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Global Health Day

March 30, 2015 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Free

Please save the date for the 5th Annual Global Health Day: April 10, 2015 from 10:00-1:00.

We also invite you to participate in the 2015 Global Health Fair. The poster session will occur from approximately 11-12pm. If you or any of your students/group members are interested in presenting a poster related to the field of global health, you can get involved by sending an application that includes:
– Name, email, and phone number
– Department or organization
– Title of poster
– Opportunities for future student involvement (if applicable)

All applications should be emailed to Christina Crabtree-Ide (crc8@buffalo.edu); the deadline for submission is April 1, 2015. Posters you have presented at a previous conference are welcome. We look forward to seeing you there.

Global Health Day is co-sponsored by the Office of Global Health Initiatives, Departments of Community Health and Health Behavior and Epidemiology and Environmental Health, the Global Health Club Student Group, and the Graduate Student Association.

Event Schedule:

10:00-11:00 Extinguishing the tobacco pandemic: considerations for public health policy, planning and practice, Brian King, MPH, PhD
Biomedical Education Building Lippschultz Room

11:00-12:00 Global Health Fair and Coffee hour
Biomedical Education Building (BEB) Atrium

12:00-1:00 The challenge of improving global health: threats and opportunities in a changing world, Cheryl Healton, MPA, DrPH
Biomedical Education Building Lippschultz Room

1:00-2:00 Panel discussion and luncheon
Biomedical Education Building Lippschultz Room

2:00-3:30pm “Fire in the Blood” screening
Biomedical Education Building Lippschultz Room

3:30-4:30pm Discussion and Q&A with Dr.Unni Karunakara, ex international president of Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders
Biomedical Education Building Lippschultz Room

Details

Date:
March 30, 2015
Time:
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Venue

Unnamed Venue
Buffalo, NY United States
Phone
716 645 2960

Organizer

Global Health Club