UNC Global Health Scholars Symposium

The Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases and the Gillings School of Global Public Health will collaborate to showcase scholars at the 1st Annual Global Health Scholars Symposium on Friday, Nov 11 from 8:30-11 am. This hybrid event will begin in Bioinformatics Room 1131 (Zoom links are noted in the schedule below).

The Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases (IGHID) and the Gillings School of Global Public Health (GSGPH) will hold the first annual research symposium featuring global health research from MD/PhD students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty. The symposium brings together over 30 investigators from UNC and global sites around the world who will share innovative scholar research and foster discussions on how global health research impacts practice.

8:30-8:40am EST Welcome and Presentations (click link to join) (2127 Bioinformatics)

9:50-10am EST – Poster Display in Lobby

10-11am EST – Lightning Talks – Choose 1 of 4 breakout rooms to attend:

1.) Global Health Collection (2127 Bioinformatics) Sylvia Becker-Dreps and Mike Cohen moderating / Zoom: Global Health Collection (click link to join)

2.) Virtual: Infectious Diseases (2120 Bioinformatics) – Jonathan Parr and Irving Hoffman moderating / Zoom: Infectious Diseases (clink to join)

3.) Virtual: Health Behavior and HIV (2106 Bioinformatics) – Vivian Go and Suzanne Maman moderating / Zoom: Health Behavior and HIV (clink link to join)

4.) Virtual: Reproductive Health (2150 Bioinformatics) – Ben Chi and Michael Herce moderating / Zoom: Reproductive Health (click link to join)