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Weekly News and Notes: Special Edition
From the Duke Global Health Institute
Greetings!
As we mentioned in Tuesday's issue, this is an important week for global health. First, the Consortium of Universities for Global Health held its first annual meeting in Bethesda, MD that was attended by 300 people from 60 universities.
Secondly, leaders of university-based global health programs held a Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill to bring awareness to the role Universities can and are playing in global health.
Finally, we're now bringing the global health message to North Carolina business, government, military and academic leaders with a statewide policy forum on Monday, Sept 21 at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
There are three ways for you to get involved:
1) RSVP here to attend the North Carolina global health policy forum on Sept 21 in RTP;
2) Join your colleagues to watch a live video conference of the event at one of several locations (at Duke it is John Hope Franklin Center, Room 230); or
3) Watch live online via the Duke UStream channel.
Throughout the program we will be taking questions via Twitter, so add your voice to the conversation. (See below for all the details)
We hope you enjoy our recap of these important activities and look forward to your continued support and involvement in global health efforts, whether they be in North Carolina, the U.S., or around the world.
Until next week,
Geelea Seaford and everyone at DGHI |
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Global Health Goes to Washington
On September 16, the Congressional Global Health Caucus and CSIS Global Health Policy Center hosted a briefing for Congressional leaders, staffers, and global health organizations to highlight the role of universities in helping to address global health challenges around the world.
Chairwoman of the Congessional Global Health Caucus Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) welcomed nearly 100 attendees to the briefing and spoke about her desire to eliminate health threats such as Avian flu and H1N1.
At the briefing, Dr. Michael Merson, director of the Duke Global Health Institute, spoke about the growing demand on US college campuses for global health programs, fieldwork opportunities, and academic degrees.
The best voices to convey this message to Congress are students. That's why three students from Duke, Boston University and Emory- ranging from undergraduate to doctoral - added their voice to the conversation and spoke about their passion and drive to make a difference in the world and to use their formative years at universities to apply their academic training to real world problems.
Duke Junior Gregory Morrison spoke on behalf of the tens of thousands of undergraduates in the U.S. studying global health. (see video above) Morrison and a team of Duke students spent this past summer in Mbarara, Uganda surveying women in a rural village, distributing bed nets and learning about their medical needs.
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A Center of Excellence for Global Health: Why Global Health Matters to North Carolina
This forum will take place on Monday, September 21, 3-5 pm, at North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Hamner Conference Center, 15 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Click here for directions, details and to register.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center and the newly-formed Triangle Global Health Consortium cordially invite you to a statewide discussion of what global health means to North Carolina.
This forum will highlight North Carolina as a center of global health excellence, spotlighting how the state generates new knowledge, skills, jobs, and external partnerships essential to U.S. leadership in global health. North Carolina is home to many premier analytic and implementing institutions, biotech industries, and universities making critical contributions to global health. During the event, Duke Global Health Institute Director Dr. Michael Merson will also unveil a new report on the impact of global health on the state's economy. The meeting will also serve as the launch of the Triangle Global Health Consortium. At 3:00 pm, there will be a live video conference of this forum in the John Hope Franklin Center, Room 230, 2204 Erwin Road, Durham. Refreshments will be served.
For those unable to view the video feed at the John Hope Franklin Center, there will be a webcast of it through Duke UStream.
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Consortium of Universities for Global Health Round Up
Two important documents were released at this week's Consortium meeting in Bethesda. One is a survey of 37 universities detailing their programs and interests in global health. The survey, conducted by the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, found a doubling of enrollment in global health education and training programs over the past three years. Read more of the report findings here.
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A Center of Excellence for Global Health
Monday, September 21
3:00 - 5:00 pm
North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park At Duke?
3:00 pm
There will be a live video feed of this event showing in the John Hope Franklin Center, Room 230, 2204 Erwin Rd, with refreshments. For those unable to attend the event or the live video conference, watch the event live at Duke UStream. *** View more upcoming events. |
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