This calendar features events relevant to global health from throughout the Rutgers community. To inquire about listing your event, contact Lara De Meo Hoyt at lhoyt@globalhealth.rutgers.edu.

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Inequities in Global Health: COVID-19 Locally and Globally

The Office of Global Health at New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) in collaboration with the Departments of Surgery and Emergency Medicine present a virtual roundtable discussion, "Inequities in Global Health: COVID-19 Locally and Globally." Featured speakers: Dorian Wilson, MD - professor of surgery and director of the Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine, NJMS […]

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Social Determinants of Health

Rutgers Project ECHO at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School presents the Adverse Childhood Experiences series, which comprises 14 biweekly, CE credited, online sessions to help improve the identification, care, referral, and care management of children with adverse experiences. A multidisciplinary panel of experts will share trauma-informed best practices, tools, and resources that can help providers, […]

Global Neurosurgery: Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey Medical School, and RWJBarnabas Health are sponsoring a three-day virtual symposium to educate, innovate, and foster a deeper understanding in the field of global neurosurgery.

Science and Fiction: Envisioning Climate Action

Novelist Kim Stanley Robinson will read from and discuss his new novel, The Ministry for the Future, which presents a "fundamentally hopeful vision of a near-future world striving to overcome the climate crisis."

COVID’s Disparate Impact Panel

The Health Law Society and OUTLaws student organizations of Rutgers Law School are hosting an online event, COVID's Disparate Impact Panel, at 5 p.m. on October 27. The program will feature a discussion about the disparate impact of COVID-19 on minority communities and potential solutions for moving forward. Panelists include: Moderator: David Frankford, professor, Rutgers […]

Ethics of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Testing and Distribution

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, "Ethics of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Testing and Distribution." Objectives: Discuss the ethics of vaccine testing, with a focus on the use of challenge trials in testing of the next round of […]