Global Health (Audio)

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In a world with constantly shrinking borders, world health issues, disease control, and public health are growing concerns.

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Developing the COVID-19 Vaccines with 2023 Nierenberg Prize Winner Katalin Karikó

Nobel Laureate and biochemist Katalin Karikó's groundbreaking work on COVID-19 vaccines earned her the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023, alongside co-collaborator Drew Weissman. She's also the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's 2023 recipient of the Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. Karikó, an adjunct professor of neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania, is best known for her research on messenger RNA — the genetic material that tells our bodies how to m...

Jul 05, 2024•39 min

Think Twice About Fruit Juice

What we eat -- and don’t eat -- is directly related to our health. Poor diets lead to poor health outcomes, including cancer. Dr. Donald Abrams, integrative oncologist at UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, is an expert on nutrition and cancer. Here Dr. Abrams discusses the issue of fruit juices. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 38816]

Mar 03, 2023•5 min

Global Healthy Aging - A Review of Efforts to Support Healthy Aging From Around the World

The world's population is aging. How can we improve the lives of older people, their families, and their communities? Alison A. Moore, M.D., UC San Diego, shares the impacts of studying healthy aging globally. From the World Health Organization (WHO) to the UN and locally in San Diego, learn how the world community is studying aging to improve health, equity, longevity and more. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 38425]

Jan 01, 2023•48 min

Mental Health and the Pandemic: Promoting Healthy Coping Strategies

In this program, Yvette Flores, professor of psychology at UC Davis, discusses how to cope during a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, especially social stress and the impact of it on disadvantaged and marginalized groups. Series: "Critically Human" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 37074]

Aug 18, 2022•37 min

CARTA - Humans: The Planet-Altering Apes - How to Feed 10 Billion People with Walter Willett

The world is facing a health crisis due to increasing rates of obesity and diabetes, and the consequences of this pandemic will accumulate over the coming decades. Simultaneously, climate change is accelerating and is already having devastating effects that will undermine our ability to feed the world’s growing population. In turn, our food systems contribute importantly to greenhouse gas emissions, water and land use, and multiple forms of pollution. Thus, a solution to feeding what will be abo...

May 14, 2022•18 min

UCSF Celebrates 15 Years Teaching Surgeons to Treat Global Orthopedic Trauma Patients

Founded in 2006 by the UCSF Department of Orthopedic Surgery faculty and residents, the Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology, or IGOT, is celebrating 15 years of addressing global disparities in orthopaedic trauma care. This video highlights IGOT's incredible team and the programs that are dramatically changing surgical outcomes. Validating IGOT's global impact, the Wyss Medical Foundation - a long-time supporter of IGOT - renewed its commitment to our organization in 2021 with a f...

Feb 10, 2022•9 min

UCSF Trains Surgeons in Orthopedic Trauma Through Digital Learning

Founded in 2006 by the UCSF Department of Orthopedic Surgery faculty and residents, the Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology (IGOT) is recognized as one of the leading academic and global outreach initiatives in the field of orthopaedic trauma. IGOT empowers through education, engaging a sustainable academic-to-academic partnership model with low and middle-income countries. Our in-country SMART courses have trained thousands of surgeons. This initiative has been amplified through ...

Jan 10, 2022•2 min

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