UBC Primary Care Global Health Journal Club – Disease Eradication (Guinea Worm)
The next UBC Primary Care Global Health Journal Club will be May 30 at 6PM PST. The journal club will focus on the concept of disease eradication (prerequisites, biological principles, social factors), as reviewed recently in the NEJM Paper. We will have a specific focus on Guinea Worm disease (GWD). Paper 2 overviews the GWD […]
Global Health Town Hall – Developing the FoM Strategic Plan, April 25. 2013
The Faculty of Medicine, UBC is drawing up a strategic plan for Global Health. We would like to invite you to participate and will use this town hall to hear your thoughts and get your input into this plan. UBC undergraduate and graduate students, staff and faculty are all invited to participate. And we encourage you to invite others who you think may be interested.
GHI: Workshop – Practical Aspects of HIV Treatment, March 26, 2013
On March 26th, our final workshop of the 2012 – 2013 GHI workshop series will cover challenges and controversies surrounding HIV treatments at home and internationally. Speaker: Dr. Richard Currie
UBC UAEM – Global Health Conference
UBC Universities Allied for Essential Medicines is hosting a Global Health Conference on March 16th, with a keynote from Dr. Julio Montaner. With a focus on the international access to medicines crisis, the conference aims to identify the hurdles preventing life-saving drugs from effectively reaching patients in low and middle income countries. From a multidisciplinary prospective, it will introduce you to the current status quo through talks by leaders in the field.
Global Health Initiative Workshop: International Surgery, March 6, 2013
On March 6, 2013, join us for a fun and interactive session discussing what is needed to set up a successful and sustainable surgical program in developing countries.
Our 3 speakers: Dr. Geoffrey Blair, Dr. Damian Duffy, and Nathan O’Hara
GHI Workshop: International Nutrition, February 13, 2013
On February 13, 6:30 pm, join us for the next Global Health Initiative Workshop on International Nutrition. Judy Mclean, Ph.D, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Land and Food Sciences presents on International Nutrition.
GHI Workshop: Essentials of a Global Health Needs Assessment, January 30, 2013
The next GHI workshop on the Essentials of a Global Health Needs Assessment will take place on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. Kylie Hutchinson, principal consultant with Community Solutions, combines her formal education and expertise in program evaluation with over twenty years’ experience working in both the not-for-profit and public sectors as a consultant, trainer, staff person, board member, and volunteer.
February 6 – AHI Speaker Series: The First Nations’ Health Authority
Grand Chief Doug Kelly will be coming in to discuss The First Nations’ Health Authority and The Health Council which he Chair’s. This talk will provide an overview of the history and development of the First Nations’ Health Authority, as well as its future implications and its impact on Aboriginal health both in the communities and with respect to Canada as a whole.
January 30th – Aboriginal Health Initiative Speaker Series
The Aboriginal Health Initiative Speaker Series is presenting it’s first speaker: Victoria Smye PhD RN January 30, 2013 6pm-8pm. The goal of this speaker series is to raise awareness and knowledge of the Aboriginal patient population, its challenges and particular needs today, as well as its culture and how health is generally approached traditionally. Dr. Syme’s research program focuses on access to mental health and addictions care with particular attention in women’s mental health and Aboriginal mental health.
Primary Care Global Health Journal Club for residents and BC physicians
Jan 31st at 8PM is the first-ever UBC Family Medicine Global Health Journal Club. This is a new online meeting place which is being organized through the UBC Global Health Initiative and the Division of Global Health in the UBC Department of Family Practice. The idea started with rural residents looking for ways to stay involved with a global health community.