The BAGH Mission
From Discovery to Delivery and Back
In the developing world, more than 50,000 people die each day from HIV, TB, malaria, and poor access to basic health care. Lack of political will plays a role in this—but persistent challenges in the lab and the field have also slowed improvements in health for the poor. To accelerate gains in global health, the toolset for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease must be expanded.
The Berkeley Alliance for Global Health is poised to address these challenges. Comprised of two centers—the Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases and the Center for Global Public Health—this innovative "discovery to delivery" platform joins quantitative biosciences and bioengineering with international field expertise in public health and health policy. Through the initiative, more than 80 investigators in 14 departments and schools are collaborating on research projects that integrate cutting-edge discovery science—including computational biology, genomics, and synthetic biology—with greater understanding of slum and refugee health, environmental disease burden, and other challenges in the developing world.