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.

Planning for Peace of Mind: A Workshop on Advanced Care Planning

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey 195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Cancer Support Community–Central New Jersey present a patient education event about the importance and benefits of advance care planning. Topics will include: ● […]

22nd International Workshop on Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus (KSHV) and Related Agents

New York Marriott East Side 525 Lexington Ave., New York, NY

This meeting is for clinicians and researchers in the Kaposi’s sarcoma field, which is an active and complex multidisciplinary intersection of cancer biology and the pathogenesis of chronic herpesvirus infection with translational medicine involving rapid diagnostics and drug discovery.

Global Psychiatry and Mental Health: Perspective from Tanzania

Rutgers School of Public Health - Newark One Riverfront Plaza, Suite 1020 (10th Floor), Newark, NJ, United States

A free seminar on the global health challenges surrounding mental health care. Livestream available. Dr. Azan Nyundo of University of Dodoma’s College of Health Sciences in Tanzania Rutgers Global Health […]

Chocolate Milk: the Documentary

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School 185 South Orange Avenue, F586, Newark, NJ, United States

A free documentary screening and panel discussion on breastfeeding in the African American community.

Air Pollution and Tuberculosis: Two Global Health Challenges Intertwined

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School 185 South Orange Avenue, F586, Newark, NJ, United States

Join Stephan Schwander, MD, PhD, associate professor and director of the Global Public Health Concentration, Rutgers School of Public Health as he discusses the impact of air pollution and tuberculosis on global health, immunopathological mechanisms of air pollution, and research examples and collaborative opportunities in Mexico City, Uganda, and Tanzania.

Minutes to Die: a Documentary on Snakebite

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ, United States

Minutes to Die travels to five continents to capture the cries for help, the financial ruin families face to save loved ones, and the heroic scientists rushing to create breakthrough solutions for snakebite, a neglected global health issue.

“See, Test & Treat” Health Fair

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School 185 South Orange Avenue, F586, Newark, NJ, United States

Rutgers' New Jersey Medical School is sponsoring a free community health fair. Women who are uninsured will have the opportunity to receive: • cervical cancer screening • mammography/breast exam • […]

Food Justice, Food Policies, and Local Food Insecurity

College Avenue Student Center 126 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ, United States

An interactive program to raise awareness about issues of food justice, food policies, and local food insecurity. The program will open with an info fair and a keynote lecture, and will conclude with student breakout sessions to share resources and to develop action plans to address food insecurity on campus and in New Brunswick.

Global Health and Surgery Research Symposium

Oral Health Pavilion 110 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ, United States

New Jersey Medical School’s Office of Global Health presents the fourth annual Global Health and Surgery Research Symposium highlighting global health disparities within the community. Open to Rutgers faculty, staff, students, and the public, the event will feature a panel discussion, keynote speakers, and poster presentations and awards.

Rutgers Climate Institute November 2019 Climate Lunch

Livingston Student Center 84 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ, United States

Rutgers Global Health Institute core faculty member Shauna Downs will speak about "Climate, Food Systems, and Nutrition."

Optimizing Breast Cancer Therapy Delivery in LMICs: The Botswana Experience

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey 195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

The Health Equity in Africa Series, sponsored by Rutgers Global Health Institute, presents a lunchtime lecture and discussion with Yehoda Martei. This event is open to Rutgers faculty, staff, and students.