Global health challenges and experiences will be presented during the School of Medicine's 2017 Global Health Week at the Health Sciences Center.
This event is sponsored by Global Health Program, the Department of Medicine and the School of Pharmacy. The lectures will feature a speaker at noon each day starting Sept. 25. through Sept. 29 in the Health Sciences Learning Center, Room 1905 and 1901 (Fukushima Auditorium).
“The world is a global community,” Melanie A. Fisher, M.D., M.Sc., Director of the Global Health Program, said. “The health of other countries is closely linked to the health of our own communities in the United States. Lessons learned in global settings can be applied to our own health challenges in West Virginia. It is important for us to have ideas and knowledge concerning global health issues in order to improve the health of people worldwide.”
The lecture schedule and featured speakers are as follows:
Monday, Sept. 25:“Global Prevention of Cervical Cancer”
Miriam Cremer, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
President & Founder of Basic Health International
Tuesday, Sept. 26:
“Guatemala: Global Health Perspective””
Christopher Dionne, MD
PGY III Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
“Hepatitis in Northern Rural Ghana”
Josephine Reece, MD
Assistant Professor, Associate Program Director
Department of Internal Medicine
Director of Global Health Track
School of Medicine
Wednesday, Sept. 27:
“Clinica De Mirgrantes: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”
Documentary by : Maxim Pozdorovkin
Comments by : Laura Jones, Executive Director, Milan Puskar Health Right
Thursday Sept. 28:
“Patient Care Experiences During A School of Pharmacy Rotation in South Africa”
Kara Piechowski, Pharm.D.,
Clinical Pharmacist, Ruby Memorial Hospital
Victoria Zambito, Pharmacy Student, WVU
“Global Nursing Experiences in Honduras and Nicaragua”
Kelly Lopez, MSN
BSN Nursing Students: Krystal White, Savannah Carter and Jessica Gray
Friday Sept. 29
“Pandemic of Diabetes and Its Health Consequences- Beyond Retinopathy, Cataracts and Glaucoma”
VK Raju, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.A.C.S.
Monongalia Eye Clinic
Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, West Virginia University
Founder, President, The Eye Foundation of America