Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update for November 6, 2023

Greetings to all,

Thank you to Dr. Mercy Adewale (Emergency Medicine) and Dr. Christine Sekggya-Wiltshire for leading the discussion at Global Health Night Out last Wednesday November 1^st. Thank you to all of you who attended!

Also: if you missed the info session for the 2024-2025 Global Health Scholars Program, the recording of the Zoom meeting is posted on the Program website: https://medicine.yale.edu/intmed/education/residency/specializations/global-health-scholars-program/apply/. As a reminder, the deadline is December 15^th and applications require two letters of recommendation, so don’t wait until the last minute!

New and Notable

· Lancet Global Health Nov 2023: Quantitative estimates of preventable and treatable deaths from 36 cancers worldwide: a population-based study

· Lancet Rheumatology Nov 2023: Embracing holistic management in SLE

· Lancet Global Health Nov 2023: Glocal is global: reimagining the training of global health students in high-income countries

· Lancet Respiratory Medicine Nov 2023: Shaping urban environments to improve respiratory health: recommendations for research, planning, and policy

Upcoming Local Events: November

• Thursday Nov 9^th @ 12pm on zoom: Ebola 10 Years On - Reflections and Lessons Learned. December 2023 marks the 10-year anniversary of the emergence of Ebola in West Africa that caused a tragic epidemic with more than 10,000 deaths in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Senior health leaders who responded to the epidemic will share their reflections on the weaknesses in healthcare, public health, and health financing that exacerbated the Ebola crisis in their countries, as well as lessons learned that can be or have already been applied to better respond to emerging infectious disease threats, build more resilient health systems, and improve health outcomes globally. Panelists include Dr. Bernice Dahn, Former Minister of Health, Liberia; Dr. Sylla Thiam, Former Regional Director, Amref, West Africa; and David Mandu Farley Kelli-Coomber IV, Paramount Chief, Mandu Chiefdom, Sierra Leone. Register here.
• Thursday Nov 9^th @ 12-1pm 60 College Street, Winslow Auditorium: YSPH Global Health Seminar presents Innovation in Global Health: The Story of Khushi Baby by Ruchit Nagar, CEO, Khushi Baby
• Tuesday Nov 14^th @ 12-1pm on zoom: Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds: Structural Contributors to Substance Use Treatment Access by Dr. Pia Mauro. Zoom link forthcoming.
• Wednesday Nov 15^th @ 12-1pm at 60 College Street: YSPH Environmental Health Sciences Seminar: Social and Structural Determinants of Environmental Health Inequities.
• Wednesday Nov 15^th @ 5-630pm zoom and in person (Cohen Auditorium, 230 South Frontage Road): Program for Biomedical Ethics: Virtue Ethics with Bryanna Moore, PhD, HEC-
• Thursday Nov 16^th @ 12-1pm 60 College Street, Winslow Auditorium: Equitable Access to Vaccines. Anant Shah, New Products & Lifecycle Lead, COVID & Respiratory Combination Vaccines, Moderna
• Wednesday Nov 29^th @ 630-730pm on zoom: YSPH Violence Intervention Training, Advocacy and Education, VITAE, a new student-led organization, invites you to attend a thought-provoking conversation with YSPH Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, entitled: "Violence as a Public Health Issue: The Road to Solutions." An emergency physician and innovative leader in public health, Dean Ranney is nationally known for her advocacy and research on firearm injury prevention. Register here.
• Wednesday Nov 29^th @ 7-8pm @ Gryphon’s Pub – SAVE THE DATE for the next Global Health on Tap.
• Thursday Nov 30^th @ 12-1pm 60 College Street, Winslow Auditorium: Mobile Technologies to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and HIV/AIDS by Zhao Ni, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Nursing.

Past Trainings & Recordings Available:

• 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
• Join the Good Society Forum: Launched in April 2020 by Emma Sky (Director, Yale World Fellows) and Nizam Uddin (Senior Head of Mosaic and Community Integration, The Prince’s Trust, and 2019 Yale World Fellow), the twice-weekly GSF Webinars digitally connect change-makers around the world, engage them on ideas about a specific challenge of the day, and inspire action to build the good society. To subscribe to the GSF mailing list, visit - https://mailchi.mp/5922abe55ef6/joingoodsocietyforum
• 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