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  • PAID Internship Opportunities. The Center for HIV/AIDS Minority Pipeline in Substance Abuse (CHAMPS) provides 4-6 month, intensive internship opportunities for under-represented scholars who will become the next generation of prevention scientists with expertise in HIV, substance use and co-occurring conditions. For more information, please click here.
  • 06/6-7/2008 – "Treatment of TB, STDs, HIV, Hepatitis C and Substance Abuse at the Border: Managing the Binational Patient" FREE Training/Workshop. This event will take place at the San Ysidro Health Center, Administration Building, on Friday, June 6th and Saturday, June 7th. Organized by the UCLA Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center. For more information and registration, please click here for English or Spanish.

  • 06/04/2008 – MSNBC Article, “Tainted cheese fuels TB rise in California: Unpasteurized dairy products linked to reemergence of ancient disease,” featuring Timothy c. Rodwell, MD, PhD, MPH, Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine, UCSD.
  • 05/19/2008 – Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine presents: Francisco Bastos, MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) who will speak on, "The Chronification of AIDS: Prospects for Brazil, a Middle-Income Country with Universal Access to Antiretroviral Therapies." Monday, May 19, 2008, 12:00 noon, UCSD Garren Auditorium. For more information, please call (858) 822-6468.
  • 05/01/2008 – "Sexually Transmitted Infections and Substance Abuse Use: Context and Culture" with Melanie Rusch, PhD, Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, Thursday, May 1, 2008, 3:30 pm, UCSD Leichtag 2A05.
  • 04/21/2008 – Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine presents: “The Multidisciplinary Study of Emergent Drugs: The Case of Boltushka in Ukraine." featuring Patricia Case, ScD, MPH, Senior Research Scientist, Fenway Health Institute in Boston, MA, Monday, April 21, 2008, 12 noon, UCSD Leichtag Building, Room 205. For more information, please call (858) 822-6468.
  • March 2008 – Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS) newsletter: El Rincon de Salud Hispana/The Hispanic Health Corner, featuring Dr. Maria Luisa Zuñiga. Please click here to read more.
  • 03/20/2008 – Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine presents: "Physical functioning in HIV-infected women in the era of HAART: Results from the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)" featuring Dr. Arpi Terzian, Thursday, March 20, 2008, 4:30 pm, UCSD Leichtag Building, Room 2A05. For more information, please call (858) 822-6468.
  • 03/19/2008 – Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine presents, "Communication and Disease: Examining the similarities in the models," featuring Dr. Jason Wood, Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 12:00 noon, UCSD Medical Teaching Facility-MTF 275. For more information, please call (858) 822-6468.
  • 03/10/2008 – Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine presents: "Meta-regression of HCV infection," featuring Dr. Holly Hagan, Monday, March 10, 2008, 12:00 noon, UCSD Garren Auditorium. For more information, please click here.
  • 01/30/2008 – UCSD Center for U.S.-Mexican, Seminar Studies presents: "HIV/AIDS in the Mexico-US Border Region," featuring Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, Wednesday, January 30, 2008, 3:30 pm, Institute of the Americas Complex, Weaver Center. For more information, please click here.
  • Voice of San Diego, December 29, 2007 – Sex Work, Border Society and Stigma: Questions for Steffanie Strathdee , featuring Dr. Steffanie Strathdee. Please click here to read more.
  • 11/14/07 - Dr. Steffanie Strathdee and the International Program of the UCSD Center for AIDS Research are pleased to present Luis Soto-Ramirez, MD, on Wednesday, November 14, at 12:00 noon in the Liebow Auditorium of the Basic Sciences Building on the UCSD main campus. Dr. Ramirez will be speaking on HIV Drug Resistance: Experience in Mexico. Please click here for more information.
  • 11/08/07 - UCSD Center for AIDS Research presents: the 11th Annual National CFAR Scientific Symposium, Thursday, November 8, 8:30 am-5:00 pm at the Health Sciences Education Auditorium in the lower level of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Building. Symposium flyer. Symposium agenda.
  • IHCCM's contribution in promoting HIV prevention across Mexico was covered in a radio story by KPBS on October 16, 2007. Read more about ongoing IHCCM research on HIV among drug users funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Please click here to read more.
  • 08/03/07- Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to Clinical Trials Participation in HIV-Positive Latinos - María Luisa Zúñiga, PhD, Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine, UCSD Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. August 3 at 8:00 am, UCSD Antiviral Research Center, 150 West Washington Street, San Diego.
  • 07/13/07 - Mobility, Drug Use, and HIV Along the Mexico/U.S. Border - Kimberly C. Brouwer, PhD, Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine, UCSD Department of Family and Preventive Medicine; and Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University.
  • For a complete list of August 2007 AIDS Clinical Rounds, please click here.
  • Congratulations to our new scholars and recipients of the 2007 Hispanic Health Professional Training Internships...(Read more)
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Current Programs
  • Hispanic Health Professional Training Internships - A six-month training internship for qualified Hispanic students or recent graduates interested in research experiences in HIV/AIDS and related infections with Latino populations living in the US-Mexico border region.
  • TIES Diplomado - A three day clinical model focusing on the prevention of HIV/AIDS is the Northwest Mexico/US border.


Working Together to Improve Global Health

The mission of the Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine is to:

  • Increase awareness, skills and research capacity relating to international health and cross-cultural issues through educational activities directed to faculty, students, fellows and the community;
  • Conduct high-caliber research on health-related issues and service utilization facing populations in international settings, U.S. minorities and migrants to the U.S.;
  • Provide opportunities for students to experience clinical and research activities in international settings and diverse communities;
  • Initiate, participate and foster collaborations on international health activities within and between departments in the UCSD School of Medicine, the general UCSD campus, organized research units, and U.S.-based and international agencies and institutions;
  • Offer advice and consultation on international health topics as needed by local, regional, national and international organizations.
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