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 was held on Wednesday, November 19 in the Lurie Medical Research Center, and included a poster session, keynote address and more.
Global Health Case Competition
The Havey Institute of Global Health hosts an Intramural Global Health Case Competition on Global Health Day that unites multidisciplinary teams of trainees to pitch solutions to a complex, real-world global health problem. Each team includes 4-6 trainees from a minimum of three schools at Northwestern. The competition grants student teams one week to formulate comprehensive case solutions to a hypothetical, yet plausible, global health challenge. Each team presents their case to a panel of expert judges.
Keynote Address
Vaccine Successes in Global Health: Typhoid Fever and Malaria
Matthew Laurens, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health
University of Maryland School of Medicine
2025 Poster Presentation Winners
Poster Presentation Award Recipients
- Dulce Garcia — “Genomic Surveillance and Phylodynamic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Peru and Bolivia”
- Jasmine Machhi (second-year medical student) — “Ageing and Hypertension but not HIV status Predicts Kidney dysfunction among Older Adults in Urban Tanzania: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study”
Honorable Mentions
- Philip B. Gorelick, MD, MPH — “Short-term Stroke Outcomes in a Developing Country: Early results from a low-resource stroke unit study”
- Molly Heaney (undergraduate student) — “Family Income, Sex, and Adolescent Mental Health: Analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study”
Posters presented at Global Health Day are available to view online.