Global Health Interest GroupIntroductory Meeting09/07/2010

OutlineGlobal Health at PittWhat is GHIG?Upcoming EventsAOCLeadership Opportunities

Global Health Resources at PittCenter for Global Health:

◦http://www.globalhealth.pitt.edu/◦Umbrella organization◦ INCIGHT (Interdisciplinary Curriculum in

Global Health Training)At the med school:

◦GHIG ◦Global Health AOC◦International summer research◦Scholarly Project◦Global Health Residency Series lectures

What is GHIG?◦Umbrella organization that links

students, faculty and other student groups interested in global health

◦Link to Global Health AOC◦Faculty mentors: Dr. Veldkamp, Dr.

Harvey

Upcoming Events◦International Summer Research

Lecture Series◦Global Health Networking Night◦Other noon lectures◦Community service◦Spring Break Service Trip◦Global Health Residency Series

International Summer Research Lecture Series

How to find a faculty mentorHow to find and apply for funding

How to fill out the IRB application

Global Health Networking Night Tuesday September 28th, 6pm,

BSTS100A (day after 2nd anatomy exam)

Faculty representing different specialties/countries will be attending

Second year med students who went abroad (maybe?)

Opportunity to make contacts, find mentors and projects

Other noon lecturesPractical global healthGlobal health specialist talk International rotations

Established International Rotation Sites

Community serviceRefugee Health Literacy Project (CE3)Refugee health fair in NovemberMore info at CE3 fair

Global LinksNon-profit in Pittsburgh that donates medical supplies and textbooks to developing countries

Plan to visit the facility, help them sort materials

Spring Break Service Trip Have money in our budget to

partially fund spring break trip abroad

Previous sites have included Mexico with Dr. Andrea Fox, Dominican Republic(?)

Didn’t happen last year (people didn’t think about it early enough)

Would require interested MS1s to organize and fundraise for it

Global Health Residency SeriesA lecture series sponsored by the Pitt Global Health Internal Medicine Residency

Global Health and Underserved Populations Series"China's Health Care System: The God, The Bad, and the Ugly"Presented by Hao Yu, PhD, Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation Monday, September 20, Noon-1 p.m.Scaife Hall, 4th floor

The series is co-sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Department of General Internal Medicine and Center for Global Health.

"Trends and Targets for Actions in Public Health: A Human Rights Law-based Approach in the Context of the Pan American Health Organization's Technical Collaboration"Thursday, September 16, 3-4:30 p.m.School of Law, room 107

Sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Global Health, School of Law, Center for International Legal Education, Center for Bioethics and Health Law, and the Interdisciplinary Curriculum in Global Health Training (INCIGHT) Program. This event is an approved INCIGHT co-curricular and Public Health Grand Rounds activity.

AOC Attend a certain percentage of global

health lectures Complete a summer or scholarly

project related to global health Option to participate in INCIGHT

Program (extracurricular courses, lecture attendance)

Start journal club?

Leadership opportunities◦Help us plan and execute the events

we’re planning◦Even if you’re not planning to go

abroad, it’s a great way to build leadership skills and participate in community service activities

◦Learn more about global health◦Please reply to the email we will be

sending out

Final Reminders◦How to find a mentor talk – within next few weeks

◦Global Health Networking Reception – Sep.28th!!!

◦Sign up for GHIG mailing list using the SEC site on Navigator

Questions?