Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update for August 17, 2020

Greetings, all –

Registration has opened for the virtual Consortium of Universities for Global Health 12^th Annual Meeting - Addressing Critical Gaps in Global Health and Development which will be held March 12-14, 2021. For more information about the conference, please visit: https://www.cugh2021.org - of note, Yale University is an institutional member and residents are considered “students” for the purposes of registration, so keep that in mind when looking at the registration fee chart.

Also, if you’re planning to submit a scientific abstract, please consider taking advantage of a new service that matches individuals who are seeking guidance on their submissions, together with experienced advisors - the CUGH Abstract Advising Program (deadline September 30^th):https://www.cugh.org/content/abstract-advising-program

New and Notable

• Listen to the latest episode of Yale Talk: Yale Experts on the Parallel Crises of COVID-19 and Systemic Racism featuring President Peter Salovey, together with Elijah Anderson, PhD (Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies) and Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS (inaugural YSM Associate Dean for Health Equity Research, as well as Associate Professor of Medicine [General Medicine] and of Epidemiology [Chronic Diseases] and Associate Professor at the School of Management): https://president.yale.edu/speeches-writings/yale-talk/yale-experts-parallel-crises-covid-19-and-systemic-racism?utm_source=YaleToday&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=YT_YaleToday-Staff_7-22-2020
• Take a look at the attached Lancet editorial - Humanitarian crises in a global pandemic - which reminds us that, even as countries struggle with the new COVID-19 crisis, the global community needs to remember that there are many for whom this is simply an addition to a set of underlying and ongoing crises of a different nature.
• Read this Health Affairs Blog perspective from two global health leaders, entitled: How Lessons from Global Health Can Improve Health and the Response to COVID-19 in the US: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200806.949101/full/?utm_source=Global+Health+NOW+Main+List&utm_campaign=5737a84b2a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_08_11_12_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8d0d062dbd-5737a84b2a-889431

· Applications are now open for the 2021-2023 class of the UCSF HEAL Initiative Rotating Fellowship program! Rotating Fellows are US-trained and licensed physicians who will rotate between both domestic and international partner sites each year of the fellowship. Applications are due on September 30^th for positions starting in July 2021 - for more information, visit: https://healinitiative.org/fellowship-overview/rotating-fellow-apply/

Upcoming Local Events: August

• Wednesday, August 19^th @ 8-9am: The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale (CIRA) will be hosting a virtual panel discussion on “Conducting International HIV/AIDS Research during the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Panelists include Yale faculty researchers and CIRA International Visiting Fellows (see attached flyer for further details). The panel will be moderated by Luke Davis, MD, Yale Schools of Public Health and Medicine. Topics will include: 1) strategies to thrive when adjusting from research environments to working remotely; 2) creative approaches to maintain productivity and communication with research collaborators; and 3)opportunities to shift focus and study the impact of COVID-19 on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. Join by computer or mobile device: https://yale.zoom.us/j/91826618991
• Wednesday, August 19^th @ 12-1pm: Physician for Human Rights presents their latest webinar - Discussion on the Risk of Mass Atrocities During a Pandemic. This conversation will focus on the prevention of mass atrocities, the responsibility to protect, and the right to health during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on the situation facing ethnic minorities in Myanmar. For more information and to register, please visit: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hUxAdqS2RferZC55VqlAZA?utm_campaign=541907_FY21%20August%20COVID-19%20Webinar%20Invitation%207_08142020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Physicians%20for%20Human%20Rights&dm_i=4GV7,BM4Z,1IF7EV,17HOV,1
• Thursday, August 20^th @ 12:30pm: The Women Lift Health Speaker Series presents a webinar entitled, Gender and Power: Exploring Women’s Voice and Representation in the Media. For more information and to register, please visit: https://womenlifthealth.course.tc/catalog/course/covid-19-webinar-series
• Friday, August 21^st @ 8-9am: Yale Orthopedics Grand Rounds presents - "What Does Public Health Ethics Require of Orthopaedic Surgeons Amidst a Global Pandemic?" presented by Casey Jo Humbyrd, MD, MBE (Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University). To join via Zoom, visit: https://zoom.us/s/96108594677

• Tuesday, August 25^th @ 12-1pm: The Minnesota Department of Health Refugee and International Health Program presents a Center of Excellence in Refugee Health Webinar - Addressing refugee and immigrant health in the face of persistent inequality and COVID-19: Perspectives of clinical experts. For more information, please see the attached flyer; to register, please visit: https://bit.ly/2Cpvc93

Save the Date

• August 28-29, 2020 - Doctors for America Virtual National Leadership Conference. For more information and to register, visit: http://www.drsforamerica.org/take-action/get-people-covered
• October 13-15, 2020 - 4^th annual Women Leaders in Global Health (Virtual) Conference. For more information, visit: https://www.womenlifthealth.org/global-convenings
• November 15-19, 2020 - American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene Annual Meeting (#TropMed20). For more information, visit: https://www.astmh.org/annual-meeting/2020-annual-meeting
• November 19-20, 2020 - Global Health Council Summit 2020 - Pandemics, Politics, and Privilege: The Good, Bad, & Ugly U.S. Legacy in Global Health. For more information, visit: https://globalhealth.org/ghls/
• March 12-14, 2021 - Consortium of Universities for Global Health 12^th Annual Meeting - Addressing Critical Gaps in Global Health and Development. For more information, visit: https://www.cugh2021.org

Additional Information

• 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 (http://www.globalhealthhub.org/2017/03/06/global-health-journal-list/?utm_source=Global+Health+NOW+Main+List&utm_campaign=6a34d04cc5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8d0d062dbd-6a34d04cc5-889431) - 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

Wishing you a safe and healthy week!

Best,

Tracy