Past Events
Wed. February 17, 2010
Dr. Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health
"The Unfinished Agenda of Infectious Diseases"
Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center, UC Berkeley
Thurs. December 10, 2009
CEND Symposium and Research Competition
Global Epidemics: What's Driving Discovery in HIV & TB?
10:30 AM - 4:45 PM
105 Stanley
Wed. December 2, 2009
Don Francis: Challenges & Future Perspectives for Vaccination in the Developing World
150 University Hall, UC Berkeley
Mon. October 12, 2009
Women and HIV Seminar and Roundtable Discussion
Welcome: UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann
Keynote: Ambassador Stephen Lewis, Director AIDS Free World; U.N. Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa (2001-2006)
Panelists: Shari Dworkin and Ruth Greenblatt
Reception follows the seminar in the foyer of N-225
N-225, School of Nursing Building, Parnassus Campus
4:00-5:30 PM
Wed. September 30th, 2009
CGPH Evening Seminar: featuring Chico Bastos, an AIDS researcher from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The CGPH fall seminar series offers a chance to explore global health issues with Berkeley experts in an informal environment.The Sept event will be hosted at the home of Art Reingold. Light refreshments will be served. Reservations are required; please contact cgph@berkeley.edu to reserve a seat.
5:50 - 7:30 pm
Tues. September 29th, 2009
SPH Dean's Colloquium: "Meeting the challenges of Global Health: the Role of Public Health."
Dr Julio Frenk, Dean of the Harvard SPH and former Minister of Health, Mexico, will be speaking. Co-sponsored by the Henry Wheeler Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases and the Berkeley Alliance for Global Health.
150 University Hall
4:00 pm
Mon. September 28th, 2009
CGPH Inaugural Brown Bag Lunch Series: Non-profit spotlight series
The CGPH will begin a monthly brown bag lunch series, highlighting local and international non-profit organizations working in global health. The first lunch will spotlight SSI (Sustainable Sciences Institute), a non-profit founded by Professor Eva Harris of the UCB SPH, that is dedicated to developing scientific research capacity in areas with pressing health problems.
Join us for our first brown bag lunch on Monday 9/28 from 12-1 in 401 University Hall.
Fri. September 18, 2009
CEND Micro Seminar featuring Dr. Michele Barocchi from Novartis Vaccines in Siena Italy.
"The pneumococcal pilus: from basic research to vaccine development, "
290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, UC Berkeley
12:00PM
Wednesday September 16, 2009
Micro Seminar featuring Dr. Pa
ul van Helden from Stellenbosch University in South Africa
"What can we learn about TB in a very high burden environment?"
101 Barker Hall, UC Berkeley
12:00 PM
Wednesday September 9, 2009
CEND Industry Seminar featuring Tom White, CSO and Vice President of Research for Celera
"Personalized Medicine and Global Health: Genetic Markers that Predict Risk for Disease, Drug Efficacy and Toxicity."
101 Barker Hall, UC Berkeley
12:00 PM
Thurs. August 27, 2009
CGPH Seminar: Health and Human Rights
Join hosts Dr Phuong Pham and Dr Patrick Vinck of the Berkeley Human Rights Center as they discuss "Human Rights, Transitional Justice, Health, and Social Reconstruction."
Light refreshments will be served. Reservations are required and and seating is limited; please contact cgph@berkeley.edu to reserve a seat.
5:30 - 7:30PM
Monday July 20, 2009
CGPH Seminar
Lee Riley, "Slum Health and Global Change."
Dr Lee Riley, Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases and Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases & Vaccinology at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, and PhD students Sara Tartof and Brooke Finkmoore discussed their work with rheumatic heart disease in the slums of Salvador, Brazil.
Saturday May 16, 2009
School of Public Health Commencement Ceremony
Julie Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H. '90, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will be the featured speaker at the School of Public Health 2009 Commencement Ceremony.
9 - 11:30 am, Zellerbach Hall
Friday May 8, 2009
BAGH Spring Symposium
"Global Change - Global Health: A Symposium on Urban Health in the 21st Century"
9:00 - 3:00 pm, Alumni House.
This symposium highlights three drivers of global change defining the urban health challenges of tomorrow: climate change, demographic shifts, and economic trends. Participants will engage in faculty-led panel discussions inviting responses to identified challenges. Keynote speakers include Stephen Schneider, Alex Ezeh, and Trevor Hancock.
View the Webcast of the Event[Part One] [Part Two]
Thursday May 7, 2009
CEND Industry Supergroup
Gonzalo Domingo (PATH), "Diagnostic Technology for Neglected Diseases."
12 to 1 pm - 290 Hearst Mining
*lunch provided
Monday May 4, 2009
Swine Flu 2009: Are We Facing a Pandemic?
1:30 - 3 pm, Stanley 105
Speakers: Art Reingold, Russell Vance, Wayne Getz and Amy Herr
Join the Berkeley faculty for an impromptu teach-in on swine flu: the virus, its spread, and the likelihood of a pandemic. Panelists will describe the epidemiology and biology of the illness (which is caused by the A/H1N1 virus) and discuss the effectiveness of the U.S. and international response to the outbreak.
View the Webcast of the Event