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Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update for October 4, 2021

October 08, 2021

Greetings, all –

We are looking forward to seeing all of our current (and especially new) GHEDP residents for our 2021-2022 (Virtual) Welcome Meeting on Wednesday, October 6th @ 7:30pm. A reminder with the Zoom link has already gone out this morning.

Also, today starts the 4-day Conference on Climate Change and Health in Small Island Developing States: Focus on the Caribbean(October 5-8, 12-8pm). For more information and to register, please click this link.

As a reminder, 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 28th-April 1st, 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/

New and Notable

· Lancet Aug 2021: Gendered Ageism: addressing discrimination based on age and sex

· Lancet Global Health October 1, 2021: Vision impairment and traffic safety outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

· NEJM Oct 2 2021: Integrating Research into Community Practice — Toward Increased Diversity in Clinical Trials

· NEJM Sept 30, 2021: Race in Medicine — Genetic Variation, Social Categories, and Paths to Health Equity

· NEJM Sept 30, 2021: Marking the 40th Anniversary of the AIDS Epidemic — American Physicians Look Back **featuring an interview with Yale’s Dr. Gerald Friedland

Upcoming Local Events: October

  • Tuesday, October 5th @ 12-1:30pm (Zoom): Yale Program in Addiction Medicine presents the Finding Solutions to the Opioid Crisis Speaker Series, “Crime of the Century: Big Pharma and the American Overdose Crisis,” featuring Alex Gibney, creator and director of HBO's The Crime of the Century, and Patrick Radden Keefe, investigative journalist and author of Empire of Pain, to discuss the role of Big Pharma in production of the overdose crisis in the United States. The Crime of the Century is a two-part documentary which explores the origins, extent, and fallout of the opioid epidemic. To attend, register for free at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_irjvmnhUSwii4gMYd7Y0Tw
  • Tuesday, October 5th @ 6:30-8pm (Zoom): YSM Topics in Global Medicine and Health presents, “Developing global capacity for kidney disease” featuring Frederic Finkelstein MD, voluntary faculty, nephrologist To join, please email the course director at jeremy.schwartz@yale.edu or visit: https://zoom.us/j/95189935852?pwd=elVieFJidzBpY2NsRzcxM3NuVS9SQT09
  • Wednesday, October 6th @ 12-1pm (47 College Street, Room 106B and Zoom): YSPH EMD Seminar Series presents, “40 Years of HIV Vaccine Development: Lessons Learned,” featuring Stuart Shapiro, MD, PhD (Vaccine Discovery Team Leader, Vaccine Research Program, Division of AIDS/NIAID). To attend via Zoom, please contact: kimberly.rogers@yale.edu
  • Thursday October 7th @ 12-1pm, 60 College Street: YSPH presents the Global Health Seminar “Reducing Community Spread of TB” by Sheela Shenoi MD MPH (Assistant Professor of Medicine). Contact: anjuli.bodyk@yale.edu to access the lecture in real-time or to view the recording

Save the Dates

  • October 15-16th, 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.
  • Deadline October 15th, 2021: Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2022 VIRTUAL Conference, "Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Social Justice" on March 28th-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-30th: 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 1st: 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

Wishing you a safe and healthy week!

Best,

Tracy and Sheela

Co-Directors, Yale Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway

Submitted by Laura P Crawford on October 08, 2021