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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Perspectives on Our COVID-19 World
May 20, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Office of Global Health at New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) in collaboration with the Departments of Surgery and Emergency Medicine present a virtual lecture at noon on May 20. This is the concluding event of the 2020–21 Interdisciplinary Global Health Lecture Series.
“Looking Back, Moving Forward: Perspectives on Our COVID-19 World”
Featured speaker:
Richard Marlink
Director, Rutgers Global Health Institute
Inaugural Henry Rutgers Professor of Global Health
Lecture topic:
COVID-19 has fundamentally changed our world, and we are at an inflection point. The choices we make as we move forward—locally, nationally, and globally—will shape much about our future and global health security. Marlink will discuss:
• Reflections on the past year in global health, and lessons learned
• Present and future impacts of COVID-19 on global health
• Rutgers Global Health Institute’s challenges and successes
• Future concerns and opportunities for global health work
• Questions from attendees
Moderators:
Ziad Sifri
Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of the Office of Global Health, New Jersey Medical School
Core Faculty Member, Rutgers Global Health Institute
Harsh Sule
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Director of the Office of Global Health, New Jersey Medical School
Core Faculty Member, Rutgers Global Health Institute
Online via Zoom
Free and open to members of the Rutgers community. Click here to join via Zoom (meeting ID: 990 7479 2745; passcode: 140380). For more information, contact Marquiah Geiger, Office of Global Health, at (973) 972-6653 or geigermh@njms.rutgers.edu.