Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Updates for November 17, 2023

Greetings to all,

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

· JAMA Network Open Nov 2023: Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Academic Performance Among Children in North Carolina (Yale authors)

· NEJM Nov 2023: Opening the Door Wider to International Medical Graduates — The Significance of a New Tennessee Law

· NEJM Nov 2023: Community-Engaged Research — Essential to Addressing Health Inequities

· NEJM Nov 2023: Woman, Life, Freedom (Yale author)

· Plos Global Public Health Nov 2023: Single-issue advocacy in global health: Possibilities and perils

Upcoming Local Events: November (and December)

· Monday November 27^th @ 400pm at Sterling Hall of Medicine SHML 112B or on zoom: Chagas Disease Alliance at Yale (CDAY) Seminar Series by Liliana Torcoroma García, Universidad de Santander (Colombia).

· Tuesday November 28^th @ 630-730pm in person only at Winslow Auditorium 60 College Street: Public Health Implications of the Israel - Gaza War. RSVP here. (more tickets will be available on 11/27)

• Wednesday Nov 29^th @ 12pm in Fitkin and on zoom: Pediatric Grand Rounds: Climate Change and Kids: How We Got Here, Where We’re Going.
• Wednesday Nov 29^th@ 830am at TAC N203: Rheumatology Grand Rounds: SLE in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities by Manuel F. Ugarte-Gil, MD, from Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Peru.
• 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 @ 830-4pm @ Omni Hotel: CIRA hosts “AIDS Science Day” for CIRA’s 25^th Anniversary. Register here.
• Thursday Nov 30^th @ 12-1pm 60 College Street, Winslow Auditorium: Mobile Technologies to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and HIV/AIDS by Zhao Ni, PhD, BMedSci, RN (YSN).
• Thursday, November 30^th @ 6-8pm (In-person location TBA): YSM Office of Global Health Education presents, “Global Health Ethics Panel,” featuring Drs. Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, MPH (YSPH); Mark Mercurio, MD, MA (YSM); and Tracy Rabin, MD, SM (YSM).
• Thursday Dec 14^th @ 10am on zoom: “Impact of Crises on Healthcare Workers: Current Evidence, Reflections, and Opportunities" featuring doctors and academics speaking about the crisis in Syria and Ukraine affecting health care workers. Register here.

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