Health

13

Oct

Loretta Ross Named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow

UC Press is thrilled to share that UC Press author Loretta Ross has been named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow.

22

Feb

A Tribute to Paul Farmer: Legendary Global Health Activist and Physician

An inspiring humanitarian, doctor, and advocate of global health equity, Paul Farmer leaves behind an immense legacy. With the tragic news of his passing on February 21, 2022, our Executive Editor Naomi …

16

Feb

On The First English Translation of the Classic Chinese Encyclopedia, Ben cao gang mu

By Paul U. Unschuld, translator of the Ben cao gang mu series The Ben cao gang mu series is the first complete and annotated translation of the classic work, combining the original …

16

Nov

Q&A with Ippolytos Kalofonos, author of All I Eat is Medicine

For the 2021 American Anthropological Association meeting, Ippolytos Kalofonos, author of All I Eat is Medicine: Going Hungry in Mozambique’s AIDS Economy, joined us to discuss some of the key findings from …

27

Oct

OA Week 2021: Open Access at UC Press

At UC Press, open access—the free, immediate, unrestricted, online access to peer-reviewed research and scholarly work—is central to our mission to drive progressive change by seeking out and cultivating the brightest minds and giving them voice, reach, and impact.

05

Aug

Q&A with Danielle Raudenbush: C. Wright Mills Award-winning Author

We’re proud to share that author Danielle Raudenbush has won the 2020 C. Wright Mills Award for her book, Health Care Off the Books! This honor, awarded annually by the Society for …

07

May

Pandemic History Article Published in California History Wins WAWH Prize

We’re pleased to announce that Dr. Diane M.T. North’s article, “California and the 1918–1920 Influenza Pandemic,” published in California History (Vol. 97, No. 3, August [Fall] 2020), has won the Western Association of …

06

May

Autoethnography and COVID-19: A Journal of Autoethnography Forum

Because COVID is ubiquitous, it is exhausting. However, we also knew we needed to do something. This forum is our compromise.

04

May

Q&A with Mara Buchbinder, author of Scripting Death

Mara Buchbinder is a medical anthropologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Social Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her new book, Scripting Death: Stories of Assisted …

22

Apr

Advances in Global Health now open for submissions

“We join the many organizations worldwide that have made commitments to advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals and advancement of human health, and expect that the journal will serve as a valuable outlet for scholarship from researchers worldwide, and in particular those from low- to middle-income countries”