Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update for February 12, 2024

Greetings to all,

· SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, February 27^th @ 730-830pm via zoom: Global Health Advocacy Part 2: So you want to write an Op-Ed? Guidance from Alum Pranay Sinha.

· SAVE THE DATE: Global Health Week (March 25-28): Climate Change, Global Migration, and Health

• Monday March 25^th 6:30pm: Dinner & Film Screening: Climate Refugees
• Tuesday, March 26^th 12-1pm: Global Health Poster Session. Zoom
• Thursday, March 28^th 8:30-9:30am: Medical Grand Rounds featuring Dr. Maya Prabhu “Climate Migration is happening: what does this mean for medicine?”
• Thursday March 28^th 12-1pm: Faculty Panel

New and Notable

· Lancet Feb 2024: Malaria vaccines – a test for global health.

· Lancet Public Health Feb 2024: Addressing health inequities in gender diverse people

· Lancet Feb 2024: Cancer risk factors and access to cancer prevention services for people experiencing homelessness

· NEJM Feb 2024: Ethical Issues in Providing Care in Safety-Net Health Systems

· NEJM Feb 2024: Being Well while Doing Well - Distinguishing Necessary from Unnecessary Discomfort in Training

Upcoming Local Events: February

· Wednesday February 14^th @ 4pm: Yale Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Grand Rounds: Incarcerated Patients and Health Equity in the ICU. Fitkin Auditorium or on zoom. · Thursday, February 15^th @12-1pm: Leaders in Public Health: Fireside Chat - YSPH Dean Megan Ranney with Ashwin Vasan, 44th Commissioner of Health, City of New York. Register for zoom link here. · Friday February 16^th @ 12pm: YSPH Climate Change and Health Seminar with Dr. Ana V. Diez Roux, "Climate change and urban health: opportunities for research and action"· Friday Feb 16^th @ 4pm: President Salovey hosts a discussion of the findings of the Yale and Slavery Research Project. Livestreamed. · Sunday Feb 25^th @12-3pm: Nicholas Dawidoff, author of The Other Side of Prospect (book club event 2/1/24) will be giving a talk with Q&A and then moderating a panel with New Haven Police and others. In person and on zoom. Click on this link for more information and to RSVP for this talk.

Past Trainings & Recordings Available:

• NEW: Online, free, self-paced course (~1.5hrs): Medicine for a Changing Planet: Case Studies.
• Online, free, self-paced course: History of Racism in Medicine by the Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education. The course takes 30 minutes to complete. To register, please visit the course website.
• ICAP/Columbia University: Improving Epidemic Readiness
• NIH: Culturally Competent Gender-related Norms Communications Training Resource
• UCONN INChip: Climate Change Impacts on Physical and Mental Health in the U.S. " by Dr. Amruta Nori-Sarma, Boston University School of Public Health
• Stanford Building a Culture of Health Equity Lecture Series: Health Equity Research in the LGBTQ+ Community
• ICAP/Columbia University: The Refugee Crisis: Addressing the Health of Displaced Populations.
• Stanford Building a Culture of Health Equity Lecture Series: Teaching LGBTQ + Health
• UCONN INChip: Stigma of Health Conditions in the Global Context: Applying the 'What Matters Most' Approach to MentalIllness, HIV and Cancer Stigma by Dr. Lawrence Yang, NYU
• ICAP/Columbia: Cancer Initiative Webinar Series — Informing Cancer Equity with Globally Diverse Data

Additional Information:

· The application platform is open for the Department of Internal Medicine’s Cross-Distinction Resident Academic Fund! Through this fund, residents will have the opportunity to apply for awards of up to $500 per year. This money is intended to cover costs associated with presenting your Distinction Pathway-related work at a local, regional, national, or international conference, or other academic activities related to your participation in the Distinction Pathway. All Distinction Pathway residents are encouraged to apply, however, preference will be given to PGY-3s and PGY-4s, as well as (in the future) residents who have not previously received an award from this fund. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis - https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7NEkKKQS5XWEWF0

· To view prior seminars from the Yale Macmillan Center Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement & Humanitarian Responses, please visit/subscribe to the PRFDHR YouTube channel

· Missed a great webinar? Take a look at the Physicians for Human Rights online archive of COVID-19-related webinars, and also check out the Partners in Health COVID-19 Webinar series archive

· Yale Institute for Global Health website: https://medicine.yale.edu/yigh/ - subscribe to their newsletter and follow YIGH on Twitter and Facebook

· Global Health Journal List blog entry (https://guides.lib.wayne.edu/choosingajournal/globalhealth) - an interesting and fairly comprehensive list of global health journals! Good for folks who are interested in thinking about what to read or where you might like to publish.

· Sign up for the Global Mental Health Program mailing list: https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/globalmentalhealth/

· Link to the Macmillan Center calendar -­ Please visit this site for a list of upcoming events:http://calendar.yale.edu/cal/macmillan

· Subscribe to the daily “Global Health NOW” newsletter: http://www.globalhealthnow.org/subscribe.html

Best,

Tracy and Sheela

Co-Directors, Yale Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway