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Newsletter
September 2022
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A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
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CUGH CELEBRATES 10 YEARS IN WASHINGTON, DC |
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September 15th, 2022
Dear Colleagues,
This month is a landmark for CUGH. 10 years ago we opened our doors in Washington DC. We had a small office, a team of 3 people and 54 institutional members. Today, we have a team of 5 and an office that is only slightly larger than what it was a decade ago. We run our annual conference, but also hold webinars, workshops, advocacy days, international meetings, symposia, help run a CDC fellowship program and have a full range of committees and subcommittees that address a broad array of global health challenges. A decade ago, most of our members were in North America. Today, our membership has nearly quadrupled to 196 institutions in over 40 countries, and we have a network of 34,000 global health practitioners. This success was a team effort! On behalf of all of us at CUGH I would like to thank everyone who has supported us in so many ways over the last decade: our members, committee and program volunteers, funders, board members and staff who worked so tirelessly in our office.
Also, in this bulletin please remember that the deadline to submit panels and abstracts for CUGH2023 is Sept. 30. Of note, the Inter Academy Partnership (the umbrella organization for national academies around the world) will hold their World Health Summit on April 13 in conjunction with our meeting. Also, the Association of Academic Health Centers International will hold their annual Global Innovation Forum on April 13. Convening the umbrella organization for national academies and top academic health centers with our annual conferences has never happened before. This will be an unprecedented opportunity to collaborate, share knowledge and build new partnerships. REGISTER NOW and take advantage of our lowest rates: www.cugh2023.org.
The first Stellenbosch University-CUGH global health conference on the African continent is taking place Oct 28-30, 2022. We particularly encourage representatives from African institutions to attend this African led conference along with global health practitioners from around the world to collaborate, share knowledge and develop new partnerships to address some of the pressing challenges before us.
Best wishes,
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Keith Martin, MD, PC
Executive Director
Consortium of Universities for Global Health
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Deadline: September 30, 2022
(CUGH Members Only) Deadline: September 30, 2022
In-person Satellite-Workshop Sessions: April 13, 2023
Virtual Satellite-Workshop Sessions: April 3-7, 2023
Deadline: November 30, 2022
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Catalysing Global Health Innovations for Sustainable Development: This hybrid conference hosted by Stellenbosch University and CUGH is open for registration! We encourage individuals across sectors and around the world to attend this conference. African institutions working in global health, development, and the environment are particularly encouraged to attend. Register here: https://sucugh2022.co.za/registration/
For Conference queries, please contact the Tygerberg International Secretariat at TIOinfo@sun.ac.za
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CALLING ALL STUDENTS AND TRAINEES INTERESTED IN GLOBAL HEALTH: JOIN CUGH'S TRAINEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR CAMPUS REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAM
Apply to join CUGH's Trainee Advisory Committee (TAC) or our Campus Representative Program. The TAC is composed of 25 student trainees in global health who advocate for and contribute student perspectives to CUGH’s activities. They help advance CUGH's mission and the needs of students worldwide.
Application deadline for the TAC is September 30th, 2022.
Campus Representatives form a global network of students interested in addressing contemporary global challenges. They serve a critical liaison role, identifying & sharing the needs of students from their institution with CUGH; mobilize students at their institution around CUGH’s advocacy efforts; share their institution’s activities; and function as a link between their institution and members of the CUGH community.
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Everyone is invited to attend a free webinar on “Teaching Global Health to Undergraduate Students,” 1pm ET (4pm PT), September 20, 2022, by Prof. Kathryn H. Jacobsen and Prof. Caryl Waggett from CUGH’s Subcommittee on Master’s and Undergraduate Degrees in Global Health (SMUDGH). Register for the free webinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7586233732624563212?source=cugh.
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Commentaries from Low Resource Environments
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This commentary discusses the role of foreign aid in health systems strengthening in conflict affected countries, focusing on Somalia.
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This commentary explains the relationship between climate change, pandemics, and their effects on achieving Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC); with resilience and sustainability approaches as solutions to the lingering effects.
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If you are a scientist, researcher or implementer working in a low resource setting please send us a commentary that describes your observations, innovations, challenges and opportunities related to health, development, or the environment. Submissions should be between 500 to 800 words. You may also include videos that describe the issue. Some will be published in our newsletter and on www.cugh.org. Help us draw attention to these issues.
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Please see the recent article in the Annals of Global Health, authored by CUGH Board Member Dr. Phil Landrigan, et al: "Air Pollution, Political Corruption, and Cardiovascular Disease in the Former Soviet Republics". It is a rare article that identifies the interplay between these areas in former Soviet republics, as well as potential solutions.
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This book was inspired by the successful development of the African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth), a pan-African institution, inaugurated in 2016 and intended to scale up the gains and innovations realised by the Medical and Nursing Education partnership initiative (MEPI/NEPI) in Africa. In 2018, the US National Institutes of Health Fogarty Center provided, through a competitive process, a catalytic project grant to AFREhealth.
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Please see the recently released fourth installment of CSIS documentary series: 'Ukraine: The Human Price of War'. The video is 11 minutes long and can be watched here:
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In Miami, Florida, November 30th to December 2nd, 2022. Save the date and join us in person as experts explore the latest global health trends, challenges and opportunities. English and Spanish simultaneous interpretation will be available. The event is hosted by the Global Health Consortium at Florida International University in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Wisconsin, and the Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SLIPE).
Further information will be available in the coming weeks. If you have any questions, contact us at ghc@fiu.edu.
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Fogarty recently convened the recipients of awards designed to help low- and middle-income country (LMIC) scientists develop or strengthen policies and procedures to reduce sexual harassment at their institutions. Participants shared lessons learned and different approaches used to address the common problem. One-year funding was provided to 10 LMIC recipients, supported by the NIH Office of AIDS Research.
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The Cuban Ministry of Public Health calls for participation in the International Convention "Cuba-Health 2022" to be held from October 17 to 21, 2022 at the Convention Center in Havana, Cuba, with the theme: "Universal Health, as part of the 2030 Health Agenda, in a health context characterized by COVID-19”. Please read more and register for the conference here.
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Cervical cancer will kill 1,500 Ghanaian women this year. Sadly a simple screening to enable health professionals to detect the disease early and save their lives is not widely available to all Ghanaian women. Statistics from the World Health Organisation shows that 90 percent of deaths from cervical cancer happen in low or middle income countries like Ghana. Seth Kwame Boateng in his latest documentary, “CERVIX IN CRISIS”, takes us on a journey into the lives of some women dying of the disease because of late detection.
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The Center on Forced Displacement fosters interdisciplinary research and engagement with the global challenge of forced displacement. They bring together multidisciplinary teams of researchers, practitioners, and artists from across schools and colleges at Boston University, around the country, and around the world.
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BARDA has partnered with FedTech to launch the Health Security Startup Studio program in order to commercialize innovative technologies that will prepare us for public health emergencies and health security threats. In this program, extensive portfolio of intellectual property developed with cutting-edge research across the federal and university laboratory networks will be matched with passionate entrepreneurs eager to launch their own venture based on the IP.
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NCI has been running the Affordable Cancer Technologies Program for LMICs since 2014. The ACTs Program develops technology through every stage, from prototype to clinical implementation studies. Technologies are validated in real-world health settings in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), leading to additional innovations.
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A Challenge to Dignity Conference brought together refugee health professionals working to advance refugee health all over the globe. The conference promoted discussions on a variety of refugee and asylum seeker health factors.
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How do Pinoy Doctors address climate change and its effects on human health? Join the #PMAEarthSavingDay webinar entitled “Filipino Physicians Tackling Climate Change and Advancing Planetary Health” on Monday, September 19, 2022, 6:00-7:30 pm via Zoom and Facebook Live (in the PMA Facebook page). Register now at bit.ly/pmaearthsaving
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The Emory Global Health Institute’s (EGHI) 2023 Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition will take place March 10-18, 2023. During the competition, multidisciplinary student teams will work together for one week to develop comprehensive case solutions to a hypothetical but real-world global health challenge. The application period is Monday, October 24 – Monday, November 21. For more information please visit bit.ly/2023EmoryMorningsideGHCC.
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Submissions are open for the 2023 Canada Gairdner Awards. These prizes honor excellence in research in biomedicine and global health. The Gairdner Awards are world-renowned for identifying current leaders and the future laureates of major awards.
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Join UCSF October 18-20 for this event, which will serve to highlight key public health priorities necessary to prepare for a post-pandemic world. The symposium will also seek to strengthen multi-sectoral partnerships and foster interdisciplinary collaboration to prepare and respond to future pandemics in Latin America. The event is free and open to all!
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Join the North Carolina Global Health Alliance for their 2022 Annual Conference which will explore the global health impact North Carolina's organizations, and those based nationally and globally, are having at the individual, community and global levels. The program will provide an opportunity for thought leaders, innovators, policymakers, students, and researchers to share their experiences and questions through a mix of keynote speakers, panels, workshops, and poster sessions. Register now.
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In this month's Global Health Matters podcast, your host Garry Aslanyan interviews two emerging global health leaders, Stephanie and Renzo, who share their approaches to global health practice and how their careers have changed over time.
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DHSA is seeking population health research proposals from students, faculty, or staff affiliated with any of DHSA’s member institutions. This is a ‘shark tank’ type event with real-time presentations, judging and awards!
This year, proposals are requested to have a Population Health focus on health disparities. Proposals may address any area of population health including but not limited to social determinants of health, environmental health, and behavioral and mental health.
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Jobs & Funding Opportunities
(see our new Jobs Board to see the latest listings)
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The African Academy of Sciences (AAS), in partnership with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), announces a call for applications for the 3rd cohort of the African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) fellowships. APTI Fellows are trained and supported to become scientific leaders who can advocate for increased research and innovation projects in Africa.
APTI fellowships are open to applications from fields of health research, with a focus on innovation aimed at the discovery and translation of transformative solutions to global health problems that are priorities for their home institutions and countries. Apply here by September 30th, 2022.
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The Other Foundation invites applications for grants from organizations in thirteen eligible southern African countries to support work that advances or defends the freedom, equality, and social and economic inclusion of homosexual and bisexual women and men, and transgender and intersex people. The grant funds, preferably given as multi-year grants, can be used for specific projects to advance advocacy and movement building strategies or to support the ongoing work of anchor organisations to re-create and reposition their organising and advocacy in a way that is fit for purpose in the changed context brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more here.
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The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health is accepting applications for the position of Tenured Professor & Department Chair in the Department currently known as Infectious Diseases & Microbiology (IDM). The Chair is expected to play a prominent role in local and global biomedical and population-based research, education, and community practice.
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The University of Maryland is now recruiting for the 2023 Maeve Kennedy McKean Fellowship in Global Health. The fellowship includes clinical work in Zambia, intensive training and mentorship in global health research and implementation science, and experience in global program development and implementation. More information is available at: http://ciheb.org/MKM/
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The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health is accepting applications for the position of Tenured Professor & Department Chair in the Department currently known as Infectious Diseases & Microbiology (IDM). The Chair is expected to play a prominent role in local and global biomedical and population-based research, education, and community practice.
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The University of Washington Global and Rural Health Fellowship is now accepting applications for Internal Medicine and Medicine-Pediatrics physicians who are interested in becoming leaders and experts in the fields of global and rural health. This Global and Rural Health Fellowship is a two year training program where fellows spend one year living and working with Native populations in Alaska and South Dakota and one year working abroad on medical education and/or research projects with University of Washington faculty and mentors. In addition to a weekly structured curriculum, fellows can also obtain a Master’s Degree at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine or attend tropical medicine courses. For more information, please contact Meryl Yang at meryly@uw.edu or go to https://globalhealth.washington.edu/academic-programs/residents-fellows/global-and-rural-health-fellowship.
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The Fogarty International Center at NIH offers funding to support global health research. Fogarty also offers a variety of resources for those seeking global health research funding across NIH, and from other organizations.
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The following three resources from Johns Hopkins University are continuously updated repositories of federal and private funding opportunities for individuals in various stages of their career.
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Featured Reading & Listening |
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A new study illustrates the health risk posed by the tiny particles produced by burning fossil fuels. Read here.
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Global Health Journals & Newsletters |
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Consortium of Universities for Global Health
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