Upcoming Binational Health Week to highlight UCB-UCSF health collaboration in new UC-Mexico Initiative

Upcoming 15th Annual Binational Health Week will highlight UCB-UCSF health collaboration in new UC-Mexico Initiative During the first two weeks of October, many distinguished guests from Latin America will be in the Bay Area for the 15th Annual Binational Health Week which will be hosted by the University of California, Berkeley, nearly a full decade

9/18/15: UC Berkeley Global Health Fellows Symposium (MHIRT/CGPH Fellows)

This casual symposium will showcase the global health research and experiences of UC Berkeley fellows awarded UC global health fellowships in summer 2015. The fellows from the following programs will be presenting: The Center for Global Public Health Global Health Research Fellowships (graduate students), The Center for Global Public Health Reporting Internship, and The Henry

Immediate Job Opening for Graduate Student Researcher

The Bixby Center for Population, Health & Sustainability, School of Public Health, is advertising for a Graduate Student Researcher to start as soon as possible. Please circulate this message to students in your department. This position was created through funding from the UC Berkeley Curriculum Enrichment Grant Program to further develop a pilot course PH196.003

Preterm delivery among first-time Mexico-born mothers: a binational population-based comparison of deliveries in California and Mexico.

CGPH FACULTY: Julia Walsh DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Guendelman S, Thornton D, Perez-Cuevas R, Walsh J. Preterm delivery among first-time Mexico-born mothers: a binational population-based comparison of deliveries in California and Mexico. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2015 Jan;69(1):35-40. doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204020. Epub 2014 Sep 10. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: While studies have attributed the

The true cost of maternal death: individual tragedy impacts family, community and nations.

CGPH FACULTY: Suellen Miller DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2015 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Miller S, Belizán JM. The true cost of maternal death: individual tragedy impacts family, community and nations. Reprod Health. 2015 Jun 17;12:56. doi: 10.1186/s12978-015-0046-3. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The death of a woman in pregnancy and childbirth is globally considered an individual tragedy and a human

Evaluating the Impact of Zimbabwe’s Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Program: Population-Level Estimates of HIV-Free Infant Survival Pre-Option A.

CGPH FACULTY: Sandra McCoy, Nancy Padian DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Buzdugan R, McCoy SI, Watadzaushe C, Kang Dufour MS, Petersen M, Dirawo J, Mushavi A, Mujuru HA, Mahomva A, Musarandega R, Hakobyan A, Mugurungi O, Cowan FM, Padian NS. Evaluating the Impact of Zimbabwe’s Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Program: Population-Level

Microcredit participation and women’s health: results from a cross-sectional study in Peru.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Hamad R, Fernald LC. Microcredit participation and women’s health: results from a cross-sectional study in Peru. Int J Equity Health. 2015 Aug 5;14:62. doi: 10.1186/s12939-015-0194-7. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Social and economic conditions are powerful determinants of women’s health status. Microcredit, which involves the provision

Impact of a private sector living wage intervention on depressive symptoms among apparel workers in the Dominican Republic: a quasi-experimental study.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald, Karen Sokal-Gutierrez DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Burmaster KB, Landefeld JC, Rehkopf DH, Lahiff M, Sokal-Gutierrez K, Adler-Milstein S, Fernald LC. Impact of a private sector living wage intervention on depressive symptoms among apparel workers in the Dominican Republic: a quasi-experimental study. BMJ Open. 2015 Aug 3;5(8):e007336.

Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Household Food Security and Child Anthropometry at Ages 5 and 8 Years in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2015 REGION: Lain America, Asia, Africa REFERENCE: Humphries DL, Dearden KA, Crookston BT, Fernald LC, Stein AD, Woldehanna T, Penny ME, Behrman JR; Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team. Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Household Food Security and Child Anthropometry at Ages 5

A Cross-Sectional Study of Prisoners in Mexico City Comparing Prevalence of Transmissible Infections and Chronic Diseases with That in the General Population.

CGPH FACULTY: Stefano Bertozzi DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Bautista-Arredondo S, González A, Servan-Mori E, Beynon F, Juarez-Figueroa L, Conde-Glez CJ, Gras N, Sierra-Madero J, Lopez-Ridaura R, Volkow P, Bertozzi SM. A Cross-Sectional Study of Prisoners in Mexico City Comparing Prevalence of Transmissible Infections and Chronic Diseases with That in the

Introduction and Establishment of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Managua, Nicaragua.

CGPH FACULTY: Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Belli A, Arostegui J, Garcia J, Aguilar C, Lugo E, Lopez D, Valle S, Lopez M, Harris E, Coloma J. J Med Entomol. Introduction and Establishment of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Managua, Nicaragua. 2015 Jul;52(4):713-8. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjv049. Epub 2015 May 6.

10/3/15 – Summit on Public Health and Innovation in the Middle East

Join The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The Center for Global Public Health/SPH, and Big Ideas@ Berkeley for a Summit on Public Health and Innovation in the Middle East: http://cmes.berkeley.edu/summit/.