News
GloCal MPI, Sung-Jae Lee, PhD, Appointed Co-Lead of the Health Equity and Translational Social Science (HETSS) Research Theme at UCLA
September 5, 2023
UCLA GloCal Health Fellowship Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI), Sung-Jae Lee, PhD, will serve as Co-Lead of the Health Equity and Translational Social Science (HETSS) Research Theme for the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA with Alma Guerrero, MD, MPH.
2021-2022 GloCal Fellow, Stephen Okoboi, Receives K43 Emerging Global Leader Award
July 28, 2023
GloCal Health Fellowship alumnus, Stephen Okoboi, MPH, PhD, has been awarded with the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) K43 Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Award to continue his remarkable work in advancing HIV prevention and combating the HIV epidemic in Uganda.
Former GloCal fellow Dr. Archana Siddaiah publishes book on mental health
January 19, 2023
GloCal alumnus Archana Siddaiah, MD, made great use of her recent maternity leave to write a book on mental health in Kannada, the official language of the Indian state of Karnataka where she works.
GloCal fellow Dr. Ouambo Hervé featured in NIEHS newsletter
December 2, 2022
GloCal Cameroonian fellow Dr. Ouambo Hervé was featured in the October 2022 Global Environmental Health Newsletter of the NIEHS.
GloCal/UPCH "Conducting Global Health Research" certificate program initiated
October 11, 2022
On Wednesday, October 5, 2022, the first class of the "Conducting Global Health Research" international certificate program was launched, with seven GloCal fellows from the U.S., Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Thailand, and Bolivia participating.
2021-2022 GloCal Fellow Angel Algarin Receives K Award and Begins New Faculty Position
September 19, 2022
Closely following the completion of his GloCal Health Fellowship, 2021-2022 program alumnus Dr. Angel Algarin has already been appointed to a new faculty position and received a K award to continue his global health research!
New GloCal Site PI Council convenes first meeting
May 25, 2022
On May 24th the GloCal Health Fellowship held its first Site PI Council meeting.
GloCal fellow Schola Matovu, PhD, RN, awarded UCSF 2022 Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award
May 9, 2022
We are very pleased to share that current GloCal fellow Schola Matovu, PhD, RN, has been presented with the prestigious 2022 Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award from the UCSF School of Nursing!
GloCal alumnus Dr. Michael Mwachiro publishes book on mentorship
March 16, 2022
GloCal is excited to share that former fellow Dr. Michael Mwachiro has just published a book entitled Reflections on Mentorship: Inspiring the Next Generation!
WHO selects GloCal alumnus Stephen Wandera, MSc, PhD, MSc, as TAG member for the UN Decade of Health Aging
January 28, 2022
The World Health Organization has appointed GloCal alumnus Dr. Stephen Wandera to the Technical Advisory Group for the UN Decade of Healthy Aging initiative.