Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update for April 26, 2021

Greetings, all –

While last week’s verdict in Minneapolis found Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd, the structures remain that maintain racial inequalities and facilitate violence against members of our minority and marginalized communities. Adam Toledo. Daunte Wright. Ma’Khia Bryant. Too many names.

And so, taking heart in a quote from President Salovey’s April 20^th email: “We must continue to focus our energy on addressing racism, injustice, and abuse of power by the police and others in positions of public trust and authority.” This email space has included links and information about talks on racism and society and racism and medicine, as education is the first step toward action and we – as physicians - are in positions of public trust and authority. For those who missed Jana Christian’s Medical Grand Rounds last Thursday (“A New Era of Antiracism in Medicine: Unravelling Our Past to Relearn for Our Future”), I highly encourage you to watch it and feel inspired about how we can focus our energy going forward.

New and Notable

• Sign up for the annual (virtual) AIDS Walk New Haven 5k! Participate at your own pace between Friday, April 30^th and Sunday, May 2^nd. For more information and to register, please visit: https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/register-for-aids-walk-new-haven/
• Save the Date: Wednesday, May 5^th (9am-5pm) and Friday, May 7^th (1-5pm): UConn Health/Connecticut Children’s present the 2021 Global Health Symposium: Decolonizing Global Health. Please see the attached flyer for more information about the schedule and the registration link.
• Save the Date: Monday, May 10^th @ 7-8pm: Please join the third and final session in this year’s GHEDP Global Health Ethics series: we will be welcoming Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, MPH (Associate Professor of Epidemiology [Microbial Diseases], Yale School of Public Health; Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health) to discuss ethical issues in global health research. More info to come!
• Save the Date: Tuesday, May 11^th @ 5-6pm: YIGH Global Health Conversation Series presents, “Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization.” During this conversation, Dr. Tedros will discuss the importance of ensuring equity in tackling the pandemic; the value and role of WHO in the world; and the importance of re-engaging the United States in the global response. For more information and to register, please visit: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sPzuhmOdRAmxPXK1cJsNDQ

Upcoming Local Events: April

• Tuesday, April 27^th @ 12-1pm: Bridgeport Hospital Global Health Initiative presents, “Racism in Medicine: Reconciling the Past and Present,” featuring Udodiri R. Okwandu, AB (Doctoral Candidate, Department of the History of Science/Presidential Scholar, Harvard University). Ms. Okwandu’s research critically examines science and medicine’s relationship to power and their ability to enact subjection against underrepresented and marginalized populations, with a focus on the Black community. For more information, please see the attached flyer; please use this Zoom link to attend: https://ynhh.zoom.us/j/96113817551?pwd=OVVMeWVkcEJTTWpXb01nZ1ZJQXkvUT09
• Tuesday, April 27^th @ 1-2:15pm: Weill Cornell Center for Global Health presents, “Women in Global Health Virtual Symposium: COVID-19 and Gender – Leadership by Women Scientists in Global Health.” To attend, please pre-register at: https://weillcornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctf-yhqj4rG9zE5ZualbH3-4LrdJWFmjNE
• Thursday, April 29^th @ 8:30-9:30am: Yale Medical Grand Rounds presents, “Vaccinating the World: Global Dimensions of COVID Vaccines,” featuring Nicole Lurie, MD , MSPH (Strategic Advisor, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; Former Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Obama Administration). To attend, please visit: https://zoom.us/j/94896766303?pwd=UWFrcG9GNXMvcWZ3YU4ycUc5VEVSdz09

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 (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

Wishing you a safe and healthy week!

Best,

Tracy