Research
Ongoing Projects
Explore a wide array of global health projects created by UC Davis faculty, students, and trainees, as they engage around the world, with the goal of facilitating connection and collaboration.
Ongoing Projects
| Project | People | Location | Partnerships | Focus Areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20+ Years of Education & Training | Neal Fleming | Various | Rotaplast International | Research, Education, Capacity Building, Clinical Care |
| Otolaryngology Residency Program | Travis Tollefson | Kigali Rwanda | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; AO Alliance | Education, Clinical Care, Mentorship and feedback |
| Head & Neck Cancer Training | Lisa Evangelista | Malindi, Kenya | Caris Foundation and Tawfiq Hospital | Research, Education, Capacity Building, Clinical Care |
| Teaching & Clinical Conferences | Griff Harsh | Kenya | U of Nairobi; Kenyatta U; Tenwek | Education, Capacity Building, Clinical Care |
| Studying Neurocysticercosis | Samantha Allen | Lima and Tumbes, Peru | Universidad Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru | Research, Education, Capacity Building |
| Community-Based Family Dementia Caregiver Intervention | Ladson Hinton | Hanoi, Vietnam | Vietnam National Geriatric Hospital, University of Minnesota | Research, Capacity Building |
| Week-long International Surgical Trips | Marc Dall’Era | Various | International Volunteers in Urology | Clinical Care |
| Airway Management Training for Emergency Physicians | Erik Laurin | Sao Paulo, Brazil | The Difficult Airway Course (Airway Management Education Center, Boston, MA) | Education, Clinical Care |
| Facilitating Pediatric Epilepsy Case Education | Julia Sharma | Paris (France), London (UK), Calgary (Canada), and Rome (Italy) | DIXI Medical | Research, Education, Clinical Care |
| Collaboration, Fundraising and Teaching | Julia Sharma | Ethiopia | ReachAnother Foundation | Education, Clinical care |
| Cancer & Surgery Capacity Building | Cameron Gaskill | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | UCSF, MUHAS, MNH, ORCI | Research, Education, Capacity Building |
| The Image Gently Alliance | Sarah McKenney | Image Gently | Education, Clinical Care | |
| In-Progress | Raminder Gill | |||
| International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) | Kent Lloyd | Various | Academic Institutions; Commercial Entities | Research, Resource and Data for Human Health |
| Bioelectrical Controls & Potential Therapeutic Use of Cell Migration in Wound Healing | Min Zhao | Oxford University, UK; Dresden Polytech, Germany; Lisbon, Portugal; Hangzhou Normal University, China | Research, Capacity Building | |
| Establishing International Testing Guidelines | Nam Tran | Singapore; Bangkok/Phitsanulok, Thailand; Rotkreuz, Switzerland; Copehagen, Denmark | Academic institutions, industry, international medical associations | Research, Education, Capacity Building, Clinical Care |
| AI Risk Stratification for Pressure Injuries | Holly Kirklandkyhn | Istanbul, Turkey & Hebei China | UC Santa Cruz engineers, UCSF engineers | Research, Education |
| Imaging Analyses of Archival Neuroimaging Data | Manpreet Singh | Chengdu, China | Stanford University and University of Cincinnati | Research |
| Latino Healthy Aging Public Health Program | David K Johnson | Ensenada Mexico, UABC | University of Costa Rica | Research, Education, Capacity Building, public health |
| 12-month Intensive Emergency Medicine Training Program | Shakira Bandolin | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Cho Ray Hospital and University Medical Center | Education, Capacity Building |
| Training Community Health Workers from Indigenous Communities | Shakira Bandolin | Ollantaytambo, Peru | Sacred Valley Health Non-Governmental Organization | Research, Education, Capacity Building |
| Humanitarian Health Advisor for Project Hope | Pranav Shettt | Various | Project Hope | Clinical Care |
| Healthcare Worker Mentorship Resources for HIV Care in Zambia | Jake Pry | Lusaka, Zambia | Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), non-governmental organization | Research, Capacity Building |
| Training & Clinical Support for Autism & Associated Neurodevelopmental Disabilities | Bibiana Restrepo | Latin America | Education, Capacity Building, Clinical Care | |
| PhD Education & Research | Jim Marcin | Aalborg, Denmark; Dublin Ireland; Brisbane Australia | Academic institutions | Research, Education |
| Surveillance & Diagnostics for Scrub Typhus, Typhoid Fever & Melioidosis | Kristen Aiemjoy | Thailand, Nepal, Afghanistan | Mahidol University, Nangahar University, Kanti Children's Hospital, MORU | Research |
| Multidisciplinary Cleft Lip and Palate Care | Alexander Marston | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Global Smile Foundation | Education, Capacity Building, Clinical Care |
| Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital Partnership | Christine McBeth | The Gambia | Gambia Emergency Trauma Care Collaborative, Techies Without Borders, Alfred Health Melbourne, Australia | Point-of-care ultrasound, emergency and trauma care, interventional and diagnostic radiology, surgical oncology |