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height: auto; max-width: 100%;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="column column--2 scale stack" style="width: 60%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 27px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Studying the health and life of Afghan immigrants</span></h3></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; 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This pilot study aims to help design interventions that will help Afghan immigrants — and other immigrants — live healthier lives. </span></p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="button button--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" align="left" style="padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;"> <table class="button_content-row" style="width: inherit; border-radius: 2px; border-spacing: 0; background-color: #006be9; border: none;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#006be9"> <tbody><tr> <td class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 10px 15px;" align="center"> <a class="button_link" href="https://iqbal.ucsf.edu/" target="_blank" data-trackable="true" style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Learn more</a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="divider" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 40px;" width="100%" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; width: 100%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="divider_content-cell" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #b4dc55; border-bottom-width: 0px;" height="1" align="center" bgcolor="#b4dc55"> <img alt="" width="5" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--2-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 40%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px;"> <img data-image-content="" class="image_content" width="212" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/19db99b3801/476b3a33-f922-46fd-92c5-198c79635f09.png" alt="Illustration of two Guatemalan women talking" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="column column--2 scale stack" style="width: 60%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 27px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Can social media increase the uptake of vaccinations?</span></h3></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nadia Diamond-Smith</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, PhD, MSc, and </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Lucía</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Abascal Miguel</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, MD, PhD, MS, of UCSF found that it can. 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font-family: Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 27px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">IGHS awards grants to study natural language processing and women’s urinary incontinence </span></h3></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The IGHS Affiliate Program awarded its annual Seed Grants — which prioritize early-stage investigators and proposals with strong LMIC institution/community partnership and collaborator involvement — to </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Calvin Chiu</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, PhD, MA, and </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Alison El Ayadi</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, ScD, MPH. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chiu is researching the global inequities in computational resources and language representation in natural language processing research. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">El Ayadi is researching knowledge gaps in urinary incontinence in women in East Africa and its impact on women’s physical and psychosocial well-being. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="button button--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" align="left" style="padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;"> <table class="button_content-row" style="width: inherit; border-radius: 2px; border-spacing: 0; background-color: #006be9; border: none;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#006be9"> <tbody><tr> <td class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 10px 15px;" align="center"> <a class="button_link" href="https://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/get-involved/affiliate-program/affiliate-seed-award-program/award-recipients/#seed-award-2024" target="_blank" data-trackable="true" style="color: #ffffff; 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font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px;" align="center" valign="top"><h2 style="text-align: left; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; color: #3E3E3E; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;" align="left"><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honors and Awards</span></h2></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"><div class="spacer" style="line-height: 18px; height: 18px;"> </div></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--2-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 40%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px;"> <img data-image-content="" class="image_content" width="212" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/19db99b3801/74d3ce39-b121-4c53-bbd5-444f6ddc6728.jpg" alt="Malata" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="column column--2 scale stack" style="width: 60%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 27px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">UCSF Presidential Chair Award given to longtime IGHS partner</span></h3></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Address Malata</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, FAAN, PhD, MSc, longtime IGHS partner, has received the 2024–25 UCSF Presidential Chair Award. Malata is the Vice Chancellor of the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) and was nominated by Kim Baltzell (IGHS) and Jenny Liu (School of Nursing). She will be a Visiting Professor with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics starting July 1, 2024, and will spearhead the development of a bidirectional global health graduate degree program to advance equity and understanding in global health education. The other two award recipients are Olle ten Cate, PhD; and Loic Yengo, PhD. </span></p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="button button--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" align="center" style="padding: 10px 40px;"> <table class="button_content-row" style="width: inherit; border-radius: 2px; border-spacing: 0; background-color: #006be9; 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width: 100%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="divider_content-cell" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #b4dc55; border-bottom-width: 0px;" height="1" align="center" bgcolor="#b4dc55"> <img alt="" width="5" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--2-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 40%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px;"> <img data-image-content="" class="image_content" width="212" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/19db99b3801/5f4b278e-b800-456c-a898-8a975e75d913.jpg" alt="Nurse and newborn" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="column column--2 scale stack" style="width: 60%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 27px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Expansion of maternal and neonatal health programs in Africa </span></h3></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Global Action in Nursing (GAIN) has received a two-year gift of $2.7 million of continued support from the Wyss Medical Foundation. This grant will allow GAIN to continue its work of improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Liberia, Malawi and Sierra Leone, and expand to a new country — Lesotho</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Foundation has championed this work since 2019. GAIN continues to collaborate closely with Partners In Health (PIH), GAIA Global Health and CHOICES Center for Reproductive Health to improve obstetric outcomes.</span></p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="divider" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 40px;" width="100%" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; width: 100%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="divider_content-cell" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: #b4dc55; border-bottom-width: 0px;" height="1" align="center" bgcolor="#b4dc55"> <img alt="" width="5" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--2-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 40%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px;"> <img data-image-content="" class="image_content" width="212" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/19db99b3801/f082a8a0-080e-480b-b8d7-819af475476a.png" alt="woman and child" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="column column--2 scale stack" style="width: 60%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 27px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">New funding for medical and psychological evaluations of immigrants</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: black;"> </span> </h3></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">UCSF Health & Human Rights Initiative was awarded a two-year, $200,000 Immigrant Assistance Program Grant from the San Francisco Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs for its forensic medical and psychological evaluations of immigrants seeking humanitarian protection.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"><div class="spacer" style="line-height: 18px; height: 18px;"> </div></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" style="background-color: #a238ba; table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#a238ba"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px;" align="center" valign="top"><h2 style="text-align: left; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; color: #3E3E3E; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;" align="left"><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Education</span></h2></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"><div class="spacer" style="line-height: 15px; height: 15px;"> </div></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--2-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 40%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" align="left" valign="top" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px;"> <img data-image-content="" class="image_content" width="212" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/19db99b3801/4417d1aa-44a7-4090-8595-7600254258bb.jpg" alt="IGHS students in audience at Grad Division graduation ceremony" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">By Maurice Ramirez</span></p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px;"> <img data-image-content="" class="image_content" width="212" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/19db99b3801/7d5b0841-4c05-4f15-b381-ecb079fa2dcf.png" alt="Ortiz" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Still of Jemzi Ortiz from Native American Blanket Ceremony video</span></p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="column column--2 scale stack" style="width: 60%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="line-height: 1.2; text-align: left; font-family: Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 27px; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;"><span style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">IGHS students celebrate graduation</span></h3></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On May 20, members of the IGHS Master’s class of 2024 and an IGHS PhD student celebrated an early commencement at the UCSF Graduate Division Commencement Ceremony at Herbst Theatre. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Additionally, IGHS Master’s student </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Jemzi Ortiz</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> was honored at the UCSF Native American Student Blanket Ceremony on May 9. </span><a href="https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/05/427601/native-american-learners-forge-strong-connections-heritage-ucsf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Learn more and watch the video recap of the event</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">IGHS’ official Master’s graduation ceremony will be on July 25 at 11 a.m. in Byers Auditorium, Genentech Hall. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"><div class="spacer" style="line-height: 15px; height: 15px;"> </div></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" style="background-color: #a238ba; table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#a238ba"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: center; 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text-align: left; font-family: Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 27px; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; padding: 10px 40px;" align="left" valign="top"><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;">Op-ed about language we use to describe vaginal unmedicated childbirth</h3></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px;" align="left" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ashley Mitchell</span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, MPH, Global Action in Nursing Assistant Director of Research and Global Health Sciences doctoral candidate, writes in an op-ed in </span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Rewire News</span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> about the language we use to describe vaginal, unmedicated childbirth.</span></p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="button button--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" align="left" style="padding: 10px 40px;"> <table class="button_content-row" style="width: inherit; 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table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#a238ba"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px;" align="center" valign="top"><h2 style="text-align: left; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; color: #3E3E3E; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;" align="left"><span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Events</span></h2></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"><div class="spacer" style="line-height: 15px; height: 15px;"> </div></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="line-height: 1.2; text-align: left; font-family: Garamond,Times New Roman,Times,serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 27px; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; padding: 10px 40px;" align="left" valign="top"><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">IGHS master’s degree capstone presentations</span></h3></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">July 22, 2024 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT and July 23, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Byers Auditorium, Genentech Hall & Zoom</span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><br></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The IGHS Master of Science in Global Health students will present their comprehensive capstone research projects on July 22 and 23. Outside feedback and participation are welcome. This is a hybrid event and pre-registration is required for attendance on </span><a href="https://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/event/capstone-presentations-day-1-2024/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">day one</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and </span><a href="https://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/event/capstone-presentations-day-2-2024/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">day two</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> via Zoom. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"><div class="spacer" style="line-height: 18px; height: 18px;"> </div></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" style="background-color: #a238ba; table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#a238ba"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px;" align="center" valign="top"><h2 style="text-align: left; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; color: #3E3E3E; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;" align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal;">Publications</span></h2></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"><div class="spacer" style="line-height: 15px; height: 15px;"> </div></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px;" align="left" valign="top"><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">April to June 2024</span></h3></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--2-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 50%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10999650/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Evaluating a Targeted Minimum Loss-Based Estimator for Capture-Recapture Analysis: An Application to HIV Surveillance in San Francisco, California</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Am J Epidemiol</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. 2024 Apr 08. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Wesson P</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Das M, Chen M, Hsu L, </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">McFarland W</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Kennedy E, Jewell NP. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><a href="https://journals.lww.com/jaids/fulltext/2024/04150/cost_analysis_of_short_messaging_service_and_peer.3.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Cost Analysis of Short Messaging Service and Peer Navigator Interventions for Linking and Retaining Adults Recently Diagnosed With HIV in Care in South Africa</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2024 Apr 15. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Shade SB</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Gutin SA, Agnew E, Grignon JS, Gilmore H, Ratlhagana MJ, Sumitani J, Steward WT, Lippman SA. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="column column--2 scale stack" style="width: 50%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="text text--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px;" align="left" valign="top"> <p style="margin: 0;"><a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/5/e079227.long" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Person-centred care (PCC) research in Ghana: a scoping review protocol</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">BMJ Open</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. 2024 May 07. Amoh GKA, Addo AK, Odiase O, Tahir P, Getahun M, Aborigo RA, Essuman A, Yawson AE, Essuman VA, </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Afulani PA</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38766153/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">A cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of the ‘Caring for Providers to Improve Patient Experience’ intervention on person-centered maternity care in Kenya and Ghana: Study Protocol</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Res Sq</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. 2024 May 10. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Afulani PA</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Getahun M, Ongeri L, Aborigo R, Kinyua J, Ogolla BA, Okiring J, Moro A, Oluoch I, Dalaba M, Odiase O, Nutor J, Mendes WB, </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Walker D</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Neilands TB. </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="layout layout--1-column" style="table-layout: fixed;" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="column column--1 scale stack" style="width: 100%;" align="center" valign="top"> <table class="button button--padding-vertical" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" align="left" style="padding: 10px 40px;"> <table class="button_content-row" style="width: inherit; 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