UC San Diego Global Health Blog

Date: September 19^th, 2017

Time: 1:30-3:00p

Location: Your Computer

The online orientation is open to all incoming transfer and freshmen majors as well as anyone new to the major (or even a minor considering switching to the major).

We will be going through all components of the major and you will have a chance to ask questions to your advisors and current students during the live Q&A.

Please RSVP here and join the facebook event page (share with friends who may be interested).

Additional details will be sent prior to the event.

The Global Health Team looks forward to connecting with you virtually and in the Fall quarter!

Are you interested in studying abroad in a health setting and learning about Global Health research?  

THEN…. Join us on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 12:00 pm in the Great Hall at UC San Diego for the Global Health Program’s Annual Global Health Study Abroad Field Experience Expo and Horizons Research Symposium.

Continue reading “Global Health Study Abroad Field Experience Expo and Horizons of Global Health Research Symposium – May 9th” →

The UC San Diego Global Health Program, Students for Global Health, Global Forum and the Global Health Institute co-hosted the Winter Quarterly Conversation in Global Health on the topic of Food Insecurity: Local and Global Perspectives on Wednesday, February 15th at the Great Hall, UC San Diego.   Attendance at the event was incredible, with students from all colleges and a variety of majors gathering together to address the common issue of hunger and malnutrition.

Continue reading “Winter 2017 Quarterly Conversations Recap – Food Insecurity: Local and Global Perspectives” →

Joleen Chen, a fourth year undergraduate Global Health major, recently spent time in Thailand working with the Burmese migrant community as part of her Field Experience under the organization, Help without Frontiers.

Continue reading “UCEAP Thailand Spotlight: Joleen Chen Helps Refugees and People in Need Improve their Access to Migrant Learning Centers” →

Global Health students – check out the following opportunities to study abroad with UC San Diego Faculty this summer and study Global Health related topics. The following three opportunities fulfill the Global Health Field Experience Requirement and various electives for majors and minors.

Continue reading “Global Health related Global Seminars in India this Summer!” →

Samantha Benedicto, a 4th year double major in Global Health and Psychology, spent over seven weeks completing her Field Experience in Kunming, China through SIT’s Community Health and Traditional Chinese Medicine Program.  The program provided engagement with China’s system of integrated healthcare where Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western medicine coexist.

Continue reading “Samantha Benedicto Studies Traditional Medicine in China” →