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, this year's event includes a poster session, lunch, keynote speakers, and reception.
2025 Event
Global Health Education Day will be held Wednesday, May 14th from 12:00p.m. - 4:30p.m in Lurie Medical Research Center (303 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611)
Welcome: 12:00 - 12:15pm
Ryan Family Atrium
Lunch and Poster Session: 12:15 - 1:30pm
Ryan Family Atrium
*Lunch will be provided
Keynote Address: 1:30 - 2:30pm
What Knowledge Matters?: Considerations for Global Health Scholarship
Susan van Schalkwyk, MPhil, PhD, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Baldwin Auditorium
Keynote Address: 2:30 - 3:30pm
Incorporating Global Health into your Career in an Ethical, Sustainable, Anticolonial Way
Megan L. Schultz, MD, MA, Medical College of Wisconsin
Baldwin Auditorium
Awards and Closing Reception: 3:30 - 4:30pm
Ryan Family Atrium
*Refreshments and small bites will be serve
Keynote Speakers
This year, the Center for Global Health Education will host keynote speakers Susan van Schalkwyk, MPhil, PhD, professor emeritus in Health Professions Education and executive head of the Department of Health Professions Education (DHPE) at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, who will be presenting What Knowledge Matters?: Considerations for Global Health Scholarship, and Megan L. Schultz, MD, MA, associate professor of Pediatrics, director of Global Child Health, and co-director of Global Health Scholarly Concentration at Medical College of Wisconsin, who will be presenting Incorporating Global Health into Your Career in an Ethical, Sustainable, Anticolonial Way.
Poster Presentations
Posters presented at past Global Health Education Day events will remain publicly available to view online.
2025 abstract submissions are closed.