{"id":464599,"date":"2026-09-15T16:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/464599\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:09:13","slug":"uc-global-health-institute-to-move-headquarters-from-uc-san-francisco-to-uc-irvine-east-bay-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/464599\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Global Health Institute to move headquarters from UC San Francisco to UC Irvine \u2013 East Bay Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After more than 17 years at UC San Francisco, the UC Global Health Institute is moving its headquarters locally to UC Irvine\u2018s Joe C. Wen School of Population &amp; Public Health.<\/p>\n<p>The UC Global Health Institute was founded in 2008, connecting the 10 UC campuses under the shared mission of advancing health equity, research and education.<\/p>\n<p>The organization spans six academic health centers, 21 health professional schools and services University of California employees, faculty and students.<\/p>\n<p>The institute has pioneered systemwide programs including on gender and health justice, global health education and planetary health and is behind several student internships and programs, such as the GloCal Health Fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe University of California Global Health Institute embodies the very best of the UC system: collaboration across disciplines, campuses and communities in pursuit of solutions to society\u2019s most pressing challenges,\u201d Wen Public Health Founding Dean Bernadette Boden-Albala said. Boden-Albala has served on the institute\u2019s advisory council since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud that UC Irvine has been selected as the institute\u2019s new administrative home and look forward to supporting its continued growth and impact,\u201d Boden-Albala said. \u201cThis transition reinforces our commitment to advancing health equity, fostering innovation and strengthening partnerships that improve lives both here in California and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2024\/07\/18\/uci-launches-orange-countys-first-school-of-public-health\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe C. Wen School of Population &amp; Public Health <\/a>is Orange County\u2019s only dedicated school of public health and the fourth in the UC system. It launched in 2024, backed by a $50 million donation by philanthropist Joe C. Wen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe move of the UC Global Health Institutes administrative home to UC Irvine is incredibly exciting. UC Irvine is already a top-tier STEM, health sciences, and public health university with a track-record of impactful science,\u201d said Dr. Madhavi Dandu, a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco who has been leading the UC Global Health Institute since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow with closer collaboration with (the institute), UCI faculty and staff will be able to amplify their work to an even larger national and global audience. In addition, they will be more readily able to host collaborative opportunities that result in cross-campus educational and research programs,\u201d Dandu said. \u201cWe are excited for what the future holds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than 17 years at UC San Francisco, the UC Global Health Institute is moving its headquarters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[184,7,8,15,1570,1280,2306,181,1338,100,395,101,396,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-464599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-california-news","tag-education","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-higher-education","tag-latest-headlines","tag-morning-wire","tag-news","tag-peninsula","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-county","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}