A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
March 18th, 2022

Dear Colleague,
 
It has been heartbreaking to see the willful destruction of Ukraine by Russia. This is a flagrant abuse of power and a crime against humanity. An immediate cease-fire, protected humanitarian corridors, access to emergency assistance for the Ukrainian people and the rapid return of Russian troops back to their country are urgently needed to stop this senseless loss of life.  Russia's invasion of it's neighbor has created the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II and threatens global stability. This newsletter contains links to organizations you can support that are assisting the Ukrainian people during their time of immense need. Please help them if you can.
 
Also, our annual global health conference is right around the corner. We have a stellar list of speakers and issues. You can still register for this virtual meeting Mar. 28th - April 1st at www.cugh2022.org. Anyone can attend. Also, don’t forget to register separately for the satellite sessions that run from Mar. 21st -25th. They are open to all and free.
If you are attending CUGH2022, please use the online functions on the virtual platform and engage with colleagues from around the world. ‘See you soon’!

Best wishes,




Keith Martin, MD, PC
Executive Director
Consortium of Universities for Global Health
CUGH Events & Updates

Conference dates: March 28th through April 1st: www.cugh2022.org

Satellite sessions: March 21st through 25th (free and open to all)

See our stellar line up of speakers and sessions at www.cugh2022.org
CUGH 2022, 'Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Social Justice' 
See the exciting conference program, speakers and satellite sessions on our website!


WINNERS OF THE 2022 DRS. ANVAR AND PARI VELJI-CUGH AWARDS FOR GLOBAL HEALTH EXCELLENCE

We would like to thank Dr. Anvar and Pari Velji for their generous and enduring support for this recognition that honors individuals and projects that improve the lives of underserviced populations. These awards reflect the commitment of the Velji Family and CUGH to improve the lives of those who are least privileged.  This year’s winners are:

The Velji-CUGH Global Health Award for Teaching Excellence

  • Mayur Desai, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Yale University

The Velji-CUGH Young African Leader Award

  • Joanne Egbe, Undergraduate Dental Student, University of Ibadan

The Velji-CUGH Faculty Leader Award

  • Jerry Nutor, PhD, RN, MS, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
  • Shadi Saleh, PhD, MPH, Founding Director, Global Health Institute, American University of Beirut
  • Majid Sadigh, MD, Director of Global Health, Nuvance Health
  • Karin Ulstrup, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine

The Velji-CUGH Student Leader Award

  • Leah Peer, Founder, Peer Medical Foundation
  • Helena Franco, MD, Orthopedic Principal House Officer, Queensland Health
  • Sylvette Ramos-Díaz, Doctor of Dental Surgery Candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Aditi Sivakumar, Medical Student, Canadian Association for Global Health

Access to libraries and journals are often very limited for researchers and students in LMIC institutions. At CUGH, we are committed to working with LMIC institutions to strengthen their education & research capabilities.

You can assist us in these efforts by enabling LMIC institutions to access your libraries online. If you can do this, please fill out the form below.

LMIC institutions will approach you directly to seek permission to access your library for their faculty & students. Thank you for joining us in this effort! SIGN UP HERE.

The Academic Partnership Program Initiative (APPI) matches individuals with substantial programmatic experience in education, with faculty from CUGH member institutions who are leading an academic program and are interested in seeking advice on how to strengthen their educcation programs in biomedical or non-biomedical disciplines. The support will be provided for 1 year.

Preference is given to CUGH member programs that are in their early or middle stages of development and those in low or lower-middle income nations. See www.cugh.org to see if your institution is a CUGH member.

Learn more and apply here.

Please complete this survey, created by the CUGH Global Health Operations Committee, concerning the nature of the organizational structure, administrative processes, and funding strategies of global health departments/programs/centers/institutes within CUGH member institutions. 

Participation will take approximately 10 minutes. Your participation is completely voluntarily. We hope that the information from this study will help us benchmark various operational structures within university global health programs.


This event will consist of an interdisciplinary panel, speaking on how to communicate findings of the Lancet US Policy brief to a broad range of stakeholders and apply them to practice. Register here.

The 10th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research (ASGCR), in partnership with the National Cancer Institute's Center for Global Health, will be held virtually March 23 - 24, 2022, prior to the 13th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Global Health Conference. The ASGCR theme this year, New Models for Global Cancer Research, Training, and Control is intended to prompt systematic approaches to the discovery, translation, and implementation of evidence based cancer control initiatives. Registration is free of charge and can be completed at: https://events.cancer.gov/cgh/asgcr/registration. This year's ASGCR will also include a pre-conference session Early Career Investigator Day (ECID) on March 22, 2022. ECID is intended for early career scientists interested in a career in global cancer research. Additional details regarding ECID and registration instructions can be found at: https://events.cancer.gov/cgh/asgcr/ecid.

Attention colleagues from LMICs - SUBMIT A COMMENTARY

If you are a scientist, researcher or implementer from a low or middle-income country, send us a commentary that describe innovations, challenges and opportunities in global health. Submissions should be between 500 to 800 words. You may also include videos that describe the issue. Some will be published in our bulletin and on www.cugh.org. Help us to draw attention to these issues.

Submit using the following form:
News & External Events

Submit an abstract for the 5th annual AFREhealth Symposium: "COVID-19 Pandemic and post-pandemic issues for health professions education, research and service delivery." The symposium will be held August 2-4, 2022 in Harere, Zimbabwe. Submissions close March 31st, 2022.

IMPORTANT LINKS REGARDING DISPLACED PERSONS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

The world is in the midst of the greatest displacement of people since WW2. The unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and destruction of the country by Russia is the latest conflict that is forcing people from their homes rendering them refugees. In addition to war, climate change and disasters are driving a greater number of people from their homes. This affects over 80 million people worldwide, nearly half of them are under the age of 18. The following links from the International Rescue Committee provide important insights and solutions to address this humanitarian challenge.
 

The PCP course is a free online lecture series covering the fundamentals of clinical pharmacology as a translational scientific discipline focused on rational drug development and utilization in therapeutics. Register before July 1st, 2022https://ocr.od.nih.gov/courses/principles-clinical-pharmacology.html

The Branch for International Surgical Care at the University of British Columbia has opened applications for their Master of Global Surgical Care and Graduate Certificate in Global Surgical Care for September 2022. The deadline to apply is June 14th, 2022.

Choose from 19 short-term courses during June 6 –17, 2022. Both online and in-person courses are available. The Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is hosting a Health Systems Summer Institute. The Institute is a great opportunity for early- to mid-career public health professionals to expand their skill sets and improve job performance. 
Information on tuition and how to register can be found here

This award, carrying a prize of CHF 50,000, is intended to support a team wishing to develop a research or an implementation in the field of One Health or Planetary Health. Applications must be submitted online in French or English before 4 April midnight. Submit your application right here! https://framaforms.org/grand-jet-dor-de-geneve-1646390081  

A publication about the efficacy of the Stanford Global Health Media Fellowship in helping combat medical misinformation by building a generation of physician-storytellers was published as a pre-print Academic Medicine's websiteHere's a story published for the Stanford website, which focuses on how this fellowship helps develop doctors who can tell compelling stories about global health to a public audience and help dispel misinformation when crises strike.

Global health professionals working to advance refugee health all over the world with a wide range of forcibly displaced populations came to UC San Diego in October 2021 for two days of presentations and discussions in a hybrid format that consisted of five different sessions that are now available to watch on YouTube. Check out the individual presentation recordings and conference program

More information on the UC San Diego Challenge to Dignity Conference can be found under events on the UCSD Global Health Institute website.

The ENERGHY 10-day Summer School is a toolbox, experiential learning, and ground zero for a mindset transformation towards a new generation of global health innovators. 
It is designed to empower postgraduate students, researchers and young professionals to create new business models with global citizen-centric solutions aimed at democratizing health. Learn more and register.


This book analyzes international cases of immigrants and refugees from a health communication perspective, providing theoretical frames and effective recommendations for designing future health communication campaigns and interventions for health promotion, and includes the chapter Health Communication Barriers Faced by Rohingya Refugees During COVID-19, authored by Dr. Muhiuddin Haider and others. 
Jobs & Funding Opportunities
(see our new Jobs Board to see the latest listings)

The program provides financial support to the institutions of independent investigators, including academic public health-oriented scientists, from low and middle-income countries for a two-year period. Each award is funded up to a total of $100,000 USD. Applicants must meet the eligibility criteria in order to be considered for an award.

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.

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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