Global Health Day
Global Health Day, hosted by the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, is an exciting opportunity to draw together global health researchers, educators and students to celebrate and discover more about global health research, education, and outreach efforts.
Students, faculty, community members and partners from all disciplines, both at Northwestern and unaffiliated, are always welcome to participate and apply to present posters on projects relevant to global health.
Event Details
Global Health Day 2023 was held on Friday, December 1st, 2023 in the Lurie Medical Research Center, and included a World AIDS Day panel, poster session, and keynote address by Carlos del Rio, MD.
Global Health Day 2024 will take place in December.
World AIDS Day Panel
The World AIDS Day Panel, led by Student Advisory Committee on Global Health, featured:Panelists: Chad Achenbach, MD, MPH, Shannon Galvin, MD, Claudia Hawkins, MD, MPH, & Robert Murphy, MD
Moderator: Arthi Kozhumam
Keynote Address
Havey Institute for Global Health welcomed keynote speaker Carlos del Rio, MD, distinguished professor of Medicine and co-Director of the Emory Center for AIDS Research at the Emory School of Medicine, who presented the keynote address, "Lessons from the HIV epidemic applicable to future pandemics."
Poster Presentations
Posters presented at Global Health Day are available to view online.
Poster Presentation Winners
Poster Presentation Winners
- Brehima Diakite — “HPV Typing in Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Mali”
- Lacy Simons — “Genomic Surveillance of Antifungal-Resistant Candida auris and Other Yeast in Pakistan: Monitoring Expanding Infections and Uncovering Emerging Pathogens”
- Matt Caputo — “Developing a palliative care service at Lagos University Teaching Hospital: formative results of an environmental scan of existing centres in Nigeria”
Honorable Mention:
- Maryam Shaaban — “Viral amplification from African samples using long-read sequencing”
- Sunny Abdelmageed — “A Systematic Review of Epilepsy Surgery in Low and Low Middle-Income Countries and a Proposed Program Framework”