2/10 Seminar: Engaging with remote communities using mobile technology

Event Details Wednesday, February 10, 2016 5:00 – 6:00 PM 545 Li Ka Shing Center, UC Berkeley **use elevator entrance @ 2nd floor lobby, same level as Pat Brown’s** Rsvp: http://msurvey.eventbrite.com Event Information In Sub Saharan Africa, 65-89% of adults own a mobile phone and of those, 80% use them for texting.  The ever increasing

UC Berkeley students: apply for a CUGH registration scholarship!

Deadline: February 29, 2016 UC Berkeley Center for Global Public Health and The Center for Emerging & Neglected Diseases are partnering up to provide students with an opportunity to attend this year’s Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference for free! The conference will be held on April 9-11, 2016 in San Francisco. We

Predicting Survival from Telomere Length versus Conventional Predictors: A Multinational Population-Based Cohort Study

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: William H. Dow DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2016 REGION: Costa Rica and Taiwan REFERENCE: Glei DA, Goldman N, Risques RA, et al. Predicting Survival from Telomere Length versus Conventional Predictors: A Multinational Population-Based Cohort Study. Kiechl S, ed. PLoS ONE. 2016;11(4):e0152486. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152486. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Telomere length has generated substantial interest as a potential predictor of aging-related diseases

Mexico’s Seguro Popular Appears To Have Helped Reduce The Risk Of Preterm Delivery Among Women With Low Education

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Carly Strouse, Maureen Lahiff, Julia Walsh, Sylvia Guendelman DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2016 REGION: Mexico REFERENCE: Strouse C, Perez-cuevas R, Lahiff M, Walsh J, Guendelman S. Mexico’s Seguro Popular Appears To Have Helped Reduce The Risk Of Preterm Delivery Among Women With Low Education. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016;35(1):80-7. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Beginning in 2001 Mexico

An Exploratory Study of Internal Migration and Substance Use Among an Indigenous Community in Southern Mexico

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Miguel Pinedo DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2016 REGION: Southern Mexico REFERENCE: Pinedo M, Sim DE, Giacinto RE, Luisa zuñiga M. An Exploratory Study of Internal Migration and Substance Use Among an Indigenous Community in Southern Mexico. Fam Community Health. 2016;39(1):24-30. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: he primary aim of this study was to explore the association between internal

Men “missing” from population-based HIV testing: insights from qualitative research

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Maya Peterson UCSF AUTHOR: Carol S. Camlin, Tamara D. Clark DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2016 REGION: Kenya and Uganda REFERENCE: Camlin CS, Ssemmondo E, Chamie G, et al. Men “missing” from population-based HIV testing: insights from qualitative research. AIDS Care. 2016;28(sup3):67-73. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Men’s uptake of HIV testing is critical to the success of “test

Helmet regulation in Vietnam: impact on health, equity and medical impoverishment

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Zachary Olson DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2016 REGION: Vietnam REFERENCE: Olson Z, Staples JA, Mock C, et al. Helmet regulation in Vietnam: impact on health, equity and medical impoverishment. Inj Prev. 2016; SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Vietnam’s 2007 comprehensive motorcycle helmet policy increased helmet use from about 30% of riders to about 93%. We aimed to simulate

Global, regional, and national levels and trends in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015, with scenario-based projections to 2030: a systematic analysis by the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Alison Gemmill DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2016 REGION: Global (research funded in Singapore) REFERENCE: Alkema L, Chou D, Hogan D, et al. Global, regional, and national levels and trends in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015, with scenario-based projections to 2030: a systematic analysis by the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group. Lancet.

Neutralizing antibody titers against dengue virus correlate with protection from symptomatic infection in a longitudinal cohort

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Leah C. Katzalnick, Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2016 REGION: Nicaragua REFERENCE: Katzelnick L, Montoya M, Gresh L, Balmaseda A, Harris E. Neutralizing antibody titers against dengue virus correlate with protection from symptomatic infection in a longitudinal cohort. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.2016;113(3):728–33. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT:

Inaugural Bay Area Global Health Innovation Challenge to encourage student-driven global health innovation

Bay area universities, with backing from the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) and support from the HealthRoots Foundation are uniting to bring some friendly competition to the Bay Area in April 2016. UC Berkeley and Stanford University are organizing a competition calling on students from around the world to pitch their global health innovations and technology

UC Berkeley Center for Global Public Health Slum Health Film & Roundtable Series: begins 1/28/16

Please join us for our 2016 slum health film and roundtable series, to be held monthly in the 2016 Spring semester, starting January 28th. Movies and discussion are scheduled from 6:15 – 8:00 pm in 125 Li Ka Shing Center (UC Berkeley) located on the first floor lobby. Light dinner will be available. Sponsored and organized by

UC Berkeley’s first ever Intramural Global Health Case Competition – Applications due 1/31/16!

Calling all UC Berkeley students with an interest in global health! Apply to compete in UC Berkeley’s first ever Intramural Global Health Case Competition (UCB IGHCC)! Open to both graduates and undergraduates, UCB IGHCC is a unique opportunity for UC Berkeley students from diverse academic departments & programs to unite and address real-world global health