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Update on Global Child Malnutrition

Martha Carlough, MD, MPH
Professor, Family Medicine
Director, Office of International Activities

Banco a campo: Discovery science to field-ready serodiagnostics for Zika
Matthew Collins, MD, PhD
Fellow, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases
OIA Global Health Scholar

Primary Care for Displaced Persons: Experiences in Greece
Sonya Patel-Nguyen, M.D.
Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, PGY3
OIA Global Health Scholar

Dear Global Health friends, The OIA GLOBAL HEALTH FORUM welcomes Dr. Sonya Patel-Nguyen to share her RECENT WORK WITH REFUGEES IN GREECE Office of International Activities Global Health Forum   “Primary Care for Displaced Persons: Experiences in Greece” Sonya Patel-Nguyen, M.D. Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, PGY3 OIA Global Health Scholar Thursday, Nov. 17th 12:00-1:00pm UNC … Read more

Dana Iglesias (former UNC fam med resident and fellow) will be speaking in the Family Medicine auditorium on Nov 15th at 12:15 about her medical mission work in Nigeria.

Dear First years, Are you interested in working with UNC international partner sites and faculty conducting global health research next summer? Please see the enclosed application for details. Don’t forget to attend the Office of International Activities luncheon “How to Organize a Global Health Elective” on October 31st at noon in Bondurant G010. We will … Read more

Dr. Sylvia Becker-Dreps will be speaking at Pediatrics Grand Rounds next week, November 3rd,8-9AM in the Old Clinic Auditorium, Room 4008. Topic: “Diarrhea in Nicaragua in the Rotavirus vaccine era.”

Surgery and Global Public Health
Anthony Charles, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Adult ECMO Program

Are you interested in working with refugees? Are you interested in helping people access health care and health information? Who We Are: TheRefugee Health Initiative is a professional student health organization that matches student volunteers with newly resettled refugees to help them establish a medical care home and provide them with basic health information. Volunteers … Read more

The UNC School of Medicine’s Office of International Activities is launching a new monthly speaker series. The first speaker is Carla Chibwesha, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor in UNC’s Division of Global Women’s Health. Chibwesha will deliver a talk titled “Cervical Cancer: A Case Study on Global Health Disparities.” Coffee will be provided. Future forums will … Read more

Justin Myers, DO, MPH, assistant professor of Emergency Medicine in the Division of Global Health and Emergency Care, has been named an associate director in the School of Medicine’s Office of International Activities. He will focus his efforts on OIA’s work in Africa.