| Greetings all,
The application platform is now 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. For more details, please see the November 1st email from Brett Marks. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis - https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7NEkKKQS5XWEWF0
As a reminder:
- Applications are now being accepted for the inaugural Yogesh Khanal Pilot Project Award! This opportunity provides $2500 for a mentored clinical research or medical education project over 12 months (see attached). The deadline for applications is November 15th, 11:59pm; see attached application form. Please contact Sheela.Shenoi@yale.edu with questions.
New and Notable
Upcoming Local Events: November
- Tuesday, November 2nd @ 12-1pm (Zoom): Yale Global Mental Health Program presents, “Between Hope and Despair: Mental Health Services in Africa,” featuring Dr. Jibril Abdulmalik (Senior Lecturer & Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan College of Medicine; Managing Partner, Asivuri Consulting; Founder, Asido Foundation). This session will focus on healthcare systems strengthening and culturally competent approaches to improving mental health. To attend, please visit: https://zoom.us/j/99950479109
- Tuesday, November 2nd @ 12-1:30pm (Zoom): Yale Program in Addiction Medicine Finding Solutions to the Opioid Crisis Speaker Series presents, “We are the Answer to Ending America’s Addiction Crisis,” featuring Ryan Hampton (Founder, The Voices Project and Mobilize Recovery) to discuss strategies to address addiction in the U.S. and support access to recovery for individuals with substance use disorder. An alumnus of the Clinton White House, Hampton has worked with multiple non-profits and national recovery advocacy campaigns on issues surrounding addiction and served as part of the core team that released the first-ever U.S. Surgeon General's report on addiction in 2016. To register, please visit: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bG5jJBmLR_6IWe6KsM_5_A
- Tuesday, November 2nd @ 6:30-8pm (Zoom): YSM Topics in Global Medicine and Health presents, “Community health workers: capacity building in Nicaragua” featuring Patricia Ryan-Krause, MS, MSN, PCPNP-BC (Professor Emerita of Nursing, YSN). To join, please email the course director at jeremy.schwartz@yale.edu.
- Wednesday, November 3rd @ 9-10am (Zoom): Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS presents, ”Interrupting HIV stigma in the household using home HIV testing offers in South Africa and Uganda," featuring Luke Davis, MD, MAS (Associate Professor of Epidemiology [Microbial Diseases], YSPH; Associate Professor of Medicine [Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine], YSM) and Mari Armstrong-Hough, MPH, PhD (Assistant Professor, NYU School of Global Public Health). To preregister, please visit: https://bit.ly/3oVmfu5
- Wednesday November 3rd 12-1pm (zoom): The Yale African American Affinity Group, Asian Network at Yale, Working Women’s Network, Yale Latino Networking Group, and New York University Women of Color Leadership Network present a conversation with Mina Harts about her book, “Right Within: How to Heal from Racial Trauma in the Workplace.” Register here: https://bit.ly/3qjFlJb
- Wednesday, November 3rd @ 12-1:15pm (Zoom): Yale Law School presents, “Accountability for the Opioid Crisis: A Discussion with Attorney General Tong and Patrick Radden Keefe.” This discussion will cover the history of the opioid epidemic, current actions that are being taken, and how to hold opioid manufacturers, distributors, and other bad actors in the addiction industry accountable for their role in the crisis. For more information and to register, pleae visit: https://medicine.yale.edu/event/accountability-for-the-opioids-crisis-a-discussion-with-attorney-general-tong-and-patrick-keefe/
- Wednesday November 3rd @ 7:30pm (Zoom): GHEDP presents Session 2: Global Health Advocacy Writing Two-Part Series, aka "So You Want to Write An Op-Ed" with Dr. Pranay Sinha (Trad ’17, GHEDP ’17). Please RSVP ASAP to tracy.rabin@yale.edu to register.
- Thursday, November 4th @ 8:30-9:30am (Zoom): Department of Internal Medicine Grands Rounds presents, “Covid19, Equity, and the Role of Policy & Partnerships for Health Justice,” featuring Marcella Nunez Smith MD MHS (Associate Dean for Health Equity Research, YSM). To attend, please visit: https://zoom.us/j/94896766303?pwd=UWFrcG9GNXMvcWZ3YU4ycUc5VEVSdz09
- Thursday November 4th @ 12-1pm, 60 College Street: YSPH presents the Global Health Seminar: “Principles of Building Partnerships in Global Health” by Tracy Rabin MD, SM (Associate Professor of Medicine, YSM; Director, Office of Global Health). Contact: anjuli.bodyk@yale.edu to access the lecture in real-time or to view the recording
- Thursday November 4th @5pm (Zoom): The Program for Biomedical Ethics presents “Social Determinants of Health” by Clarence Gravlee PhD (Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida). Zoom registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OHDCNo88RamHdRUDXToa6Q
- Saturday, November 6th @ 9am (150 Whalley Avenue): The Greater New Haven African American Historical Society presents, 1st Annual Black History Walk Fundraiser. This walk will be led by New Haven resident, Babz Rawls Ivy, and will explore the Dixwell Avenue community as it continues to change and evolve. The group will meet in the parking lot of the Whalley Avenue Stop and Shop. For more information about the event (and how to pay the $15 registration fee), please visit this site: https://mcusercontent.com/0b279aa81ae072490766d9803/images/de2d8878-091a-713f-81f5-2b09264b6c0d.jpg
- Saturday, November 6th @ 11am-4pm (333 Cedar Street, Medical Library Room 115): ReproJustice @ YSPH presents, “Civil Disobedience Training,” led by ACT UP trainers. Learn about non-violence, civil disobedience, affinity groups, and protesting along other YSPH students and students from other Yale graduate schools. Sign-up is capped at 50 attendees, and attendees are asked to bring their own lunch/snacks. Reach out to emily.borland@yale.edu with questions; sign-up link: https://yaleconnect.yale.edu/click?linkid=df1f6816-d072-4fdb-a211-ab1de711c1f4.
Additional Information
Wishing you a safe and healthy week!
Best,
Tracy and Sheela
Co-Directors, Yale Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway
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