Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update for April 15, 2024

Greetings to all,

We’d like to highlight the upcoming Global Health Night Out – “Responding to the 2024 Dengue Fever Epidemic” – which will take place on Wednesday, April 24^th (6:30-8pm) and will include dinner. The session will be led by GHEDP residents, Karthik Rohatgi (YPC PGY-2) and Eric Steinbrook (YPC PGY-1) and will include expert input from Albert Ko (Raj and Indra Nooyi Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology [Microbial Diseases] and of Medicine [Infectious Diseases]). For more information and to register by 5pm on Monday, April 22^nd (which helps with the food order!), please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-health-night-out-responding-to-the-2024-dengue-fever-epidemic-tickets-881488103647?aff=oddtdtcreator.

New and Notable

• Lancet Global Health April 2024: Advancing equity in medical device performance

· Lancet Global Health April 2024: Cooperation for malaria control and elimination in the Guiana Shield

· Plos Global Public Health April 2024: Towards authentic institutional allyship by global health funders

· NEJM April 2024: Integrating Public Health and Health Care — Protecting Health as a Team Sport

Upcoming Local Events: April/May

· Wednesday April 17^th @ 5pm at Hope Auditorium 103 or zoom: Program for Humanities in Medicine Kenneth and Georgia Barwick Lecture: "Storytelling for Social Justice & Health Equity" by Linda Villarosa. Journalist, editor, and educator Linda Villarosa is the author of the award-winning book, Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on Health in America. She is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, where she covers race, inequality, and health. Register here for the zoom link. · Thursday April 18^th @ 830am at Fitkin or zoom: Medical Grand Rounds: “How to Be Better Allies: Barriers to Reporting Sexual Misconduct in Medicine” by Dr. Koeun Choi. · Friday April 19^th @ 4pm at Hope 110: “Let’s stick together: Sustaining the scientific record and scientific community during chaos” by Dr. Holden Thorp, Editor, Science.· Friday April 19^th @ 530pm at TAC Auditorium: Screening (80min) and discussion of the Emmy-nominated documentary “CURED” highlighting a pivotal but little-known moment in the history of medicine and LGBTQ advocacy when activists and psychiatrists challenged a formidable institution and won a crucial victory in the modern movement for LGBTQ equality and dignity.· Tuesday April 23^rd @ 12pm at 135 College St, Suite 200 or zoom: CIRA International Visiting Scholar Programo Dr. Lucy Chimoyi, Aurum Institute, South Africa:“Generating Evidence-Based Solutions for Optimal Delivery of Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment among PLHIV Attending Routine Settings in Sub-Saharan Africa” o Dr. Irina Zaviriukha, European Institute of Public Health Policy, Ukraine: “Resilience of Peer Navigation among HIV-Positive Older People (50+) in Multi-Crisis During the War in Ukraine”o Click here to attend in person (lunch at 1pm) or here for the zoom link.· Wednesday April 24^th @ 530pm-7pm at Winslow Auditorium (YSPH): Commemorating the 10 Year Anniversary of the Kidnapping of the Chibok Girls by Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, PhD, CEO of the Murtala Muhammed Foundation. Discussion by Professor Ijeoma Opara, Associate Professor of Public Health. Register here (dinner).· Wednesday April 24^th @ 630-8pm (dinner at 630, discussion at 7pm) at BCMM 206/208 (enter at 295 Congress): Global Health Night Out: Dengue Fever in 2024 led by resident facilitators, Dr. Karthik Rohatgi (PGY-2, Primary Care Internal Medicine) and Dr. Eric Steinbrook (PGY-1, Primary Care Internal Medicine), and faculty expert Dr. Albert Ko, Raj and Indra Nooyi Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology [Microbial Diseases] and of Medicine [Infectious Diseases]. Click this link for more information and to register before 5pm on Monday, April 22^nd.· Thursday April 25^th @ 12-1pm on zoom: The End of Affirmative Action: What Does it Mean for Residency and Fellowship Programs? Featuring panelists: Daniel Aaron, MD, JD, Associate Professor, S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah; David Henderson MD, American Medical Association Vice President for Equity, Diversity and Belonging for Medical Education; Marietta Vazquez MD FAAP, Associate Dean for Medical Student Diversity, Yale School of Medicine· Wednesday, May 15^th @ 2pm: NIH’s Robert S. Gordon, Jr. Lecture in Epidemiology: Addressing Health Disparities in Diabetes: Intersection of Structural Racism, Social Determinants, and Racial/Ethnic Disparities by Dr. Egede, University of Wisconsin. Watch the videocast here.

Past Trainings & Recordings Available:

• 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