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.
Abstracts submissions for 2024 Global Health Day open on July 23 and close on September 23.
Event Details
Global Health Day will be held on Friday, December 6th in the Lurie Medical Research Center, and will include a poster session, keynote address by Margaret E. Kruk, MD, MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and more.
Keynote Address
Havey Institute for Global Health welcomes 2024 keynote speaker Margaret E. Kruk, MD, MPH, Professor of Health Systems at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the QuEST Network, who will be presenting the keynote address,"The New Global Health: Improving Health Systems Through Collaborative Research."
World AIDS Day Panel
The 2023 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
Poster Presentations
Abstract submissions are now open. Submit an abstract
Posters presented at Global Health Day are available to view online.
2023 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”