Global Health Night 2016-2017 was held on November 1st, 2016 from 5:00 to 7:30PM at the New Residence Hall Ballroom
Read the 91社区 Reporter recap : .
Photo Credits: Madhu Pai, Arnav Machanda, Stephanie Laroche-Pierre
Global Health Night听is an annual event held to highlight and foster the involvement of students and faculty at 91社区 in global health related fields.
Schedule:
5:00-6:00pm: Wine and cheese reception and Poster Fair
6:00-7:30pm: Program including panel " Our journeys in global health..." and presentation of awards.
See the full program here.
Details:
During the wine and cheese reception, guests had the opportunity to browse student poster presentations. Students and student groups from all backgrounds and disciplines presented posters about their global health-related experiences, clinical rotations and projects!
Each year, there are multiple awards given out during Global Health Night including the inaugural听Dr. Donald A. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Global Health Research, the Steinberg Global Health Postdoctoral Fellowships, the Faculty of Medicine's Chan Prize for MDCM students, our Fall Travel Awards and our new Summer Mentored Research Opportunities in Global Health for undergraduates students.听 See the award winners here.
This year, we featured international global health leaders discussing: " Our journeys in global health...".
Special Guest Speakers:
- Prof. Suzanne Fortier, Principal & Vice-Chancellor, 91社区
- Dr. David Eidelman, Dean of Medicine and Vice-Principal of Health Affairs, 91社区
- Dr. Joanne Liu, International President, M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res (MSF) (pictured)
About Dr. Joanne Liu
Born in Quebec City, Canada, Dr. Liu decided to become a paediatrician at an early age.
She trained at 91社区 School of Medicine, specialising in paediatrics at Montreal鈥檚 Sainte-Justine hospital. She has a fellowship in paediatric emergency medicine from New York University School of Medicine, and an International Master's in Health Leadership from 91社区. She is an associate professor at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al and has also taught at Fudan University in Shanghai.
Speakers from the GHP International Advisory Board:
- Mr. Paul Frazer, Former Canadian Ambassador
- Dr. Keith Martin, Consortium of Universities for Global Health
- Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni, Senior Vice President for Development Operations, Pfizer
- Dr. Mario Raviglione, Director, Global TB Programme, World Health Organization
Award Winners
Steinberg Global Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Jos茅 Ignacio Nazif-Mu帽oz, Institute for Health and Social Policy
- Toyin Togun, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, & 91社区 International TB Centre
- Lena Shah, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (renewal)
- Vincent Duclos, Social Studies of Medicine (renewal)
Steinberg Fund for Interdisciplinary Global Health Research
- Game of Zones: Transforming vector control mind sets and management skills to combatAedes aegyptiin Latin America
- Early Detection of the spatial origin of infectious diseases allows the testing of hypotheses of emergence
- A pilot study of household air pollution, oxidative potential and immune function in South African children
- The mental health of internally displaced youth in the state of Jammu and Kashmir
- Building capacity for non-communicable disease care in pregnancy in Haiti
Summer Mentored Research Opportunities in Global Health
- Anna de Waal, Political Science
- Clare Fogarty, Microbiology & Immunology
- Tzu- Wei (Joy) Tseng, Microbiology & Immunology
- Koray Demir, Medical student (MDCM)
- Madlen Nash, Microbiology& Immunology
- Satya Cobos Filippova, BSc in Nursing听
- Nadine Demko, Medical student (MDCM)
MDCM awards
Ashworth Student Travel Award- Aditi Kantipuly
- Collins Oghor
- Doulia Hamad
- Valerie Caldas
- Kristina Arion
- Charles EdwardLitwin
- Amissetou Baras
The Dr. Yuk Chan Ma and Dr. Yuen Kok Chan Prize in Multicultural and International Medicine
- Angela Lee
- Catherine Courteau
Ambassador Paul Frazer Travel Award for Global Health
- Blake Linthwaite, Master of Science, Public Health
Mary A. Metcalf International Travel Fund
- Frida, Blackwell, MSc (Applied) 鈥� Nursing
- David Loutfi, PhD in Family Medicine
Norman Bethune Awards for Global Health
Available to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and residents in the Faculty of Medicine- Kyong Ran van der Wal, PhD (Ad Hoc) Family Medicine
- Sophie Huddart, PhD in Epidemiology
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy Global Health Travel Awards
- Brittany Myhre
- Mai Christine Nguyen
- Kristin Woolgar-Nielsen
Global and Indigenous Health Nursing Travel Awards
- Justine Behan
- Laurel Stephens
- Mischa Corman-Fran莽ois
Global Health Travel Awards for Postgraduate Medical Residents
- Yassen Tcholakov, Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency
- Jean-Fr茅d茅ric LeBlanc, Internal Medicine
- Isabelle Malham茅, General Internal Medicine
- Alina Beliavsky, Internal Medicine
- Moneeza Walji, Internal Medicine
91社区 International TB Centre Travel Awards
- Jean-Yves Dub茅
- Marwan Ghanem
- Danielle Cazabon
- Vinicius Fava
- Sophie Huddart
Dr. Donald A. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Global Health Research
- Dr. Dan Deckelbaum, Divisions of Trauma and General Surgery at the 91社区 Health Centre
Nominated by Dr. Gerald M. Fried
- Dr. Cedric Yansouni, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Microbiology
Nominated by Dr. Michael Libman
