John and Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement; Deadline: 9/11/15

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Call for Nominations: 2016 Gairdner Global Health Award, Deadline Oct. 1, 2015

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Attend the Lindahl Lecture in Napa – August 29

The Lindahl Lecture was founded in 2012 by Dr. Eric Grigsby and the Health Roots Foundation for Global Health, partnering with Neurovations Education to bring distinguished thinkers in the sciences to speak to an audience of young scientists, researchers, and current and future clinicians and public health professionals. The Third Annual Lindahl Lecture will be delivered

Factors Associated with Low Levels of HIV Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Brazil

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Art Reingold DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2015 REGION: Brazil REFERENCE: Brito AM, Kendall C, Kerr L, Mota RMS, Guimarães MDC, Dourado I, et al. (2015) Factors Associated with Low Levels of HIV Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Brazil. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0130445. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130445 SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The aim of

Food insecurity is a barrier to prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study.

CGPH FACULTY: Sandra McCoy, Nancy Padian DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: McCoy SI, Buzdugan R, Mushavi A, Mahomva A, Cowan FM, Padian NS. Food insecurity is a barrier to prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2015 Apr 25;15(1):420. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1764-8. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Food insecurity (FI)

City planning as preventive medicine.

CGPH FACULTY: Jason Corburn DATE OF PUBLICATION: May 2015 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Corburn J. City planning as preventive medicine. Prev Med. 2015 May 1. pii: S0091-7435(15)00149-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.04.022. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The health and well-being of rapidly growing urban populations is a global health issue. Cities in the global north and south are faced with rising health

Twins Less Frequent Than Expected Among Male Births in Risk Averse Populations.

CGPH FACULTY: Ralph Catalano DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Europe REFERENCE: Karasek D, Goodman J, Gemmill A, Falconi A, Hartig T, Magganas A, Catalano R. Twins Less Frequent Than Expected Among Male Births in Risk Averse Populations. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2015 Apr 28:1-7 SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Male twin gestations exhibit higher incidence of fetal morbidity

Hypertension in a Brazilian Urban Slum Population.

CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Unger A, Felzemburgh RD, Snyder RE, Ribeiro GS, Mohr S, Costa VB, Melendez AX, Reis RB, Santana FS, Riley LW, Reis MG, Ko AI; Pau da Lima Urban Health Team. Hypertension in a Brazilian Urban Slum Population. J Urban Health. 2015 Apr

Identification of culturable vaginal Lactobacillus species among reproductive age women in Mysore, India.

CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Asia REFERENCE: Madhivanan P, Alleyn HN, Raphael E, Krupp K, Ravi K, Nebhrajani R, Arun A, Reingold AL, Riley LW, Klausner JD. Identification of culturable vaginal Lactobacillus species among reproductive age women in Mysore, India. J Med Microbiol. 2015 Apr 14. pii: jmm.0.000070. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000070.

Economic and disease burden of dengue in Mexico.

CGPH FACULTY: Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Undurraga EA, Betancourt-Cravioto M, Ramos-Castañeda J, Martínez-Vega R, Méndez-Galván J, Gubler DJ, Guzmán MG, Halstead SB, Harris E, Kuri-Morales P, Tapia-Conyer R, Shepard DS. Economic and disease burden of dengue in Mexico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Mar 18;9(3):e0003547. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003547. eCollection

*INVITATION* 2015 Global Children’s Nutrition and Oral Health Symposium: New Directions for Effective Transdisciplinary Interventions

The Center for Global Public Health and Health Roots Global Health Foundation, in partnership with UCSF Global Oral Health and Thrive Networks, invite you to join us for the 2015 Global Children’s Nutrition and Oral Health Symposium: New Directions for Effective Transdisciplinary Interventions on May 5, 2015 from 9:00-3:00pm, at the David Brower Center, UC Berkeley. We will be bringing together practitioners,

First UC Berkeley team to compete in Emory Global Health Case Competition takes top honors

When five UC Berkeley students assembled to enter the 2015 Emory Global Health Case Competition—the first time a Berkeley team had entered—they weren’t expecting to win. Nonetheless, they took the top prize at the prestigious international competition, which aims to promote awareness of and develop innovative solutions for 21st century global health issues. Twenty-four multidisciplinary