Serum Dioxin Concentrations and Bone Density and Structure in the Seveso Women’s Health Study

CGPH FACULTY: Brenda Eskenazi DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2014 REGION: Europe REFERENCE: Eskenazi B, Warner M, Sirtori M, Fuerst T, Rauch SA, Brambilla P, Mocarelli P, Rubinacci A. Serum Dioxin Concentrations and Bone Density and Structure in the Seveso Women’s Health Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Jan;122(1):51-7. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1306788. Epub 2013 Nov 12. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Background:

Willingness-to-accept reductions in HIV risks: conditional economic incentives in Mexico

CGPH FACULTY: Stefano Bertozz, Paul Gertler DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2014 REGION: North America REFERENCE: Galárraga O, Sosa-Rubí SG, Infante C, Gertler PJ, Bertozzi SM. Willingness-to-accept reductions in HIV risks: conditional economic incentives in Mexico. Eur J Health Econ. 2014 Jan;15(1):41-55. doi: 10.1007/s10198-012-0447-y. Epub 2013 Feb 2. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to

Climate Change: A Global Threat to Cardiopulmonary Health

CGPH FACULTY: John Balmes DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2014 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Burnett RT, Pope CA 3rd, Ezzati M, Olives C, Lim SS, Mehta S, Shin HH, Singh G, Hubbell B, Brauer M, Anderson HR, Smith KR, Balmes JR, Bruce NG, Kan H, Laden F, Prüss-Ustün A, Turner MC, Gapstur SM, Diver WR, Cohen A.

An Integrated Risk Function for Estimating the Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Exposure

CGPH FACULTY: Kirk R. Smith, John Balmes DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2014 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Burnett RT, Pope CA 3rd, Ezzati M, Olives C, Lim SS, Mehta S, Shin HH, Singh G, Hubbell B, Brauer M, Anderson HR, Smith KR, Balmes JR, Bruce NG, Kan H, Laden F, Prüss-Ustün A, Turner MC, Gapstur SM, Diver

Addressing the Burden of Disease Attributable to Air Pollution in India: The Need to Integrate across Household and Ambient Air Pollution Exposures

CGPH FACULTY: Kirk R. Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2014 REGION: Asia REFERENCE: Balakrishnan K, Cohen A, Smith KR. Addressing the Burden of Disease Attributable to Air Pollution in India: The Need to Integrate across Household and Ambient Air Pollution Exposures. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Jan 1;122(1):A6-7. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1307822 SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: In the comparative risk assessment

Distribution of strain type and antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli causing meningitis in a large urban setting in Brazil

CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2014 REGION: South America REFERENCE: Berman H, Barberino MG, Moreira ED Jr, Riley L, Reis JN. J Clin Microbiol. Distribution of strain type and antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli causing meningitis in a large urban setting in Brazil. 2014 Feb 12. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The clinical management of meningitis

Epidemiology of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Brazil: a hierarchical model

CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2014 REGION: South America REFERENCE: Gomes T, Reis-Santos B, Bertolde A, Johnson JL, Riley LW, Maciel EL. Epidemiology of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Brazil: a hierarchical model. BMC Infect Dis. 2014 Jan 8;14(1):9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-9. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Although extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is less frequent than Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) and

A Comparison of Social and Spatial Determinants of Health Between Formal and Informal Settlements in a Large Metropolitan Setting in Brazil

CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley, James Corburn DATE OF PUBLICATION: December 2013 REGION: South America REFERENCE: Snyder RE, Jaimes G, Riley LW, Faerstein E, Corburn J. A Comparison of Social and Spatial Determinants of Health Between Formal and Informal Settlements in a Large Metropolitan Setting in Brazil. J Urban Health. 2013 Dec 3. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Urban informal

Dangerous Consumption: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Tobacco & Alcohol Use – February 27, Seminar

Join us for an afternoon global public health seminar where Australian scholars will share their findings from alcohol and tobacco smoking research conducted with Aboriginal populations in Australia. Speakers Raglan Maddox MPH CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND ACTION IN PUBLIC HEALTH, UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA Dr Ray Lovett PhD, MAE, BHSc, BN. AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND

February 2014 Global Health Events in and around Berkeley

February 18, 2014 12:45-2:00pm, 132 Boalt Hall Miller Institute on Global Challenges and the Law (School of Law) Sexual Violence in Context: A Conversation with UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Conflict & Kim Thuy Seelinger Director of the Sexual Violence Program, Human Rights Center February 19, 2014 4:00-6:00pm, 150

Emergence of Acinetobacter baumannii international clone II in Brazil: reflection of a global expansion

CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: December 2013 REGION: South America REFERENCE: Martins N, Dalla-Costa L, Uehara AA, Riley LW, Moreira BM. Emergence of Acinetobacter baumannii international clone II in Brazil: reflection of a global expansion. Infect Genet Evol. 2013 Dec;20:378-80. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.09.028. Epub 2013 Oct 10. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was

Innate Immunity to Dengue Virus Infection and Subversion of Antiviral Responses

CGPH FACULTY: Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: December 2013 REGION: Central America REFERENCE: Green AM, Beatty PR, Hadjilaou A, Harris E. Innate Immunity to Dengue Virus Infection and Subversion of Antiviral Responses. J Mol Biol. 2013 Dec 3. pii: S0022-2836(13)00734-1. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Here, we discuss the host innate immune response to DENV and the mechanisms of