Association of symptoms and severity of rift valley Fever with genetic polymorphisms in human innate immune pathways.

CGPH FACULTY: Desiree LaBeaud DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Hise AG, Traylor Z, Hall NB, Sutherland LJ, Dahir S, Ermler ME, Muiruri S, Muchiri EM, Kazura JW, LaBeaud AD, King CH, Stein CM. Association of symptoms and severity of rift valley Fever with genetic polymorphisms in human innate immune pathways. PLoS Negl

Factors associated with severe human rift valley Fever in sangailu, garissa county, kenya.

CGPH FACULTY: Desiree LaBeaud DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: LaBeaud AD, Pfeil S, Muiruri S, Dahir S, Sutherland LJ, Traylor Z, Gildengorin G, Muchiri EM, Morrill J, Peters CJ, Hise AG, Kazura JW, King CH. Factors associated with severe human rift valley Fever in sangailu, garissa county, kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis.

Recent progress in the genetics and epigenetics of paraoxonase: why it is relevant to children’s environmental health

CGPH FACULTY: Nina Holland DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Holland N, Lizarraga D, Huen K. Recent progress in the genetics and epigenetics of paraoxonase: why it is relevant to children’s environmental health. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2015 Apr;27(2):240-7. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000192. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Children are more susceptible to exposures in utero and during early childhood

Performance of a Receptive Language Test among Young Children in Madagascar.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Weber AM, Fernald LC, Galasso E, Ratsifandrihamanana L. Performance of a Receptive Language Test among Young Children in Madagascar. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 1;10(4):e0121767. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121767. eCollection 2015. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Language tests developed and validated in one country may lose their desired properties when

Effects of Source- versus Household Contamination of Tubewell Water on Child Diarrhea in Rural Bangladesh: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

CGPH FACULTY: John Colford DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2015 REGION: Asia REFERENCE: Ercumen A, Naser AM, Unicomb L, Arnold BF, Colford JM Jr, Luby SP. Effects of Source- versus Household Contamination of Tubewell Water on Child Diarrhea in Rural Bangladesh: A Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 27;10(3):e0121907. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121907. eCollection 2015. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Shallow

Investigation of hydrogen sulfide exposure and lung function, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a geothermal area of new zealand.

CGPH FACULTY: Michael Bates, John Balmes DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2015 REGION: Oceania REFERENCE: Bates MN, Crane J, Balmes JR, Garrett N. Investigation of hydrogen sulfide exposure and lung function, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a geothermal area of new zealand. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 30;10(3):e0122062. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122062. eCollection 2015. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Results have

Does household use of biomass fuel cause lung cancer? A systematic review and evaluation of the evidence for the GBD 2010 study.

CGPH FACULTY: Kirk R Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2015 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Bruce N, Dherani M, Liu R, Hosgood HD 3rd, Sapkota A, Smith KR, Straif K, Lan Q, Pope D. Does household use of biomass fuel cause lung cancer? A systematic review and evaluation of the evidence for the GBD 2010 study. Thorax.

Scholarship for African Students for a MAs in Public Health at AUB, Lebanon

It gives us great pleasure to communicate to you that we have 5 scholarships open for the academic year 2015-2016 for African students who would like to pursue graduate education in public health at the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) of the American University of Beirut, Lebanon (AUB).  We are reaching out to all the

Global Health open public lecture April 9

Open Invitation to Join Session 11 of PH 236: US Food and Drug Administration, Drug Development, Science and Health Policy Session 11: Response to Global HIV and HCV Epidemics April 9, 2015 * Stanley Hall 105 * 6:30-8:30 PM **Networking reception: 5:45-6:30 PM** Registration Required: http://www.hivforum.org/2015-PH236_session 11 Guest Lecturers/Panelists: Stefano Bertozzi, MD, PhD: Dean, School

A Quiet Revolution in Bangladesh: Lecture by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed to inaugurate the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of Brac, will inaugurate the new Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at UC Berkeley on March 30 from 5:30-7pm! The first of its kind in the US, the Center’s mission is to create an innovative model combining research, scholarships, the promotion of art and culture, and

END7 – March 31 at 4 pm

The Center for Global Public Health (CGPH) and the Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases (CEND) are pleased to invite you to a presentation by Emily Conron, Resource Development Associate at the Sabin Vaccine Institute. Come out to learn about the seven most common neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), the global strategy for control and elimination,

One Health Student Summer Research Fellowship – Applications due April 1st, 2015 at 11:59pm

ONE HEALTH: WATER, ANIMALS, FOOD AND SOCIETY One Health Student Summer Research Program 2015 Application Cycle Application Receipt Date: Wednesday April 1, 2015, 11:59pm Application forms » The One Health Student Summer Research Program is sponsored by the UC Global Health Institute’s Center of Expertise on One Health: Water, Animals, Food and Society (One Health