🌎 What sparked your interest in global health research?

According to trainees in our #GlobalHealth Fellows and Scholars Program, now called LAUNCH, 94% were already passionate about global health prior to joining!

Learn more about the program: go.nih.gov/O6E55vc

Congrats to VIGH faculty members on their new grant to build expertise in genetic epidemiology research of noncommunicable diseases across the lifespan in Vietnam from Fogarty at NIH. Learn more: tinyurl.com/2ew6v33v

We loved getting to celebrate our outstanding Master of Public Health graduates alongside family and friends during their commencement reception! View all event photos now on the MPH Flickr: bit.ly/3UQ4GtN

Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy @VUGlobalHealth #VandyMed #VandyMPH

#KiraboLab bids farewell to ⁦The Fulbright Program⁩ scholar Theresa! We have enjoyed learning with you and will miss you terribly! ⁦VUMC Global Health⁩ ⁦VUMCClinPharm⁩

Vanderbilt researchers receive new grant to build research #ethics capacity for ethical design, conduct and oversight of genetic and genomic research in #Nigeria . Muktar Aliyu Fogarty at NIH Learn more: tinyurl.com/3mcvcmfp

Global health friends: important new book out by Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc looking at the disconnect between global health policies and lived realities, and what we can learn from Maya practitioners and patients.

We were delighted to be included in the 2024 Spring issue of Vanderbilt Medicine. Muktar Aliyu, VIGH Director and professor of VUMC Department of Medicine and Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy, reflects on the impact of #globalhealth at VUMC.

Join us in an hour and a half!

Thrilled to recognize our Certificate in Global Health recipients and the awardees of the Vermund Achievement Award in Global Health and the Excellence in Public Health Award! Their commitment to global public health is inspiring!
Vanderbilt School of Medicine VUMC Global Health Sten Vermund #vandymph

Kudos to Julia Landivar Donato (MPH candidate, Global Health Track) who received the Vermund Global Health Travel Award to support her practicum experience in Colombia this summer. Learn more about her work here: tinyurl.com/5xzzd8w7
@Svermund Elizabeth Rose, EdD, MPH Marie Martin, PhD, MEd

🩺Congratulations to Andria Li! She received the Sten H. Vermund Award for Excellence in Global Health at Vanderbilt School of Medicine Class Day this afternoon. Learn more about her leadership and work here: tinyurl.com/4aep2f6t
@Svermund Elizabeth Rose, EdD, MPH #VU2024 Marie Martin, PhD, MEd

What a pleasure hosting Dr. Rita Nassanga, Ag. Chair, Radiology Makerere University College of Health Sciences! Looking forward to growing VUMC Global Health collaborations in Uganda! John R. Scheel, MD, PhD, MPH Annet Kirabo D.V.M., M.Sc., Ph.D., F.A.H.A. Holly Cassell VUMC_IMPH Vanderbilt Radiology

Join us for #globalhealth Grand Rounds on Monday, May 13, @ 10 am CST. Tolu Kehinde and Jon Niconchuk, MD VUMC Global Anesthesia will present 'Expanding Our Scripts for Global Health Initiatives: Lessons from Kenya and Liberia.' REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2mjcxr46

First-year #VandyMPH students Julia Landivar Donato & Joshua Atura joined global public health leaders at the 2024 United Nations ECOSOC Youth Forum. Sharing insights on sustainable development & poverty solutions, they masterfully showcased #VandyMed 's commitment to a sustainable future.🌎

Very productive 2 days at Fogarty at NIH Bioethics Program Writing Retreat! peter kilmarx VUMC Global Health

Happy to announce that our National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) #R01 to study the impact of traditional health practitioners conducting HIV counseling and testing in rural South Africa was funded! Ryan G Wagner MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit VUMC Global Health news.vumc.org/2024/04/25/tra…

Our paper “Mechanisms and Cardiorenal Complications of Chronic Anemia in People with HIV” is now in pubmed PubMed Trending Sepiso K Masenga, PhD VUMC Global Health MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY, SOMHS, Zambia.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38675885/

We had a fabulous day at our annual team-day retreat, learning about new projects and networking with each other Dyer Observatory yesterday! Global Health Bingo and staff awards were highlights of the day! Muktar Aliyu Check out the photos here: vumc.org/global-health/…

🗓️📣 AcademyHealth’s 17th Annual Conference on the Science of D&I will take place on December 8-11, 2024!

In exciting news, CCQIR’s Carolyn Audet🌻🇨🇦🇺🇸 has been selected to co-lead the Behavioral Health Track 👏 We hope to see you there! #impsci

Join us for #globalhealth Grand Rounds on Mon., April 22, @ 10 am CST. Beryl Akinyi, MBChB and Helena Musau, MBChB from Kijabe Hospital in Kenya will present on the 'Vanderbilt-Kijabe Breast Cancer Research Collaboration.' REGISTER: tinyurl.com/mvrnu63f