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Global Health Forum: Global Emergency Medicine – Capacity Building using an Injury Control Research Platform

Cancer Hospital Starbucks. Conference Room A/B

Please join the Office of Global Health Education: Boxed lunch will be provided to the first 15 guests. Catherine A. Staton, MD, MScGH Assistant Professor, Surgery and Global Health Duke University Medical Center When practicing Emergency Medicine in both developing countries and at home, Dr. Staton has witnessed the burden of injury on patients, families … Read more

UNC Pediatrics in Malawi

Curnen Denny Conference Room, Ground Floor Women's Hospital

Dr. Tisu Mvalo Dr.Tisu Mvalo is Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics at UNC as well as the in-country Pediatric Director of UNC Project Malawi. He practices clinically at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi and he also provides on-the-ground mentorship for the rotating learners. Dr. Mvalo is the PI in several ongoing research studies at … Read more

Ongoing Work in Malawi Pediatrics: A perspective from the field

Elizabeth Fitzgerald, MD DIRECTOR OF PEDIATRIC GLOBAL HEALTH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE Dr. Elizabeth Fitzgerald began her career in global health in 2005 as the medical director of a clinic serving the Mayan mountain region of Southern Belize. She spent two years in Malawi (2011-13) as a member of the Baylor International Pediatric … Read more

Global Health Forum: Community-based VIA and Thermocoagulation for cervical cancer prevention in rural Malawi

Women's Hospital Conference Room 4

Please join the Office of Global Health Education: Boxed lunch will be provided to the first 15 guests. Fan Lee, MD Resident Physician, OBGYN OGHE Global Health Scholar Fan Lee completed an undergraduate degree in Bioengineering from University of Washington in Seattle, then had her first global health experience in Kenya as a volunteer in … Read more

Using Facebook and Instagram recruiting to study the effect of prices on e-cigarette and cigarette use in Indonesia

Cancer Hospital Conference Room 2

Please join the Office of Global Health Education: Boxed lunch will be provided to the first 15 guests. M. Justin Byron, MHS, PHD Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept of Health Behavior Assistant Professor, Dept of Family Medicine Dr. Byron uses behavioral science to learn how to improve health communication to support health policies in the US … Read more

VIRTUAL Global Health Forum: Overcoming Refugee Barriers to Citizenship with an N-648 Clinic

Please join the Office of Global Health Education: Kristina Alton MD Candidate, Class of 2021 Physicians for Human Rights Student Group Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is a US-based not-for-profit human rights NGO that uses medicine and science to advocate against human rights violations. The UNC School of Medicine student chapter was founded in 2015, and its flagship … Read more

VIRTUAL Global Health Forum: Enhancing pediatric critical care in a Malawian Central Hospital

Please join the Office of Global Health Education: Brandon Hammond, MD Resident, Anesthesiology OGHE Global Health Scholars Dr. Brandon Hammond, MD is a senior anesthesiology resident at UNC with interests in pediatric anesthesiology, critical care, and medical education. Along with his mentors Dr. Janey Phelps, MD and Dr. Elizabeth Fitzgerald, MD, Brandon’s project focuses on … Read more

VIRTUAL Global Health Forum: Syrian Refugees and Emergency care: a Qualitative Study of Syrian Refugees and Healthcare Workers in Istanbul

Please join the Office of Global Health Education: Kristie Hadley, MD Resident, Emergency Medicine OGHE Global Health Scholars Dr. Kristie Hadley is a third-year emergency medicine resident at UNC. Her primary interests are refugee health, improving health disparities and addressing the evolving risks of climate change on vulnerable populations. Originally from Massachusetts, she received a … Read more