Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update for September 25, 2023

Greetings to all,

Welcome to the 2023-2024 GHEDP entering class! We are so thrilled to have 10 new residents joining our group and are looking forward to seeing both new and continuing GHEDP residents at our annual Welcome Dinner this evening. For our GHEDP alumni and continuing residents - please be sure to say hello and welcome when you see the following new members around the hospital: Amiya Ahmed, Sruthi Buddai, Isaac Chan, Pegah Khaloo, Haris Qureshi, Karthik Rohatgi, Lara Rotter, Cosmas Sibindi, Eric Steinbrook, and Clara Warden.

New and Notable

· Lancet Global Health Sept 2023: Labour exploitation among community health workers

· NEJM Sept 2023: Affirmative Action, Population Health, and the Importance of Opportunity and Hope

• Lancet Global Health Sept 2023: A cardiovascular polypill for secondary stroke prevention in a tertiary centre in Ghana (SMAART): a phase 2 randomised clinical trial
• Lancet Sept 2023: Cause-specific mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–19: a systematic analysis of health disparities
• Lancet Sept 2023: Uganda's anti-homosexuality laws stymie research

Upcoming Local Events: September/October

• Thursday September 28^th @ 12pm, Hope 2^nd floor or zoom: Yale GIM 2nd Annual Inginia Genao Lecture in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: “Creating a Diverse and Well-Distributed Physician Workforce”
• Thursday, September 28^th @ 6:30-8pm (YSC-FMB Room 115): Annual Global Health and Equity Distinction Pathway Welcome Dinner! Please come to share a meal with other GHEDP residents and faculty and welcome the new residents who are joining the Distinction Pathway this year.
• Thursday and Friday Sept 28^th and Sept 29^th @ 12-5pm online: NHLBI’s Advancing Health Equity Through Culture-Centered Dietary Interventions to Address Chronic Diseases. Register here.
• Thursday September 28^th @ 12pm, Winslow Auditorium, 60 College Street: Building Public Trust in the Age of Misinformation by Aleksandra Kuzmanovic, Social Media Manager, Leadership Unit, Department of Communications (DCO), World Health Organization (WHO).
• Saturday September 30^th 8am-3pm (TAC Auditorium): 2^nd Annual Yale Conference for Alcohol Research and Education (YCARE) offers a dynamic day of learning, interaction and collaboration on the theme of “Alcohol Research”. The event is targeted to researchers who are working or wish to work in the field of alcohol research, clinicians who are interested in the care of patients with alcohol related diseases, and other interested individuals. Any trainee who submits an abstract and presents a poster will be considered for a poster award.
• Tuesday, October 3^rd @ 5:30-7pm (YSM Harkness Auditorium): The YSM Office of Diversity, Inclusion, Community Engagement, and Equity and the YSM Office of Medical Education present, “New Haven Voices: Understanding Where We Live, Work, and Play.” This event is aimed at Yale-affiliates who are interested in broadening their understanding of the relationships between Yale and different facets of the New Haven community. Please click this link to register in advance, as food will be provided.
• Wednesday October 4^th @ 430pm, Luce Hall: PROGRAM ON REFUGEES, FORCED DISPLACEMENT, AND HUMANITARIAN RESPONSES presents: Missing in Brooks County - Movie Screening and Q&A with Film Director Lisa Molomot
• Wednesday, October 4^th @ 5-6:30pm (YSM Cohen Auditorium or on Zoom): The YSM Program for Biomedical Ethics and the Yale Pediatric Ethics Program present, “Crisis Standards of Care: Preparing for the Next Pandemic.” Please see the attached flyer for more information and to see the Zoom link.
• Thursday, October 5^th @ 830am in Fitkin and virtually: Medical Grand Rounds: "The Planet as Patient: Addressing Climate Change and Health" by Robert McLean MD
• Tuesday, October 24, at 7 pm ET with Dr. Uché Blackstock, an emergency physician and breakout public voice of the pandemic, for a frank conversation about bias and racism in medicine and health care with OpEd Project leader and physician Dr. Amanda Calhoun. Register here (sliding scale fee structure).

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