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  • PATA Blum Grants

    Announcing 2013 Undergraduate Grant Awards

    Poverty Alleviation Through Action


    Constructing potable water systems, co-developing innovative waste water treatment, teaching business skills, and helping men find employment and recognize their value as fathers in New York are all initiatives launched by UC Davis undergraduate students which were funded this year by the UC Davis Blum Center in an effort to support local communities work themselves out of poverty.

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  • PASS Blum Grants

    Announcing 2013 Graduate Grant Awards

    Poverty Alleviation through Sustainable Solutions


    Addressing food security with effective seed storage techniques in Nepal and Uganda, building local capacity of health care workers in rural Nicaragua, exploring use of novel information communication technologies to improve smallholder farming practices in the Guatemala highlands. These are some of the innovative initiatives launched by UC Davis graduate students from across campus and funded by the UC Davis Blum Center in an effort to support local communities.

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News
Cuba Talk

May 29, 2013 — HIA is delighted to host two scholars from the University of Havana, Yohanka León del Río and Felix Valdes García. After months of (customary) delay, the State Department granted them and a small contingent of Cuban scholars visas to attend the LASA meetings this week.

Business Development Fellows

May 23, 2013 — Business Development Fellows *September 2013-June 2014* Year-long program for UC Davis science and engineering graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who want to develop business skills for a career in industry or develop new business ventures.

IME Scholarship deadline approaching soon.

May 15, 2013 — Deadline for applying is May 31st, 2013. These scholarships are directed to students of Mexican origin and Latinos in general who reside in Northern California.

In 2 Days, Dr. Leonor Arfuch “Trauma and Memory: Surrounding the Unspeakable with Words”

May 14, 2013 — Dr. Leonor Arfuch is Professor at the University of Buenos Aires where she is Director of Research on Cultural Studies at the Gino Germani Research Institute.

Webinars for the Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Program!

May 14, 2013 — The Fiscal Year 2013 competition for the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Program was announced in the Federal Register on May 2, 2013.

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Blum Center Grant Profile:

One Health: Nicaragua

Nicaragua-OneHealthProject
Photo courtesy Haley McDermott
A team of UC Davis students from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health are employing an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach for addressing the human, animal and environment health of a rural community near Ocotal in Nicaragua.

Teams will be heading to Sabana Grande in May to work with public health care volunteers and veterinarians to establish a “One Health” approach, recognizing that human and animal health are inextricably linked. One Health seeks to promote, improve, and defend the health and well‐being of all humans and animals by enhancing cooperation and collaboration between physicians, veterinarians environmental specialists, and public health practitioners. These partnerships will begin the process of creating a program that is truly multidisciplinary and addresses the changing and complicated environment of healthcare in developing nations.

Nicaragua-OneHealthProject
Photo Courtesy Haley McDermott
UC Davis Blum Center funds will help support UC Davis teams looking at livestock health and husbandry as well as expanding technical expertise of public health professionals and community volunteers called "brigadistas".

Project team: Carolina Vicario, Rennie Putnam, Blanca Camacho of the Department of Veterinary Medicine

Nicaragua-OneHealthProject
Photo courtesy Haley McDermott
This student-driven project, with faculty mentorship, will investigate specific health needs of livestock and create educational modules to address these concerns. These steps will allow the project team to work with the community and existing governmental programs, empower community members with livestock-related knowledge and skills, and strengthen the ties between human and animal health workers in Sabana Grande. This initiative is follow up on earlier efforts in June 2012 when the project team of four veterinary students, one MPH student, and one DVM travelled to Sabana Grande, Nicaragua to collect demographic data and gain an understanding of existing health infrastructure as well as human and animal health issues present within the community. Based on the high need and interest in veterinary care, Carolina and her team are focusing their efforts this year to further characterize and meet the livestock needs and concerns of Sabana Grande and surrounding communities.

Project team: Fiona Whitton, Leah Colyer, Molly Liepnieks, Ryen Morey of the Department of Veterinary Medicine

Nicaragua: Pig
Photo courtesy by Gwynn Benner
In early 2012, the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine established a partnership with the UC Davis School of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, and began a collaboration to develop a One Health project in Sabana Grande, Nicaragua. This project is multifaceted, with different groups of students and faculty focusing on specific areas of human, ecological and animal health needs. The aim of this project  will be to address educational and public health concerns within the community, bringing informational modules and clinical workshops to community health workers and local youth, and utilizing a bi-directional information exchange to enhance the cultural and educational experience of the community of Sabana Grande and student researchers. This educational framework will provide the project, and the community, with a sustainable method of information dissemination, will help stimulate economic growth, and will ensure continual communication, collaboration and cross-disciplinary learning.

 

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