Explore equity, advocacy during Global Health Week at WVU

Sponsored by the West Virginia University School of Medicine Global Health Program and Health Sciences Global Engagement Office, Global Health Week will be held Sept. 19-23. Featuring speakers from across the United States, this year’s topics include COVID-19 pandemic response and vaccine equity, landmine eradication, global critical care and international aid.

Daily presentations, with the exception of Monday’s keynote virtual fireside chat, will be held in person from 12-1 p.m. in Health Sciences Center North Room 1909 and also will be available via Zoom. The fireside chat will be held via Zoom from 1-2 p.m. with an option to watch the virtual presentation in Health Sciences Center North Room 1909.

WVU faculty, residents, fellows, students and staff, and the Morgantown community are invited to attend. All events are free.

Lunch will be provided at in-person events to those who register by Friday, September 16. Individuals may register for the Zoom link until 11 a.m. the day of each event. Walk-ins are welcome to attend in person.

For more details and to register for in-person and virtual attendance, visit the Global Health Week web page.

Full Schedule

Monday, September 19

“Lend a Leg to the Landmine Eradication Campaign,” Larry Schwab, M.D., Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, West Virginia University
“A Virtual Fireside Chat on Vaccine Equity,” Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine

Tuesday, September 20

“Global Critical Care: The Intersection of Public Health, Critical Care, and Equity,” Kristina Rudd, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Wednesday, September 21

“Carolina Honduras Health Foundation's (CHHF) Pandemic Response and Patient Care,” Emily Barnes, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CNE, WVU Clinical Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty Practice and Community Engagement, CHHF Team Member; Mary Ellen Koenn, CLS, WVU HSC Professor Emeritus, CHHF BOD and Team Member; Christine Mitchell, MS, CHHF Executive Director

Thursday, September 22

“US International Aid and Development Policy,” Dorothy Monza, Senior Policy Associate for Nutrition and Child Health, RESULTS

Friday, September 23

“Observations (or Experiences) from the Field,” WVU Internal Medicine Global Health Track Residents

Photo: Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., professor and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, will lead a virtual discussion on vaccine equity and humanitarian action through science during the Global Health Week virtual keynote event on Monday, Sept. 19 at 1 p.m. (Credit: Texas Children’s Hospital)

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CONTACT: Jessica Wilmoth
Senior Communications Specialist
WVU Health Sciences
304-293-9528; jessica.wilmoth@hsc.wvu.edu