This calendar features events relevant to global health from throughout the Rutgers community. To inquire about listing your event, contact us at communications@globalhealth.rutgers.edu.
Rutgers Global Surgery and the Global Surgery Student Alliance present a lunchtime lecture by Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School alumnus, Harvard Medical School faculty member, and renowned global neurosurgeon Kee B. Park.
The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research is hosting a brown bag seminar, "Advancing Health Equity through the Lens of Context and Opportunity: Lessons Learned from the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health," presented by Chau Trinh-Shevrin of NYU Langone Health, an associate professor in the Departments of Population Health and Medicine […]
Rutgers School of Nursing and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School present a lunchtime lecture by Denis O'Connell about his work in Dodoma, Tanzania. Dr. O'Connell is a graduate of the Medical School at the University of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy, and completed a pediatric residency at the Jersey City Medical Center. He was the director […]
The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research is hosting a brown bag seminar, “Protection through Connection: Social Support and Elder Abuse, Disaster, and Bereavement,” presented by Ron Acierno, professor and associate dean for research in the College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina. Acierno’s research includes epidemiological studies of elder mistreatment and treatment outcome […]
Timothy Searchinger will discuss how to meet global food needs in 2050 while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
In this talk, Jalloh will address the Ebola crisis in West Africa from a local practitioner’s perspective, the challenges of local cultural beliefs and its impact on the spread of Ebola, and the post-Ebola impact on the health care system.
This documentary film about HIV prevention and treatment follows the journeys of real-life patients who are pregnant and HIV-positive.
GlobeMed at Rutgers University–New Brunswick is hosting a tabling event as part of its Global Health Week - All Around the World series. Visit GlobeMed, a student organization, during the "Infectious Diseases at Large" session to connect with other students interested in raising awareness and making an impact on global health issues around the world. […]
Rutgers Global Surgery and the Global Surgery Student Alliance present a lecture by Mark G. Shrime, MD, MPH, PhD, FACS. Shrime is an assistant professor of otolaryngology and of global health and social medicine at the Harvard Medical School. He serves as the research director at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at the Harvard […]
Hosted by the Rutgers School of Nursing, the Fifth Annual Global Health Nursing Conference will provide participants with knowledge on topics regarding innovations in the context of natural disasters and emerging global leadership in disasters and health. Abstracts are invited for a poster session. (Contact cpdn@rutgers.edu or 973-972-6655.) Objectives – Recognize the need for leadership during […]
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The New Jersey Medical School Office of Global Health presents a lecture by Richard Marlink, MD, as part of its monthly Interdisciplinary Global Health Lecture Series. Dr. Marlink is the director of Rutgers Global Health Institute and a Henry Rutgers Professor of Global Health.
Rutgers Global Health Institute and Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy present a global health seminar by Kya Norby, PharmD, RPh. Kya Norby is a second-year pharmacy resident with Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers. As part of her residency, Norby had the opportunity to spend six months in sub-Saharan Africa, […]
Senior hematology/oncology fellows Ashwin Chandar, MD, and Sukhdeep Kaur, MD, will discuss the challenges of oncology care at Botswana’s largest referral hospital and their reflections on serving as inaugural global oncology fellows through the Botswana-Rutgers Partnership for Health.
The Rutgers New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative presents a symposium focused on child nutrition and fitness, including recommendations for vulnerable populations and explorations of various social determinants.
