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.

Reaching the Corners of the World: Patient Access to Medication (Kya Norby)

Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research 112 Paterson St., New Brunswick, NJ, United States

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, […]

Global Oncology: Cancer Care at Botswana’s Princess Marina Hospital

Clinical Academic Building 125 Paterson St., New Brunswick, United States

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.

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: ● advanced directives ● living wills ● durable power of attorney for health care ● physician orders for life-sustaining treatment Featured speakers: ● Ellen Levine, LCSW, […]

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 Institute and the School of Public Health’s Department of Urban-Global Public Health present a seminar with Azan Nyundo, MD, MMed, on the global shortage of […]

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 • HIV testing • eye examination • HPV vaccine (Limited quantities for ages 19-26. Note: Three doses of the HPV vaccine are required. Patients must arrange […]

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.