UCGHI Student Ambassador End-of-Program Presentations 2020

Within both UCGHI Centers of Expertise program tracks, student ambassadors worked collaboratively in teams to design, create, and present a brief presentation on a topic area related to women’s health, gender & empowerment and/or planetary health. 

Please view their exemplary and thought-provoking presentations below.


Women in Labor During COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Sunny Lin, UC San Francisco
  • Verania Valdez, UC Berkeley
  • Ifunanya Okezie, UC Merced
  • Clea Stammler, UC San Diego
  • Annjelika Slate, UC Santa Barbara

Urbanization & Health

Presentation time: 14:20

  • Andrea Delgado, UC Riverside
  • Nilpa Shah, UC Los Angeles
  • Vanshika Desai, UC Davis

COVID-19 in the Anthropocene: the impact of urbanization on emerging infectious diseases 

Presentation time: 26:49

  • Kalani Phillips, UC Irvine
  • Mizna Akbar, UCLA
  • Geremy Lowe, UC Berkeley
  • Brooke Genovese, UC Davis

Urbanization and Climate Change: One Health Model

Presentation time: 39:12

  • Victoria Lee, UC Davis
  • Cortni Bardier, UC San Diego
  • Mina Rezaei, UC Davis

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)

Presentation time: 52:07

  • Madeleine Tremblay, UC Santa Barbara
  • Jacqueline Partida, UC Merced
  • Bharathi Chinnakotla, UC Berkeley

Telehealth Abortion Access: what does abortion look like in a pandemic?

Presentation time: 1:04:14

  • Manya Balachander, UC Santa Cruz
  • Bri-Ann Hernandez, UCLA
  • Sara Guevara-Plunkett, UC Davis
  • Victoria Nguyen, UC Berkeley

How the Covid-19 Pandemic has Altered Humans Impact on the Planet: Emissions, Agriculture, and Working From Home

Presentation time: 1:17:49

  • Thea Adumitroaie, UC Riverside
  • Leslie Alfonso, UC Berkeley
  • Geoffrey Koch, UC Davis
  • Vandana Teki, UC Santa Cruz

Pregnancy and Prenatal Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Presentation time: 1:33:40

  • Colette Kirkpatrick, UC San Diego
  • Rebecca Astatke, UC Berkeley
  • Mary Nguyen, UC San Diego
  • Sydney Adams, UC Merced
  • Noorhan Amani, UC San Diego

Recent Title IX modifications enacted last week and how that impacts university students

Presentation time: 1:48:55

  • Catthi Ly, UC Irvine
  • Ikran Ibrahim, UC San Diego
  • Soraya Raji, UC Merced