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Global Health Night 2020

Global Health Night 2020 was held on Monday, November 2, 2020.

Global Health Night听is an annual event held to celebrate the involvement of students and faculty at 91社区 in global health-related fields. It features a poster fair where students present their work to the 91社区 community and a keynote lecture by a leader in the field.

View the posters

Please note that some poster presenters have chosen not to be included in this gallery.

Agenda

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Description

Speaker/Facilitator

Digital Poster Fair

5:30 PM

91社区 students, residents and postdoctoral fellows will showcase their work and exchange directly with Global Health Night participants. Make sure you select "poster fair" when you register to receive instructions on how to view the posters and talk to the presenters.

Welcoming Remarks

6:30 PM

  • Suzanne Fortier, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 91社区
  • David H. Eidelman, Vice-Principal (Health Affairs), Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 91社区

Global Health Programs Update

6:40 PM

Update on GHP activities over the past year and future direction
  • Charles Larson, Interim Director, 91社区 Global Health Programs

Keynote Address

6:55 PM

Lecture title: 鈥淒isrupt and Repair: Addressing Power Asymmetries in Global Health鈥
  • Senait Fisseha, Director of Global Programs, Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation; Chief Advisor to the Director-General of the WHO

GHP Talk Back TV

7:25 PM

An open panel discussion where faculty and students will reflect upon and share takeaways from the keynote address
  • Sophie Huddart, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California - San Francisco
  • Nancy Charles Larco, Executive Director, Fondation Ha茂tienne de Diabete et de Maladies Cardiovasculaires (FHADIMAC)
  • Julia von Oettingen, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, 91社区
  • Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Pediatric Emergency Physician, Author of "

Closing Remarks

7:45 PM

  • Timothy Evans, Inaugural Director and Associate Dean, School of Population and Global Health and Associate Vice-Principal (Global Policy and Innovation), 91社区

Keynote Speaker

We are delighted to welcome Professor Senait Fisseha, Director of Global Programs at the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, as well as Chief Advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organization.

Photo of Professor Senait FissehaProfessor Senait Fisseha is a globally-recognized leader in reproductive health & rights and a lifelong gender champion. She currently serves as the Director of Global Programs at the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, as well as Chief Advisor to the Director General of the World Health Organization. A reproductive endocrinology specialist, prior to these roles, Dr. Fisseha was the Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility at the University of Michigan, Medical Director of University of Michigan鈥檚 Center for Reproductive Medicine and founding Executive Director of the Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT). While at Michigan, she also co-directed the Medical School鈥檚 Path of Excellence in Global Health & Disparities. As leader of the U-M-Ethiopia Collaborative Platform for Global Health, she helped Michigan forge strong partnerships with Ethiopia鈥檚 Ministry of Health and the St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa.

Professor Fisseha was born in Ethiopia and earned an undergraduate degree from Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois, M.D. and J.D. degrees from Southern Illinois University, and a certificate in International Human Rights and Comparative Law from the University of Oxford. She has received numerous awards including the Ethiopian Ministry of Health鈥檚 highest award, the University of Michigan鈥檚 Bicentennial Alumni Award and the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She was also named as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans for 2018 by New African magazine and one of the 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy in 2019.


Award winners

Global Health Scholars (Undergraduates)

  • Leah Birch听听
  • Felicia Ca听听
  • Darshan Daryanani | John Locke Churchill Scholars Award听
  • Julie De Meulemeester | Dr. Kenneth Remsen Global Health Award听
  • Katherine Fiallos听听
  • Naomie Gamondele | John Locke Churchill Scholars Award听
  • Sabrina Gill | Leduc, Davis, Brun, & De Rito Undergraduate Award for Global Health听
  • Issa Gonzalez-Peltier鈥瘄 John Locke Churchill Scholars Award听
  • Samir Gouin | Leduc, Davis, Brun, & De Rito Undergraduate Award for Global Health听
  • Caroline Hodgins | John Locke Churchill Scholars Award听
  • Minahil Khan | Dr. Margaret Siber Global Health Scholar Award听
  • Alexander Lam | Spencer-Hick Family Global Health Education and Training Fund听
  • Bea Lehmann | Leduc, Davis, Brun, & De Rito Undergraduate Award for Global Health听
  • Alexandra Maters听听
  • Nathan Mendel | John Locke Churchill Scholar Award听
  • Anne-Sophie Roy | Dr. Kenneth Remsen Global Health Award听
  • Maria Rueda Martinez | Leduc, Davis, Brun, & De Rito Undergraduate Award for Global Health听
  • Laura Pinkham鈥瘄 Dr. Margaret Siber Global Health Scholar Award听
  • Shiyang Shen | Dr. Margaret Siber Global Health Scholar Award听
  • Mariane Saroufim | John Locke Churchill Scholar Award听
  • Tamara Sogomonian听听

Global Health Scholars (Graduates)

  • Loloah Chamoun, PhD Candidate, Human Nutrition, Global Food Security - Ambassador Paul Frazer Travel Award for Global Health听
  • Joy Nyamiaka, Masters of Science in Public Health - Soe-Lin-Hecht Global Health Graduate Award听听
  • Juan Pimentel, PhD Candidate, Family Medicine - Soe-Lin-Hecht Global Health Graduate Award听
  • Gabriel Schnitman, MSc Candidate, Experimental Surgery (Global Surgery stream) - Soe-Lin-Hecht Global Health Graduate Award听
  • Giorgia Sulis, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology -听 Soe-Lin-Hecht Global Health Graduate Award听
  • Tristan Supino, MSc Candidate, Psychiatry Spencer-Hick Family Global Health Education and Training Fund听

Dr. Alice Benjamin Global Maternal & Child Health Fund

  • Patrick O鈥橣arrell, Resident, Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology听听
  • Emmy Cai, Resident, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology听听

Bubbie and Nanny Global Health Travel Award听

  • Roosler Billy Telcide, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow

Global Health Outreach Project Leaders

  • Leslie Brown, Editor-In-Chief, 91社区 Journal of Global Health (formerly The Prognosis)听
  • Miriam Gladstone, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Student Fellow听
  • Amanda Marcinowska, Editor-In-Chief, Perspectives Global Health Blog听

听听听 91社区 GHP Logo (91社区 crest separated by a vertical bar from a purple globe and a partial arc with "91社区 Global health Programs" in English & French)

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