistan Dr. Nawid Musarat is the Regional Disease Early Warning System (DEWS) Surveillance Coordinator in the Afghan National Public Health Institute (ANPHI), a part of the Ministry of Public Health. Dr. Musarat holds a

2015 CGPH Adolescent Health Symposium: Making Cents, Making Change

Making Cents, Making Change Economic Innovations to Improve Youth Health and Well-Being February 5, 2015 • 9:00am-2:00pm Sutardja Dai Hall • UC Berkeley Light breakfast & Lunch will be provided RSVP: makingchange-globalhealth.eventbrite.com Please join us February 5, 2015 to discuss innovative approaches to improving local and global youth health and wellbeing through economic interventions and other forms of structural

Plague, SARS, Flu and Ebola : what lessons have we learned?

 January 21, 2015: 10 Haviland Hall, 12-1:00pm Professor Joseph J.Y. Sung, SBS, JP Vice-Chancellor / President Mok Hing Yiu Professor of Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong ”The history of the infectious diseases in modern times remain inextricably intertwined with the history of the cities that spawned them” ~Anne Hardy In 1894, an outbreak

Student Video and Plenary Contest – UC Global Health Day 2015.

  Student Video and Plenary Contest | Enter Today The UC Global Health Institute (UCGHI) invites students and trainees to submit for the video or plenary contest for UC Global Health Day 2015. This annual conference is a showcase of the research, training and outreach in global health being undertaken across the University of California. This

Feb. 5, 2015 – Save the Date! CGPH Annual Symposium

Refugee Health During Humanitarian Crisis: Focus on Chronic Disease

Refugee Health During Humanitarian Crisis: Focus on Chronic Disease Dr. Philippa Boulle, Non-Communicable Disease Advisor & Lead, Chronic Diseases Group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF/Doctors Without Borders) When: Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 4:00-5:00 pm  Where: 150 University Hall  **Followed by Reception/CGPH Happy Hour** 2nd floor lobby, Li Ka Shing Center, 5:00-6:00 pm Speaker Bio: Dr. Philippa Boulle, MBBS(Hons), MPH, DTMH, is the Non-Communicable Diseases Advisor and

NOV 13 – Ebola Pannel at UCB

NOV 19 – Global Adolescent Health film screening

Kindly RSVP to this film showing and talk:  serenpk@berkeley.edu The UC Berkeley Global Adolescent Health Colloquium presents Map Your World: The Revolutionary Optimists A Youth as Change Agents Film Series Event Please join us on Wednesday, November 19th from 4-7pm in Li Ka Shing 125 for a film screening and youth panel discussion. We will screen the inspiring, Emmy-nominated documentary film, “The

NOV 13 – CEGA World Development Report Seminar

CEGA World Development Report SeminarCEGA is hosting a seminar by Anna Fruttero on highlights from this year’s World Development Report, Mind, Society and Behavior, Thursday, November 13. Please see the attached flyer or find more information and register here: http://cega.berkeley.edu/events/world-development-report-seminar/   More info here