Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update for November 18, 2024

Dear GHEDP Colleagues,

SAVE THE DATE: We are thrilled to be hosting Dr. Pranay Sinha (Trad ’17, first GHEDP graduate, and experienced Op-Ed author) from Boston University for two very special events designed to help us use our physician voices to advocate for global health issues. The first event will be held in person and will take place on Thursday, December 5^th @ 7pm – more info to come soon!

NEW: Accepting Applications: Women's Infectious Diseases Global Scholars Program (WINGS)

• https://www.womenglobalhealth.com/female-global-scholars-1
• Deadline Jan 31, 2025

Accepting Applications: Cornell’s Global Health Research Fellowship https://globalhealth.weill.cornell.edu/fellowship

The recording from the Global Health Scholars Info Session on Thursday October 24^th will be available on the Office of Global Health webpage – stay tuned!

• NEJM Nov 2024: Lessons from England’s National Health Service
• The Lancet Nov 2024: Biodiversity loss: a health crisis
• Lancet Public Health Oct 2024: Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study
• Lancet Global Health Nov 2024: Strategies for more equitable engagement for African researchers

• Wednesday November 20^th @ 8-9am at TAC N203: Rheumatology Grand Rounds: Rheumatic Disease in the American Indian/Native Alaska Population by John McDougall MD
• Wednesday November 20^th @ 4pm at Luce Hall (Rm 203): The Neglected Crisis: The Roots and Humanitarian Costs of Sudan's War
• Wednesday November 20^th @ 12pm at 47 College Street: "Health in Humanitarian Crises: Role of Public Health Academicians" by Yale’s own: Dr. Kaveh Khoshnood.
• Thursday November 21st @ 830am at Fitkin and zoom: Local Partnerships, Global Impact: How Collaborative Tuberculosis Research at the Frontline Can Transform Worldwide Care by Yale’s Dr. Patrick Cudahy
• Thursday November 21^st @1130-1pm on zoom: Global Health 2050: The Path to Halving Premature Death by Mid-Century.
• Thursday November 21^st @ 1pm at Cohen Auditorium or zoom: Program for Biomedical Ethics Presents: "Conscience, Religion, and the Way of Medicine".
• Thursday November 21^st @ 430pm at Luce Hall (Rm 101): 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa
• Thursday November 21^st @ 1pm: What is Rural, Anyway? by Kevin J. Bennett, PhD, Director, South Carolina Research Center for Transforming Health and Center for Rural & Primary Healthcare.
• Thursday December 12^th @2-330pm: Haitian Culture and Health Screening Considerations.

• Responding to Mpox: Voices from the Front Lines by Columbia University ICAP. Recording and slides available.
• Online, free, Health Across the Gender Spectrum: 2.25hrs/2.25 CME credits.
• Online recording of Center for Global Development: How Will AI Transform Work and Jobs in Developing Countries?
• Online, free, self-paced course (~1.5hrs): Medicine for a Changing Planet: Case Studies.
• Online, free, self-paced course: History of Racism in Medicine by the Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education. The course takes 30 minutes to complete. To register, please visit the course website.
• ICAP/Columbia University: Improving Epidemic Readiness
• NIH: Culturally Competent Gender-related Norms Communications Training Resource
• UCONN INChip: Climate Change Impacts on Physical and Mental Health in the U.S. " by Dr. Amruta Nori-Sarma, Boston University School of Public Health
• Stanford Building a Culture of Health Equity Lecture Series: Health Equity Research in the LGBTQ+ Community
• ICAP/Columbia University: The Refugee Crisis: Addressing the Health of Displaced Populations.
• Stanford Building a Culture of Health Equity Lecture Series: Teaching LGBTQ + Health
• UCONN INChip: Stigma of Health Conditions in the Global Context: Applying the 'What Matters Most' Approach to MentalIllness, HIV and Cancer Stigma by Dr. Lawrence Yang, NYU
• ICAP/Columbia: Cancer Initiative Webinar Series — Informing Cancer Equity with Globally Diverse Data

• The application platform is open for the Department of Internal Medicine’s Cross-Distinction Resident Academic Fund! Through this fund, residents will have the opportunity to apply for awards of up to $500 per year. This money is intended to cover costs associated with presenting your Distinction Pathway-related work at a local, regional, national, or international conference, or other academic activities related to your participation in the Distinction Pathway. All Distinction Pathway residents are encouraged to apply, however, preference will be given to PGY-3s and PGY-4s, as well as (in the future) residents who have not previously received an award from this fund. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis - https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7NEkKKQS5XWEWF0
• To view prior seminars from the Yale Macmillan Center Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement & Humanitarian Responses, please visit/subscribe to the PRFDHR YouTube channel
• Missed a great webinar? Take a look at the Physicians for Human Rights online archive of COVID-19-related webinars, and also check out the Partners in Health COVID-19 Webinar series archive
• Yale Institute for Global Health website: https://medicine.yale.edu/yigh/ - subscribe to their newsletter and follow YIGH on Twitter and Facebook
• Global Health Journal List blog entry (https://guides.lib.wayne.edu/choosingajournal/globalhealth) - an interesting and fairly comprehensive list of global health journals! Good for folks who are interested in thinking about what to read or where you might like to publish.
• Sign up for the Global Mental Health Program mailing list: https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/globalmentalhealth/
• Link to the Macmillan Center calendar -­ Please visit this site for a list of upcoming events:http://calendar.yale.edu/cal/macmillan
• Subscribe to the daily “Global Health NOW” newsletter: http://www.globalhealthnow.org/subscribe.html

Best,

Tracy and Sheela

Co-Directors, Yale Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway