CEGA Program Manager, Agriculture and Institutions

Program Manager, Agriculture and Institutions The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) seeks a full-time Program Manager to support our Agriculture and Institutions research programs. CEGA is a hub for research on global development, with a network of over 60 academic researchers extending across the University of California, Stanford University, and the University of Washington.

UC Berkeley Students Embark on Global Health Summer Fellowships

Every summer, students from across UC Berkeley eagerly plan and prepare for overseas adventures. Many have ambitions to explore the world, learn new things, create lifelong memories, and seek adventure. And for some, high on the to-do checklist is to improve the lives of those less fortunate, in resource-poor communities far, far away from the sprawling green lawns and clear blue skies of

Paul Gertler blogs: Good science gone wrong?

Good science gone wrong? Paul Gertler, professor, Haas School of Business and School of Public Health | 8/3/15 Most scientists want to tell the truth. We want to help people by answering important questions, and sharing what we learn. But the research endeavor is big and messy. And as we’ve learned from the climate change

Exploring the Contribution of Host Susceptibility to Epidemiological Patterns of Schistosoma japonicum Infection Using an Individual-Based Model.

CGPH FACULTY: Robert Spear DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2015 REGION: Asia REFERENCE: Wang S, Spear RC. Exploring the Contribution of Host Susceptibility to Epidemiological Patterns of Schistosoma japonicum Infection Using an Individual-Based Model. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jun 3;92(6):1245-52. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0691. Epub 2015 Apr 13. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: We recently reported the analysis of epidemiological

E. coli Attenuation by Fe Electrocoagulation in Synthetic Bengal Groundwater: Effect of pH and Natural Organic Matter.

CGPH FACULTY: Kara Nelson DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2015 REGION: Asia REFERENCE: Delaire C, van Genuchten CM, Nelson KL, Amrose SE, Gadgil AJ. E. coli Attenuation by Fe Electrocoagulation in Synthetic Bengal Groundwater: Effect of pH and Natural Organic Matter. Environ Sci Technol. 2015 Jul 14. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Technologies addressing both arsenic and microbial contamination of

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

CGPH FACULTY: Suellen Miller DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Miller S, Belizán JM. The true cost of maternal death: individual tragedy impacts family, community and nations. Reprod Health. 2015 Jun 17;12(1):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

A case-control study of correlates of severe acute maternal morbidity in Kabul, Afghanistan.

CGPH FACULTY: Suellen Miller DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2015 REGION: Asia REFERENCE: Todd CS, Mansoor GF, Haider S, Hashimy P, Mustafavi N, Nasir A, Miller S. A case-control study of correlates of severe acute maternal morbidity in Kabul, Afghanistan. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2015 Aug;130(2):142-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.02.035. Epub 2015 May 14. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: To identify correlates

Implementation and Operational Research: Uptake of Services and Behaviors in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Cascade in Zimbabwe.

CGPH FACULTY: Sandra McCoy, Nancy Padian DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: McCoy SI, Buzdugan R, Padian NS, Musarandega R, Engelsmann B, Martz TE, Mushavi A, Mahomva A, Cowan FM. Implementation and Operational Research: Uptake of Services and Behaviors in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Cascade in Zimbabwe. J Acquir Immune Defic

Parasitism in Children Aged Three Years and Under: Relationship between Infection and Growth in Rural Coastal Kenya.

CGPH FACULTY: Desiree LaBeaud DATE OF PUBLICATION: May 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: LaBeaud AD, Nayakwadi Singer M, McKibben M, Mungai P, Muchiri EM, McKibben E, Gildengorin G, Sutherland LJ, King CH, King CL, Malhotra I. Parasitism in Children Aged Three Years and Under: Relationship between Infection and Growth in Rural Coastal Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop

Perceptions of social mobility: development of a new psychosocial indicator associated with adolescent risk behaviors.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald, Stefano Bertozzi DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Ritterman Weintraub ML, Fernald LC, Adler N, Bertozzi S, Syme SL. Perceptions of social mobility: development of a new psychosocial indicator associated with adolescent risk behaviors. Front Public Health. 2015 Apr 16;3:62. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00062. eCollection 2015. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Social class gradients

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: June 2015 REGION: Africa, Asia 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 and 8

Slum Sanitation and the Social Determinants of Women’s Health in Nairobi, Kenya.

CGPH FACULTY: Jason Corburn DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Corburn J, Hildebrand C. Slum Sanitation and the Social Determinants of Women’s Health in Nairobi, Kenya. J Environ Public Health. 2015;2015:209505. Epub 2015 Apr 28. Review. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Inadequate urban sanitation disproportionately impacts the social determinants of women’s health in informal settlements or slums.