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October 2022
Assessing Factors that Impact Maternal Health Outcomes in Maroodijeh Region, Somaliland
Ifrah Abdi is a Certified nurse-midwife and graduate of Edna Adan University Hospital in Somaliland. Ifrah has worked at Edna Adan University Hospital as a midwife for the past 18 years. In Somaliland, Ifrah trains traditional birth attendants in rural villages to help improve outcomes during pregnancy and childbirth. Ifrah presently serves as the Associate Dean of Nursing at Edna University Hospital and is a recent graduate of the Masters in Global Health Delivery Program at Harvard Medical School.…
Find out more »March 2022
Decolonizing Global Health: The Role of Women Leaders
Time: Mar 31, 2022 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom meeting https://harvard.zoom.us/j/97120555454?pwd=bTFvdFdieDZYMnZIb2daaUFLUFp3QT09 Password: 590728 Join by telephone (use any number to dial in) +1 312 626 6799 +1 929 436 2866 +1 301 715 8592 +1 346 248 7799 +1 669 900 6833 +1 253 215 8782 International numbers available: https://harvard.zoom.us/u/adtnKWivyK One tap mobile: +13126266799,,97120555454# US (Chicago) Join by SIP conference room system Meeting ID: 971 2055 5454 97120555454.590728@zoomcrc.com
Find out more »February 2022
Pathways to Global Health with the Harvard 2021 LEAD Fellows for Promoting Women in Global Health
Meet our 2021 LEAD fellows! During this one-hour event, you'll meet five incredible leaders in global health who will share their journey into global health and their lessons learned along the way. In an effort to equip and empower more women leaders in global health, HGHI and the Women and Health Initiative at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health offers a transformational fellowship opportunity for established women leaders in global health, who have demonstrated leadership experience and further…
Find out more »March 2021
Creating Women Leaders: The Missing Links of Mentorship and Networking
The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) invites you to participate in a dynamic satellite session, “Creating Exceptional Women Leaders: The Missing Links of Mentorship and Networking.” This event will feature a power-packed panel discussion with HGHI’s esteemed LEAD Fellows, a skills workshop with an executive leadership coach and exclusive mentorship mini-meets. Participants will gain insights on applicable lessons learned from the professional journey of women leaders from around the world, get answers to courageous questions on cultivating leadership in your…
Find out more »December 2019
The Burke Fellowship at 10: A Celebration of Innovation in Medical Research & Teaching
The 10th Anniversary event will bring together past and present Burke Fellows to share the impact of the fellowship on their respective careers.
Find out more »October 2019
Women in the Global Health Workforce
The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) and the Women and Health Initiative at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have accepted four global health pioneers into the inaugural 2019 Jane Jie Sun cohort of the Women in Global Health LEAD Fellowship at Harvard University. Join us for a panel discussion featuring the inaugural class of LEAD fellows to hear about their strategies for success as women leaders in health.
Find out more »September 2019
Drivers of Health – 2nd Meeting
Please join us on September 11th at the Detroit Foundation Hotel for the next Drivers of Health event. The focus will be on housing, education, access and quality of health care, and how they interact to affect health.
Find out more »June 2019
Women in Global Health LEAD: A Conversation with Dr. Daksha Shah
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Daksha Shah, Executive Health Officer for the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) & City TB Officer, Mumbai as part of our Women in Global Health LEAD program.
Find out more »May 2019
Burke Fellow Seminar Series: The True Burden of Ebola in West Africa
Join former HGHI Burke Fellows Pardis Sabeti, Raj Panjabi and Margaret Bourdeaux for a new monthly seminar series to learn about their innovative research and teaching projects.
Find out more »April 2019
Tech & Health/Burke Fellowship Seminar: Precision Diagnosis of TB Resistance in Resource Limited Settings
"Precision Diagnosis of TB Resistance in Resource Limited Settings" Although technologically complex health solutions do not always lend themselves easily to implementation in resource limited settings, I will make several arguments in this talk around how technology can circumvent challenges imposed by limited resources. I will discuss how genomics and specifically pathogen genomics is revolutionizing infectious disease response and treatment drawing on our work on characterizing molecular determinants of resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis. I will…
Find out more »March 2019
Burke Fellow Seminar Series: What Impact Do Extreme Weather Events Have on Our Health?
What do Pardis Sabeti, Raj Panjabi and Margaret Bourdeaux have in common? They are all former HGHI Burke Fellows! Join us for a new monthly seminar series to hear from this year's Burke fellows about their innovative research and teaching projects. Renee Salas, MD, MPH, MS "Impact of Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters on Healthcare Utilization, Outcomes, and Cost for Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries" Globally, climate change is having the biggest health impacts on populations in developing countries, which have contributed…
Find out more »February 2019
Burke Global Health Fellowship Seminar Series: Multi-media Teaching in Global Health & Social Medicine
"Multi-media Teaching in Global Health & Social Medicine" With Dr. Daniel Palazuelos, MD, MPH All medicine is social medicine, all health is global health; but not all medical trainees learn enough about either to put the best of each field into practice. Although Harvard has made a major commitment to offering these subjects across its many schools, including a mandatory social medicine course during the pre-clinical years at the medical school, there is room to reach even more trainees with new…
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