The Global Health Academic Concentration
Follow UC San Diego School of Medicine's GHAC students around the world.
By Jessica Blum The drive from San Diego to Ensenada lasts about an hour and a half, and takes you right along the coast of Mexico, offering beautiful ocean views. Although nearly anyone could appreciate the scenic beauty, it is only when you make the trip down with a local that you realize there are … Continue reading Landmarks
By Jessica Blum When most people hear the words “global health,” images of sub-Saharan Africa, Haiti, and South Asia may all come to mind, among other locations. Regardless, one often imagines a far-off place wrought with starvation, infectious disease and an implied poor health infrastructure. Living in San Diego, we are uniquely situated to defy … Continue reading Close to Home
By Aislinn McMillan India really gave me an appreciation of perspective. It was monsoon season when I was there, and thus it was always pouring rain or overcast and about to be pouring rain. Streets would be muddy and commutes would be wet. My American umbrella was not fit to deal with the rains and … Continue reading Until Next Time, India
by Jordan Anderson Well, here we are at the end. I am sorry that my blog post is coming so close to the conclusion of my trip. Sometimes it takes until the end to truly understand the beginning. First, let me introduce myself. My name is Jordan Anderson and I am going into my second … Continue reading “Bem-vinda a Mozambique!”
By Aislinn McMillan ‘Endometrium.’ ‘Cystic lesions from cerebellum.’ ‘Gluteal abscess.’ ‘Fluid from knee’. ‘Placenta.’ ‘Collection around heel.’ As I sift through diagnostic registers, these are just a few of the types of samples types I see. Like many of my classmates, I relied heavily on a study resource called SketchyMedical to learn microbiology. This resource … Continue reading INDIA: WHEN TB IS ALWAYS IN THE DDX
by Allison Reichl As I briefly mentioned in my last post, I spent my summer studying gene regulation in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a type of liver cancer. ‘Fígado' is Portuguese for ‘liver,' and so it was one of the first words I learned! The basic premise of my project was to investigate whether stemness markers … Continue reading Fígado Fiend
by Allison Reichl I have been living in beautiful Salvador, Brazil for a month now. My research project is to study stem cell genes in hepatocellular carcinoma, in order to understand whether cancer stem cells (CSCs) are important targets in liver cancer therapy. The resected livers that I study here are unique because of the … Continue reading Olá from Brazil!
When I think of my arrival in Botucatu, a small city in the Brazilian countryside, the first word that comes to mind is “hospitality.” From the first day, I was eagerly greeted and introduced to the town, which boasts two large university campuses, several historic buildings, and numerous nearby waterfalls. When I came to the … Continue reading A Lesson in Hospitality
Each morning begins with an 18-mile drive, a 0.5 mile walk across the border, and an Uber ride to the Tijuana General Hospital where I will see patients for the day. In the process I cross the busiest border in the world which also has the largest income disparity in the world. Additionally, this border … Continue reading Border Health: Tijuana
TOURISTING: I was not going to be able to start data collection until four days after we arrived. From the airport, instead of driving north to the university we rented a car and drove south on the Desert Highway to Wadi Musa, the home of Petra. We learned the rules of the road quickly. Lanes … Continue reading Jordan: Touristing