UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences
Since its founding, the Institute for Global Health Sciences has sought to be a pioneer and innovator in academic global health, with a deep commitment to improving the health of marginalized communities.
Our mission: To improve health and reduce inequities locally and globally.
Our vision: We solve global health problems so that people can live healthy productive lives by:
- Applying high-quality scientific evidence to inform health policies and practices
- Training future leaders in global health
- Building the capacity of our implementing partners
USAID STAR
The overall goal of USAID Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) is to strengthen the capacity of global health professionals and organizations, so they can implement stronger programs, achieve better results, and make a bigger impact in the global health field.
GHEcon Consortium
The Global Health Economics Consortium (GHECon) brings together UCSF health economists and colleagues at UC Berkeley and Stanford to support the capacity of national and local jurisdictions to design and deliver efficient, high-quality preventive and treatment health services.
USAID HEARD Project
HEARD addresses “know-do” gaps, or delays, in the discovery of effective interventions and their wide-scale application. HEARD emphasizes local ownership and partnerships in order to scale up equitable and sustainable efforts.
