Climate, Environmental and Health Justice

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View Recording The Center for Global Health provides a forum for a multidisciplinary community of global health practitioners to come together to share advances and best practices in global health. MGH Global Health Grand Rounds focuses on innovations in medical care, education, and scientific discovery that are seeking to improve the health of the most vulnerable in our global community. Speaker: Catherine Coleman Flowers, MA Founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice MacArthur genius grant recipient Author of “Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret” Target Audience:  This activity is intended for Faculty and Staff members of the Global [...]

Standing Together to Recognize Global COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity

Bulfinch Lawn

*** For MGH Employees Only *** The Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health will be hosting brief remarks and a moment of silence in commemoration of the lives lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to highlight continued vaccine inequity. All MGH employees are welcome to join us on the Bulfinch Lawn Tuesday, November 30 for the short gathering. Speakers: Louise Ivers, MD, MPH, Executive Director of the MGH Center for Global Health Amir Mohareb, MD, MGH Division of Infectious Diseases Date and Time: Tuesday, November 30th 1:00pm EST Bulfinch Lawn In case of extreme weather, event will be held in [...]

Remembering Paul Farmer

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In lieu of our regularly scheduled grand rounds session, Dr. Louise Ivers will be hosting an informal reflection space for members of the global community to come together to remember and celebrate the life of Dr. Paul Farmer. We invite you to forward this invitation to additional colleagues who may wish to join. Please find the updated Zoom information below. Livestream https://partners.zoom.us/j/88954741537

Building a Research Agenda to Strengthen Care Delivery to Youth Living with HIV in Peru

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View Recording Global Health Grand Rounds, a collaboration between The MGH Center for Global Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Global Health Equity, brings together a multidisciplinary community of global health practitioners dedicated to learning and sharing ongoing efforts for global health equity. The series allows for presentation and discussion of recent advances and best practices in global health related to clinical care, nursing, research, and medical education. Speaker: Molly Franke, SD Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine Harvard Medical School Global Health Course Director:  Louise Ivers, MD, MPH, DTM&H Global Health Course Planners:  Joseph Rhatigan, MD; [...]

Cholera Resurgence in Haiti

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Global Health Grand Rounds, a collaboration between The MGH Center for Global Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Global Health Equity, brings together a multidisciplinary community of global health practitioners dedicated to learning and sharing ongoing efforts for global health equity. The series allows for presentation and discussion of recent advances and best practices in global health related to clinical care, nursing, research, and medical education. Speakers: Vanessa Rouzier, MD Chief of Pediatrics at GHESKIO Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Global Health Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College Ralph Ternier, MD, DESS-MGSS PIH Haiti Chief [...]

Building the Village

Russell Museum 2 N Grove St, Boston, MA, United States

Flyer - click to open Building the Village will be an exciting, hybrid event on Monday, December 5th from 2-5pm at the MGH Russell Museum (2 N Grove St, Boston). This event is designed to explore ways in which the African diaspora and other colleagues can support the growth of locally driven research agendas and clinical programs in Africa. The event will feature several inspiring speakers and highlight a new digital platform—The Village—that aims to facilitate networking and sharing of resources between the Global North and Global South, as well as within the Global South. All are welcome to attend! Register [...]

Embedding Equity in Global Health Fellowship Training – The HEAL Initiative Experience

Hybrid: Livestream/Live at 125 Nashua St, Conference Rm 7500 125 Nashua St, Boston, MA, United States

Global Health Grand Rounds, a collaboration between The MGH Center for Global Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Global Health Equity, brings together a multidisciplinary community of global health practitioners dedicated to learning and sharing ongoing efforts for global health equity. The series allows for presentation and discussion of recent advances and best practices in global health related to clinical care, nursing, research, and medical education. Speaker: Phuoc Le, MD, MPH, DTM&H Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Co-Founder, HEAL Initiative Global Health Course Director:  Louise Ivers, MD, MPH, DTM&H Global Health Course Planners:  [...]

Pathways Project: K43 Webinar

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Please join us for an upcoming webinar featuring K43 recipients. This is the first in a series of quarterly webinars that aims to provide exposure to research pathways for aspiring researchers from Africa and beyond. In this first webinar, our panelists feature 4 successful K43 awardees.  Each will share their pathway to the K43 and discuss opportunities and challenges for engaging in research using this pathway, follow by time for discussion. Panelists: Dr. Esther Atukanda Dr. Leopold Tientcheu Dr. Juddy Wachira Dr. Lola Kola Location: Zoom Webinar - https://partners.zoom.us/j/89221195711

Patents and Patients: A Story of How Spectacular Science Risks Meaning Nothing for the Sick, Even in a Pandemic

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Global Health Grand Rounds, a collaboration between The MGH Center for Global Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Global Health Equity, brings together a multidisciplinary community of global health practitioners dedicated to learning and sharing ongoing efforts for global health equity. The series allows for presentation and discussion of recent advances and best practices in global health related to clinical care, nursing, research, and medical education. Speaker: Fatima Hassan Health Justice Initiative (HJI), Founder/Director Human Rights Lawyer & Social Justice Activist Global Health Course Director:  Louise Ivers, MD, MPH, DTM&H Global Health Course Planners:  Joseph Rhatigan, MD; Serena Koenig, [...]