Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update for October 11, 2021

Greetings all -

Two big announcements to share from last week:

1. On Wednesday, October 6^th, the World Health Organization approved the first ever malaria vaccine. To listen to an interview about this historic event with Yale malaria expert, Dr. Sunil Parikh (Yale School of Public Health), please visit: https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/vaccines-britain-lds-restaurant-week/world-health-organization-malaria
2. 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. The deadline for applications is November 15th, 11:59pm. Please take a look at the attached application form and let us know if you have questions.

As a reminder:

• Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) has announced that their 2022 Conference, "Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Social Justice" will now be an entirely virtual conference and will take place on March 28^th-April 1^st, 2022. Note that Yale is a member institution, and residents are considered “students” for the purposes of conference registration. Abstract deadline is October 15th – for more information, please visit: https://www.cugh2022.org/
• On October 15-16^th, Yale presents Through the Eyes of She: Equity in Health, Education, Business and Leadership for the African Woman in the 21st Century. For more information and to register, please visit this link.
• The Fogarty Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) fellowship has officially opened their 2022-2023 application cycle. The 10-month research fellowship at one of 31 sites in 23 countries. Deadline November 1^st

New and Notable

· Lancet Global Health October 1, 2021: Economic impact of tuberculosis mortality in 120 countries and the cost of not achieving the Sustainable Development Goals tuberculosis targets: a full-income analysis

· NEJM Sept 30, 2021: Toward a New Era for the Indian Health System

· Lancet Global Health October 1, 2021: What is wrong with global health? So-called glorified data collectors in low-income regions

· Lancet Global Health October 1, 2021: Why and for whom are we decolonising global health?

· NEJM Striving for Diversity in Research Studies Oct 7, 2021 – a new requirement for publishing papers

Upcoming Local Events: October

• Tuesday, October 12^th @ 6:30-8pm (Zoom): YSM Topics in Global Medicine and Health presents, “Climate emergencies and human health in the Caribbean” featuring Saria Hassan, Assistant Professor Adjunct. To join, please email the course director at jeremy.schwartz@yale.edu
• Wednesday, October 13^th @ 12:15PM- 1:30PM (Zoom): Global Health Justice presents "How to Vaccinate the World.” GHJP will be hosting this event in conjunction with the Law and Political Economy Project, where we'll be in conversation with activists, public health experts, and practitioners about the status of global COVID-19 vaccine access including David Kessler, Chief Science Officer of the White House COVID-19 Response Team. Register here.
• Thursday, October 14^th @ 8:30-9:30am (Zoom): Department of Internal Medicine Grands Rounds presents, “Annual Stephen J. Huot Lecture in Primary Care – Comprehensive Care for Marginalized Populations,” featuring Toyin Ajayi, MD (Chief Health Officer, Cityblock Health). To join, please visit: https://zoom.us/j/94896766303?pwd=UWFrcG9GNXMvcWZ3YU4ycUc5VEVSdz09
• Thursday October 14th @ 12-1pm, 60 College Street: YSPH presents the Global Health Seminar “Global Non-Communicable Diseases” by Nicola Hawley (Associate Professor of Epidemiology). Contact: anjuli.bodyk@yale.edu to access the lecture in real-time or to view the recording
• Thursday October 14^th @ 3:45-4:45pm (Zoom): History of Science & Medicine and SHEA (STEM & Health Equity Advocates) present:“Race Hygiene: Eugenics, Black Public Health, and Structural Inequality” by Ayah Nurridin, Princeton University. https://yale.zoom.us/j/95787950609?pwd=bkJMSWs1UU81WGczQmppQS9Dc3Bjdz09. Password: 134845

Save the Dates

• Deadline October 15^th, 2021: Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2022 VIRTUAL Conference, "Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Social Justice" on March 28^th-April 1st, 2022. The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) invites all persons wishing to report original research, innovative projects or novel programs related to global health to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation. https://www.cugh2022.org/abstract-submissions
• October 28th-30^th: Yale Golder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, in collaboration with the Macmillan Center will host their annual conference, “Yale & Slavery in Historical Perspective.” For more information and to register, please visit: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nSPIBUjlQzKRE165HITCOw

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 and Sheela

Co-Directors, Yale Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway