Global Health Education Day
Global Health Education Day is an exciting opportunity to draw together global health researchers, educators, and students. Led by the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health Center for Global Health Education, the day's events will include a poster session, luncheon, an informative workshop, and prominent guest speakers.
2024 Events
Global Health Education Day will be held Wednesday, May 8th from 12:00p.m. - 5:00p.m in Lurie Medical Research Center (303 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611)
Lisa Umphrey, MD, FAAP
Keynote Speaker
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Global Health Fellowship Director
Senior Investigator, Center for Global Health
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Carlos A. Faerron Guzman, MD, MSC
Keynote Speaker
Carlos A. Faerron Guzman, MD, MSC
Associate Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore Graduate School
Director, InterAmerican Center for Global Health in Costa Rica
Senior Advisor, Planetary Health Alliance at Johns Hopkins University
The Center for Global Health Education is pleased to welcome keynote speakers Lisa Umphrey, MD, presenting "Partnership Driven Initiatives in Global Health Education: from Uganda to Humanitarianism to Academia," and Carlos A. Faerron Guzman, MD, MSC, presenting "Earth and Health - Integrating Planetary Health into Medical and Global Health Education."
Leadership and 2023 Keynote Speakers
(L-R) Robert Murphy, MD, Executive Director, Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health; William R. Leonard, PhD, Co-director, Center for Global Health Education; Ross Upshur, BA(Hons) MA, MD, MSc, Keynote Speaker; Andrew Pinto, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, MSc, Keynote Speaker; Ashti Doobay-Persaud, MD, Co-director, Center for Global Health Education
Poster Presentations
Posters presented at past Global Health Education Day events will remain publicly available to view online.