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 will be held on Wednesday, November 19 in the Lurie Medical Research Center, and will include a poster session, keynote address and more.
Poster Presentations
2025 Abstract submissions will open soon.
Posters presented at Global Health Day are available to view online.
2024 Poster Presentation Winners
Poster Presentation Award Recipients
- Best Poster: Berivan Ece — “Training and Capacity Building in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research for HIV Care in Tanzania”
- Best Student Poster: Claudia Oropeza — “A Capacity Building Workshop for Microbial Genomic Surveillance in Peru”
Honorable Mentions
- Honorable Mention: Dulce Garcia — “Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-COV-2 in Bolivia and Peru”
- Honorable Mention Student: Kate Klein, MA, MPH — “Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to a Mobile Clinic HPV Screening Intervention”
Global Health Day 2025 timeline:
TBD: Call for Abstracts Opens
TBD: Abstract Deadline
TBD: Final Deadline for Poster Submissions
Wednesday, November 19th: Global Health Day