Dear GHEDP Colleagues,
We are looking forward to our Global Health Faculty Career panel which is happening tonight (!) Monday, October 28th @ 7pm – the event will be held via Zoom and we look forward to having you join us!
Note new date! SAVE THE DATE #2: We are thrilled to be hosting Dr. Pranay Sinha (Trad ’17, first GHEDP graduate, and experienced Op-Ed author) from Boston University for two very special events designed to help us use our physician voices to advocate for global health issues. The first event will be held in person and will take place on Thursday, December 5th @ 7pm – more info to come soon!
Accepting Applications: Cornell’s Global Health Research Fellowship https://globalhealth.weill.cornell.edu/fellowship
The recording from the Global Health Scholars Info Session on Thursday October 24th will be available on the Office of Global Health webpage – stay tuned!
New and Notable
- Lancet Public Health Oct 2024: Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study
- Lancet Global Health Oct 2024: Intimate partner violence and childhood health outcomes in 37 sub-Saharan African countries: an analysis of demographic health survey data from 2011 to 2022: Commentary: Fixing the system to end violence against women
- BMJ Global Health Oct 2024: South-to-south collaboration to strengthen the health workforce: the case of paediatric cardiac surgery in Rwanda
Upcoming Local Events: October
- Tuesday October 29th @ 9am: Global Mental Health 101 Webinar.
- Tuesday October 29th @ 1pm at 135 College Street, Suite 200 or zoom: "Aging with HIV across the Life Course: Opportunities and Challenges to Improve Health Outcomes by Dr. Reena Rajasuriar from University of Malaysia
- Tuesday October 29th @ 7-9pm: Gryphon’s Pub 204 York Street: Global Health on Tap. Please join us for food and networking at Gryphons in the spirit of connecting with others interested in global health. Global health on-TAP is an interdisciplinary group across campus, developed to highlight specific global health topics from experts. This month we will hear several short presentations on ongoing projects. Food will be provided.
- Tuesday October 29th @ 6:30-8pm at Hope 110: NCDs and Access to Medicines by Jeremy Schwartz.
- Thursday October 31st @ 12-1250pm @ 60 College Street, Winslow Auditorium (Room 109): Access to Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Medications During Wartime in Sudan by Eman Salih.
- Thursday October 31st @ 4pm at Tsai City 17 Prospect Street: Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science Dean Jeff Brock will host a "fireside chat" with André Hoffmann, vice chair at Roche, a global biotech company.
- Wednesday November 20th @ 4pm at Luce Hall (Rm 203): The Neglected Crisis: The Roots and Humanitarian Costs of Sudan's War
- Thursday November 21st @ 430pm at Luce Hall (Rm 101): 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa
Online Trainings & Recordings of Past Events Available:
- NEW: Responding to Mpox: Voices from the Front Lines by Columbia University ICAP. Recording and slides available.
- Online, free, Health Across the Gender Spectrum: 2.25hrs/2.25 CME credits.
- Online recording of Center for Global Development: How Will AI Transform Work and Jobs in Developing Countries?
- 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