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“A Bilateral Global Neurology Residency Rotation for Peru and UNC,” Clio Rubinos MD, MS and Monica Diaz, MD, MS.
With an increasing burden of neurological diseases worldwide, such as stroke and dementia, there is a growing need for educating trainees on recognition and assessment of neurological conditions in resource-limited settings. A scarcity of neurologists and diagnostic resources often limits timely and accurate diagnosis of neurological conditions in low-and-middle income countries. Existing experiences for US … Read more
Moira R. Rogers, Ph.D., “Global Disability Inclusion: Persisting Challenges, Sites of Hope and Possibility”
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Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH, “Childhood Diarrhea after Global Rotavirus Vaccine Rollout: Meet the Caliciviruses,” Friday Jan. 14, 9:15-10:15 a.m.
Friday, January 14, 2022 – ZOOM ONLY 9:15-10:15 a.m. Childhood Diarrhea after Global Rotavirus Vaccine Rollout: Meet the Caliciviruses Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH Associate Professor Departments of Family Medicine and Epidemiology University of NC at Chapel Hill Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina … Read more
Migrant Health Service Learning, Tucson, AZ, May 28-June 5, 22
APPLY TODAY! Program details: A small (maximum 12 people) interdisciplinary team of faculty, staff, resident physicians and medical and public health students will have an opportunity to spend a week in Tucson, AZ learning about migrant health at the US southern borders and volunteering together at Casa Alitas, a non-profit that supports migrant families by … Read more
Register Now: Restoring Global Solidarity on the Road to Pandemic Recovery
A Conversation with Dr. Agnes Binagwaho and Dr. Paul Farmer Wednesday, January 26, 2022Noon – 1:30 p.m. ET Register now for Zoom webinar
Women’s Health Multidisciplinary Consortium: Event
Women’s Health Multidisciplinary Consortium: “Viruses and Pregnancy: Covid, Zika, and Beyond,” January 20, 2022, 11-12. WHMC_Viruses-and-Pregnancy_flyer
RAMP Scholar Awards –HIV Vaccine Research
Research and Mentorship Program (RAMP) Scholar Awards to attract African American/Black and Latinx medical students who want to make a difference in their communities and contribute to the development of an effective HIV vaccine. RAMP-flyer-2022-v2
November Global Health Forum: Sarah Rutstein, MD, PhD, “Syndemics: intersecting STI and HIV epidemics and the opportunity to improve diagnosis and prevention in Malawi.”
Dr. Rutstein is a physician scientist and senior clinical fellow in the UNC Division of Infectious Diseases. She completed her MD and PhD (Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health), as well as her Internal Medicine Residency at UNC. Areas of interest include implementation research, HIV prevention, and cost-effectiveness modeling. Dr. Rutstein began her work … Read more
October Global Health Forum: Dr. Sarah Ashley, presents “Exploring Global Health Medicine.”
Dr. Ashley is a physician and adjunct faculty in the UNC Emergency Medicine Department. She attended medical school at the University of California Davis, followed by an emergency medicine residency at East Carolina University, completed a fellowship in Global Health Leadership at University of North Carolina Department of Emergency Medicine, and earned an MPH at … Read more
Scholarly Concentration Student, Erin Xu coauthors paper with Dr. Ross Boyce
One of OGHE’s scholarly concentration students, Erin Xu, is a co-author on a paper with Ross Boyce on the use of malaria chemoprevention after flooding in Uganda. Clinical Infectious Diseases is a very highly regarded journal in the infectious disease world. The study showed that chemoprevention substantially reduced malaria incidence. Boyce RM, Hollingsworth BD, Baguma … Read more
Dr. Ashley Appiagyei presents “Unintended Pregnancy among HIV-infected Malawian Women on Efavirenz…”
June 17, 2021 12:00-1:00pm Ashley Appiagyei, MD, MPH UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology OGHE Global Health Scholar, 2019-2021 Dr. Appiagyei is a third-year Resident Physician at … Read more