Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update for October 18, 2021

Greetings, all –

Please join us on Thursday, October 21^st at 7:30pm for the 1^st of two sessions in the annual GHEDP Global Health Advocacy Writing Series, featuring GHEDP alum, Dr. Pranay Sinha. RSVP to tracy.rabin@yale.edu to receive the Zoom link!

Following up from Monday’s webinar/noon conference, “Healthcare of Afghan Refugees,” please save the date for two additional webinars in the series, which will both be held from 12-1pm: Monday, November 15^th (Adult & Child Refugee Mental Health, Legal Issues) and Monday, December 6^th (Caring for Refugee Patients in the Hospital). Additionally, for those who are inclined to participate, the Yale Affinity Groups, Yale Library Staff Association, and TrestleTree are sponsoring a Donation Drive for IRIS, to benefit Afghan families who are currently and will soon be resettled in the New Haven area. To donate via the online registry, visit https://myregistry.com and search “IRIS” to find the current wish list.

As a reminder:

• 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
• 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.
• 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 has been extended to October 31st – for more information, please visit: https://www.cugh2022.org/

New and Notable

• NEJM Oct 13, 2021: Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector — A Call to Action
• Lancet Global Health October 1, 2021: Transcending global health dogma: an Indigenous perspective

· CIDRAP October 14, 2021: Global TB deaths rise for first time in more than a decade

· NYTimes Oct 17, 2021: Will New Covid Treatments Be as Elusive for Poor Countries as Vaccines? (and a similar editorial in: LancetInfectious Diseases Oct 14, 2021: Unmet Need for Covid19 Therapies in Community Settings)

Upcoming Local Events: October

• Wednesday, October 20^th @ 12-1pm (Zoom): YSM Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds presents, “Mental Health and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Families,” featuring a panel of speakers from the Yale Child Study Center. To attend, visit: https://zoom.us/j/827974486?pwd=TmdJZU1ac0pPb3R4NnpBTndYWnZpQT09
• Thursday October 21^st @8am EST (zoom): ANOTHER TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE, BUT DEFEAT FOR ACCESS? Ensuring innovation and equitable access for COVID-19 treatments and other pandemics. Hosted by Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative. Register here.
• Thursday, October 21^st @ 8:30a-9:30am (Zoom): Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds presents, “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – From Here to There,” featuring Inginia Genao, MD (Associate Professor of Medicine [General Medicine], Associate Chair for Diversity and Inclusion, Internal Medicine; GME Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, YNHH). To join, please visit: https://zoom.us/j/94896766303?pwd=UWFrcG9GNXMvcWZ3YU4ycUc5VEVSdz09
• Thursday, October 21^st @ 7:30pm (Zoom): GHEDP presents Session 1: 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.
• Wednesday October 27^th @ 4-5pm EST (zoom): Congressional Response During a Pandemic: A Conversation with US State Senator Chris Murphy. Hosted by Yale Institute for Global Health. Register here.

Save the Dates

• 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