Global Health Neurology Program Events Archives

Date Title Speaker
12/12/2014 Stanford Neurosurgery in Uganda
Gerald Grant, MD, FACS, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University
1/9/2015 Global Health Research Convening Dan Bausch, Senior WHO Advisor for Ebola Response and Head, Virology and Emerging Infections, Department U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No.6 in Lima Peru- Associate Professor,Tulane Universit.
2/7/2015

3rd Annual International Humanitarian Aid Skills Course

This CME workshop will help prepare the International Humanitarian Aid Volunteer to function in a low resource setting for treatment of common surgical problems.
2/13/2015

Grand Rounds:
"Around the World in 8 Neurological Diseases"

 

AAN global health section president and assistant professor of Neurology at Harvard/MGH Dr. Farrah Mateen will be speaking on her experiences in blending and global health and early career experiences.
3/4/2015 Conversations in Global Health Gavin Yamey, Associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the UCSF School of Medicine
3/20/2015 Chronic Disease Control in China and the Role of Primary Healthcare Hear experts from China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and prominent academic researchers for a workshop the large and growing burden of chronic non-communicable disease (NCD) in China.
3/23/2015 From the Innovator's Workbench Stanford Biodesign's first Workbench of the year features Eric Topol, Scripps Health Chief Academic Officer and renowned cardiologist who focuses on genomics, wireless sensors, preventive cardiology & medicine.
3/26/2015 Individualized & Population Health: Two Sides of the Same Coin Scott Zeger, professor of biostatistics from Johns Hopkins University, will address some of the major quantitative approaches to using population data to improve health care decisions about the individual.
3/26/2015 Consortium of Universities in Global Health (CUGH) Annual Conference Paul Farmer, Atul Gawande, Jeremy Farrar. CIGH director, Michele Barry, MD, FACP, will moderate a plenary discussion on lessons learned from the Ebola epidemic and Ami Bhatt, MD, CIGH director of global oncology, will unveil the Global Cancer Project Map, a web-based platform that catalogs international cancer research, cancer care and cancer outreach programs. Great student networking and career opportunities! 
3/28/2015 Global Heath and Innovation Conference  The Global Health & Innovation Conference (#GHIC) is the world's leading and largest global health conference as well as the largest social entrepreneurship conference, with 2,200 professionals and students from all 50 states and more than 55 countries.
4/3/2015 “Syphilis, Neurosyphilis and HIV: Clinical and Research Perspectives”

Christina Marra, MD
Professor of Neurology, Vice Chair (Academic Affairs), Neurology, Adjunct Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), University of Washington School of Medicine
4/9/2015 Conversations in Global Health to Feature Chris Elias Chris Elias, MD, MPH, president of the Global Development Program
4/11/2015 Stanford Africa Business Forum 2015 This forum will feature thought leaders in agriculture, finance, consumer goods, technology, media, health and education across Africa.
4/20/2015 Bay Area Global Health Seminar at UC Davis This panel discussion will feature a great line-up of speakers from Stanford, UCSF, UC Berkeley and UC Davis.
5/6/2015 "Social Policies and Global Health: How Newly Available Quantitative Data on Policies in 193 Countries Can Shift the Field” 
Jody Heymann, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
7/27/2015
Improving the prevention and control of diabetes and hypertension through comprehensive community based approaches in India"
Sailesh Mohan, MD, MPH, PhD
Public Health Foundation of India
9/23 & 9//30 Center for Innovation in Global Health, Research Methods Retreat Steve Luby, MD. Director of Research, Center for Innovation in Global Health