Author Archive for Courtney Reynolds
UC Global Health Day
On Nov. 30, the UC Global Health Institute is sponsoring UC Global Health Day at UC Irvine, during which innovative global health work taking place at all ten of the UC campuses will be highlighted. UC aspirations to impact global health are to be commended, and now, more than ever, the UC is poised to [...]
Medicating the System: Making Access for the Poor a Research Priority
We, the academic community, are faced with an enormous challenge, one that confers great responsibility. Despite innumerable breakthroughs in biomedical research, our best efforts are not reaching the world’s sickest and poorest. Every year, 10 million people die needlessly, simply because they lack access to existing medicines and treatments. Even as we continue to improve the lives of patients with HIV, cancer and other ailments in developed countries, the plight of those in the developing world has not similarly improved.
