Newly Launched Bass Connections Initiative Includes Global Health As Theme
Global health is one of five themes of a new $50 million education initiative that engages students and faculty in collaborations across traditional academic boundaries to tackle complex social issues. The initiative, Bass Connections, named for the donors Anne and Robert Bass of Fort Worth, Texas, will provide a range of new educational pathways for Duke's undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The program will bring students together to work on faculty-led project teams to address issues that require the expertise of educators and researchers with diverse backgrounds. The initiative's global health theme will start with two yearlong pilot projects under the direction of DGHI faculty members William Pan and Kathryn Whetten and will explore the human health impacts of gold mining in Peru and interpersonal violence and educational interventions in the Durham Latino community, respectively.
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 New Research Focuses on Maternal Health
More women in Rwanda are delivering their babies at health care facilities rather than at home, according to new research published in BMC Public Health led by former Duke medical student Shahrzad Joharifard, who is now a resident surgeon at the University of British Columbia. In a related study published in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Duke fourth year medical student Nazaneen Homaifar, DGHI faculty member Nathan Thielman, Global Health Fellow Ayaba Worjoloh and partners found that an obstetrics training course led by DGHI and Rwandan partners at the National University of Rwanda proved effective for medical trainees. |
 Ugandan Conference Addresses Health, Faith and Peace
The latest blog by Caroline Hope Griffith
Research Analyst, DGHI
Christian leaders from across East Africa came together last week to collaborate, learn from one another and promote peace and reconciliation in communities torn by violence, war and growing health disparities. The five-day Great Lakes Leadership Institute in Kampala, Uganda is organized by the Center for Reconciliation at the Duke Divinity School, including DGHI adjunct faculty member David Toole, and its African partners. Hope Griffith attends the meetings annually to infuse health into the discussions. Hope Griffith shares her captivating stories and reflections of the conference on the DGHI field blog, Global Health Dispatch. |
