Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update for September 27, 2021

Greetings, all –

First off, please extend a warm welcome to the five residents who are joining the GHEDP this year: Jack Cheng (YPC), Chris Huber (YPC), Ramya Kaushik (Trad), Anna Qian (Trad), and Saif Zaman (Trad). We are looking forward to having you as a part of the community! Please join us for our 2021-2022 (Virtual) Welcome Meeting on Wednesday, October 6^th @ 7:30pm – we have previously shared the Zoom link and will send a reminder with the link next week.

Also: the 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. 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 poster or oral presentation. 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/

New and Notable

· NEJM September 2, 2021: Frenk and Gomez-Dantes. Population Health and Human Rights

· Lancet September 22, 2021: Micah et al. Tracking development assistance for health and for COVID-19: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2050

· Lancet September 22, 2021: Chew et al. Advancing racial and ethnic equity in science, medicine, and health: a call for papers

· JAMA August 19, 2021: Zuger A. Preventing a Pandemic's Toll—We've Been Here Before

· BMJ September 20, 2021: Sherman et al. Net zero healthcare: a call for clinician action

Upcoming Local Events: September/October

• Tuesday, September 28^th @ 6:30-8pm (Zoom): YSM Topics in Global Medicine and Health presents, “Mental health: suicide prevention in Nepal” featuring Ashley Hagaman, PhD, MPH (Assistant Professor of Public Health [Social and Behavioral Sciences]). To join, please email the course director at jeremy.schwartz@yale.edu or visit: https://zoom.us/j/95189935852?pwd=elVieFJidzBpY2NsRzcxM3NuVS9SQT09
• Thursday, September 30^th @ 12-1pm (Zoom): Yale Section of General Internal Medicine presents, “Research in Progress: Behind the Scenes of a Large USAID Grant to Improve Health Education in Liberia,” featuring Kristina Talbert-Slagle, PhD (Assistant Professor of Medicine [General Internal Medicine]; Associate Director of Faculty Mentorship and Academic Programs, Yale Institute for Global Health). To attend, visit: https://zoom.us/j/95746029979?pwd=QzhPa1FycWYxZFVHT3ZtYlYzN1p3UT09
• Thursday September 30^th @ 12-1pm, 60 College Street: YSPH presents Global Health Seminar: Climate Change and Health, by Robert Dubrow, MD, PhD (Professor of Epidemiology [Environmental Health Sciences]; Faculty Director, Yale Center on Climate Change and Health). Contact: anjuli.bodyk@yale.edu to access the lecture in real-time or to view the recording
• Thursday, September 30^th @ 6-7:30pm (Zoom): CT Office of the Governor, Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services, and Department of Children and Families presents, “Conversations on Healing Strategies: Public Health Crisis, COVID-19, and Racism.” After a year of five Community Conversations on the public health crisis, COVID-19, and racism, this team will be sharing the recommendations for individual, community and larger systems improvements to help inform and build stronger community alliances. Please see the attached flyer for more information about the event, and registration instructions.
• Friday, October 1^st @ 10:15-11:30am (Zoom): Yale Psychiatry Grand Rounds presents, “Refugee Mental Health: An Overview” featuring Aniyizhai Annamalai, MD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Yale Adult Refugee Clinic). To receive the Zoom link, please email: christopher.gardner@yale.edu
• Monday, October 4^th @ 1-2:15pm (Zoom): Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health will be hosting a panel discussion entitled "Universal Basic Income in the U.S. – Insights from Research and Practice." The event will bring together experts from various institutions and research backgrounds to discuss the evidence and practice for universal basic income as a social policy strategy for improving health and wellbeing. To register, please visit: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqdOGoqz0qGtae7cErgXapwe_EKxsaDu_U

Save the Dates

• 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, more information to follow
• 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
• Deadline November 1^st: 2022-2023 application cycle for the Global Health Equity Scholars (GHES) fellowship has officially opened. 10-month research fellowship at one of 31 sites in 23 countries.

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