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Emory Global Health Institute Newsletter Emory Students Share Field Experiences with Global Health Luminaries
On November 4th, the Emory Global Health Institute held its first annual Global Health Scholars Symposium. This event provided students from across the University an opportunity to showcase the global health projects they had conducted in 2008 with the support of the Emory Global Health Institute. More than 50 students presented their projects on a variety of topics including safe water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS, Buruli Ulcer surveillance, nutrition, tuberculosis control, neglected tropical diseases, reproductive health, and the impact of war on health. The projects took place in numerous countries including Bolivia, Mexico, the Republic of Georgia, Ghana, Rwanda, Zambia, and Haiti. More than 300 members of the Emory community attended the event, as did the Institute’s Advisory Board, which is comprised of global health experts from around the world. The Advisory Board led a panel discussion regarding the students’ projects. This format provided an opportunity for students to both hear the experts' impressions of their field experiences and to ask board members about best practices for conducting successful global health programs. 2009 Global Health Field Scholars Awards and Case Competition
The Emory Global Health Institute invites students from across the University to submit applications for its 2009 Global Health Field Scholars Awards program. The Institute offers individual, team, and partner-site awards. The deadline for applications is March 6th, 2009. The Institute plans to hold informational sessions in February for Emory students enrolled in schools across the University. For more information about these sessions or the Field Scholars Awards program, please visit our website or contact Suzanne Mason at 404/727-1425 or via email at smason@sph.emory.edu. The Institute is also sponsoring a Global Health Case Competition that will bring together Emory students from various schools for a unique opportunity to develop innovative solutions to critical global health issues. Developed by the Institute's multidisciplinary Student Advisory Committee, the competition will involve teams of students working through a real-life case scenario with the goal of providing helpful strategic recommendations to move the case subject forward efficiently and effectively. Unlike traditional business case competitions, the global health case competition will require an interdisciplinary approach and may involve decisions regarding policy, public health implementation and planning, business investment, medical research, logistics management, faith/cultural understanding, and legal issues. Student teams will be asked to present their cases to a panel of judges selected from multiple schools. The winning team will receive a prize, and all participants will be recognized. For more information regarding the case competition, please click here or contact Suzanne Mason at 404/727-1425 or via email at smason@sph.emory.edu. To view additional external global health funding and practicum opportunities available to students, please click here. Winning Student Global Health Photographs to be Announced in February
The Emory Global Health Institute will announce and recognize the winning photographs of its 2008 Global Health Student Photography Contest on February 18th from 3:30 to 5:30 pm on the third floor of the Carlos Museum. The event will highlight the five winning photographs and eight honorable mention photographs as well as honor all of the students who submitted photographs to the contest. Additionally, a brief overview of photographic techniques will be provided by the contest's judges. The Institute's global health photography contest is sponsored by Mr. Robert Yellowlees, a successful Atlanta businessman, a gifted amateur photographer, and the owner of Lumière, an Atlanta photography gallery. Click here to see the incredible 2008 entries and here for more information about the 2009 contest. Please mark your calendars for the February 18th event! Good Chemistry
Dr. Dennis Liotta and his Emory Global Health Institute-funded South African Drug Discovery Fellows Program is featured in the Autumn 2008 issue of Emory Magazine. This program provides opportunities for talented South African scientists to receive additional training at Emory in both new scientific technologies and in business development skills. One of the primary goals of the program is to enhance the training of South African scientists so that they can then return home better equipped to help develop South Africa's fledgling biotechnology industry. You can learn more about the program here and can read the full article in Emory Magazine here. A Founding Mother
In spring 2008, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge visited the Emory Campus as the Emory Global Health Institute's first Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Madlala-Routledge is a current Member of Parliament of the Republic of South Africa and a former Deputy Minister of Health and Defense. She gained international attention in summer 2007 when she publicly disagreed with South African President Thabo Mbeki regarding his position on the causes of and treatments for HIV/AIDS. Click here to read an excerpt of an interview with Madlala-Routledge in the fall 2008 issue of Emory in the World Magazine.
For more information about the Emory Global Health Institute, please visit our website at www.globalhealth.emory.edu
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