CGPH Evening Seminar: Household air pollution and health in India: Five new paradigms *Event Full*

Please join us Thursday, September 25th from 6:00-8:00pm for an evening of good food, drink, and conversation as we host Professor Kirk R. Smith at the home of Professor George Scharffenberger. Professor Smith is a Professor of Global Environmental Health at UC Berkeley; Associate Director for International Programs for the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH); and Director of MS Program in Global

Hesperian for a Development Assistant work study assistant

There’s a new work study position available at the Hesperian for a Development Assistant for Cal students.  Description:  (Duties and Responsibilities): Hesperian Health Guides is the nonprofit publisher of Where There Is No Doctor and other educational materials that promote health and self-determination in poor communities throughout the world. Our office is within walking distance of

GloCal Health Fellowship applications are open!

GloCal Health Fellowship applications are open! View in browser Funds for research abroad UCGHI 2015-16 GloCal Health Fellowship A mentored fellowship studying health abroad. Open to: Junior faculty                Senior professional students Post-doctoral fellows    Advanced doctoral students11 consecutive months of stipend support, health insurance, modest research training costs, travel costs

Community-level distribution of misoprostol to prevent postpartum hemorrhage at home births in northern Nigeria.

CGPH FACULTY: Ndola Prata DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2014 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Ejembi C, Shittu O, Moran M, Adiri F, Oguntunde O, Saadatu B, Aku-Akai L, Abdul MA, Ajayi V, Williams N, Prata N. Community-level distribution of misoprostol to prevent postpartum hemorrhage at home births in northern Nigeria. Afr J Reprod Health. 2014 Jun;18(2):166-75. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT:

Serum Dioxin Concentrations and Thyroid Hormone Levels in the Seveso Women’s Health Study.

CGPH FACULTY: Brenda Eskenazi DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 2014 REGION: Europe REFERENCE: Chevrier J, Warner M, Gunier RB, Brambilla P, Eskenazi B, Mocarelli P. Serum Dioxin Concentrations and Thyroid Hormone Levels in the Seveso Women’s Health Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2014 Sep 1;180(5):490-8. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwu160. Epub 2014 Aug 5. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a persistent

Aerial Application of Mancozeb and Urinary Ethylene Thiourea (ETU) Concentrations among Pregnant Women in Costa Rica: The Infants’ Environmental Health Study (ISA).

CGPH FACULTY: Brenda Eskenazi DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 2014 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: van Wendel de Joode B, Mora AM, Córdoba L, Cano JC, Quesada R, Faniband M, Wesseling C, Ruepert C, Oberg M, Eskenazi B, Mergler D, Lindh CH. Aerial Application of Mancozeb and Urinary Ethylene Thiourea (ETU) Concentrations among Pregnant Women in Costa

Assessing the impact of drinking water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in low- and middle-income settings: systematic review and meta-regression.

CGPH FACULTY: John Colford DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2014 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Wolf J, Prüss-Ustün A, Cumming O, Bartram J, Bonjour S, Cairncross S, Clasen T, Colford JM Jr, Curtis V, De France J, Fewtrell L, Freeman MC, Gordon B, Hunter PR, Jeandron A, Johnston RB, Mäusezahl D, Mathers C, Neira M, Higgins JP. Assessing

Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low- and middle-income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries.

<strong>CGPH FACULTY:</strong> John Colford <strong>DATE OF PUBLICATION:</strong> June 2014 <strong>REGION: </strong>Global <strong>REFERENCE: </strong>Prüss-Ustün A, Bartram J, Clasen T, Colford JM Jr, Cumming O, Curtis V, Bonjour S, Dangour AD, De France J, Fewtrell L, Freeman MC, Gordon B, Hunter PR, Johnston RB, Mathers C, Mäusezahl D, Medlicott K, Neira M, Stocks M, Wolf J, Cairncross

Water distribution system deficiencies and gastrointestinal illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

CGPH FACULTY: John Colford DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2014 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Ercumen A, Gruber JS, Colford JM Jr. Water distribution system deficiencies and gastrointestinal illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Jul;122(7):651-60. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1306912. Epub 2014 Mar 20. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The 2010 global burden of disease (GBD) study represents the latest effort to

The Effect of India’s Total Sanitation Campaign on Defecation Behaviors and Child Health in Rural Madhya Pradesh: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

CGPH FACULTY: John Colford, Paul Gertler DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2014 REGION: Asia REFERENCE: Patil SR, Arnold BF, Salvatore AL, Briceno B, Ganguly S, Colford JM Jr, Gertler PJ. The Effect of India’s Total Sanitation Campaign on Defecation Behaviors and Child Health in Rural Madhya Pradesh: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS Med. 2014 Aug 26;11(8):e1001709.

Increased replicative fitness of a dengue virus 2 clade in native mosquitoes: Potential contribution to a clade replacement event in Nicaragua.

CGPH FACULTY: Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 2014 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Quiner CA, Parameswaran P, Ciota AT, Ehrbar DJ, Dodson BL, Schlesinger S, Kramer LD, Harris E. Increased replicative fitness of a dengue virus 2 clade in native mosquitoes: Potential contribution to a clade replacement event in Nicaragua. J Virol. 2014 Sep 3.

UC Berkeley Global Health Happy Hour 9/3/14 Recap

Last Wednesday, the UC Berkeley Center for Global Public Health hosted its first Happy Hour event on the 2nd floor of Li Ka Shing. This event brought together staff and students, working in global health from several departments including public health, masters in development practice, engineering, business, and psychology. Staff and students met and collaborated