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: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 38816]

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]

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]

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...

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...

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...

This presentation examines how the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries have created climate emergencies that have threatened global food production, human health, and soil health. Experts explore the ubiquitous presence of chemicals in our food supply and the significant, cumulative impacts of extreme heat, pesticides, herbicides, and GMOs on agricultural communities, as well as the promise of regenerative agriculture. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine]...

This presentation explores how climate-fueled catastrophic environmental events have, and will increasingly, force mass displacement of populations within and across borders. Notably, as described by the United Nations, refugees, stateless people, and the internally displaced often reside in climate change ‘hotspots’ and may be exposed to secondary displacement. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36857]

Grosche International Inc. is in the business of tea and coffee products but also in the business of action. Action to take action, and better the lives of those who are not able on their own, teaching developing communities how to make, install and maintain water filtration systems and providing communities with the tools to succeed. Megan Buchter talks with CEO Helmi Ansari and teacher Matthew Mulhern about the mission of the company and inspiring a new generation of change makers. Series:...

Manny Ohonme received his first pair of shoes at the age of nine. The gift left a lasting impression on the young Nigerian boy. Today, Ohnome is the founder of Samaritan's Feet, an organization dedicated to providing shoes to children in need. In this interview, he shares his personal story and explains how providing shoes is not just about comfort but a way to foster equity, health, education, and hope. Series: "Brain Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 36268]

Traumatic injuries are the largest health crisis in the world today. UCSF's Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology provides advanced surgical education for surgeons in developing countries to improve the level of orthopedic care. Series: "The Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36423]

Almost 6 million people worldwide die from traumatic injuries every year. A quarter of those injuries result from traffic accidents and mostly affects young adults who provide for their families. The team from the UCSF Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology provide training to surgeons around the world. The result have shown a 93% surgical success rate in preventing amputations. Series: "The Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36422]

Infectious diseases have profound influences on the evolution of their host populations. In the case of humans, the host species has also shaped pathogen dynamics and virulence via a multitude of factors from changes in social organization, group size, and exploitation of varied habitats and their animals and plant resources to agriculture, technology, rapid long-distance travel, medicine and global economic integration - which all continue to shape epidemics and the human host populations....

Over the past two decades novel coronaviruses have spilled from the bat to the human population on three occasions. The first two breakouts in south China in 2003 and in Saudi Arabia in 2012 launched the SARS and MERS outbreaks, respectively. Both outbreaks were contained by aggressive case finding, contact tracing and quarantine activities. A third crossover of a novel coronavirus into the human population occurred in the fall of 2019. This event which is believed to have occurred around a...

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

Infectious diseases have profound influences on the evolution of their host populations. In the case of humans, the host species has also shaped pathogen dynamics and virulence viaa multitude of factors from changes in social organization, group size, and exploitation of varied habitats and their animals and plant resources to agriculture, technology, rapid long-distance travel, medicine and global economic integration - which all continue to shape epidemics and the humanhost populations....

Infectious diseases have profound influences on the evolution of their host populations. In the case of humans, the host species has also shaped pathogen dynamics and virulence viaa multitude of factors from changes in social organization, group size, and exploitation of varied habitats and their animals and plant resources to agriculture, technology, rapid long-distance travel, medicine and global economic integration - which all continue to shape epidemics and the humanhost populations....

Digital health solutions can improve the health of all and provide equity in healthcare. Tim K. Mackey and Daniel Haders II define digital health, how it is being leveraged to fight COVID-19, the impact of big data and machine learning, as well the effects on the business environment for digital health and use cases from start ups working on COVID-19 solutions. [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 35959]

What have we learned about COVID-19? George Rutherford, MD, MA Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF explores human coronaviruses in general, SARS, MERS and the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. He outlines the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and its associated disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China and the rest of the world. He also discusses individual-level prevention, population-level prevention and the impact on the future. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and...

Dr. Andi Tenner, Co-Director, UCSF WHO Collaborating Centre for Emergency and Trauma Care, looks at emergency care systems needed to ensure care for the acutely ill and injured. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 35576]

Dr. Kayla Enriquez explores regions of the world suffering from humanitarian crises. She looks at the history of humanitarian aid and next steps for the humanitarian community, Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 35575]

Find out about the history and use of point-of-care ultrasound and how they are used in tropical/low resource environments with Dr. Sally Graglia. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 35574]

Lack of emergency medical care is an important factor contributing to lower survival rates of critically ill children in low resource settings, such as in Tanzania. Dr. Carol Chen works with the African Federation for Emergency Medicine working group of pediatric emergency medicine and global health experts to create freely available curriculum to train providers across the continent of Africa. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 35573]

In this Front Row presentation, Kristian Andersen shares how he, with a global network of collaborators, applies a ‘team science’ approach to deciphering outbreaks of emerging diseases such as Ebola and Lassa Virus. His highly cross-disciplinary work combines next-generation sequencing, computational biology, experimentation and field work to investigate how viruses emerge and cause large-scale outbreaks. Series: "Front Row at Scripps Research" [Show ID: 34808]