The Washington DC-based Consortium of Universities for Global Health (www.cugh.org) calls on the US Congress to pass publicly supported gun safety regulations. The massacre of innocent children in Uvalde, Texas, and the targeted slaughter of African American civilians in Buffalo, are the latest and most visible examples of the preventable public health gun violence crisis…
Read MoreABC News: Updated Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health
One out of every six deaths in 2019 were attributed to pollution, according to a new estimate published in The Lancet Planetary Health. Check out ABC News’ review of the new Lancet Planetary Health Publication.
Read MoreRegister now for the current 2021-2022 NIH Principles of Clinical Pharmacology (PCP) Course!
The PCP course is a free online lecture series covering the fundamentals of clinical pharmacology as a translational scientific discipline focused on rational drug development and utilization in therapeutics. Topics covered in the course include pharmacokinetics, drug therapy in special populations, drug discovery and development, and pharmacogenomics. You can view the 2021-2022 syllabus: https://ocr.od.nih.gov/pdfs/PCP_Syllabus_2021-2022_FINAL_508c.pdf PCP Course Details…
Read MoreReinventing global health in Africa and the developing world: Webinar recording
On, Thursday, February 3, the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative hosted CUGH Executive Director Dr. Keith Martin and other eminent experts in global health for a discussion of strategies for self-sufficiency in the health sector in the Global South.
Read MoreCUGH Call for Committee Applications
CUGH members, please apply to join one of CUGH’s committees or subcommittees. Application Criteria & Instructions: Applicants must be a CUGH institutional member or an individual member. See a list of CUGH member organizations. Unless otherwise specified, terms will be for 2 years. New members are elected from the applicants by the relevant committee members….
Read MoreCONGRATULATIONS TO THE CUGH 2022 LEADERSHIP AWARDEES
The CUGH Distinguished Leader Award: Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, MBBS, MMed, PhD, Professor of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University James Tielsch, PhD, MHSc, Chair of the Department of Global Health, George Washington University The CUGH Dr. Thomas Hall-Dr. Nelson Sewankambo Mid-Career Leadership Award: Ashti Doobay Persaud, MD, Co-Director, Institute for Global Health Center for Global…
Read MoreCUGH’s Road to COP27 Summary Report Available
On Oct 15th, CUGH held a very successful half day symposium on climate change and health. It included specific solutions from leaders in the health and climate change fields. If you were unable to attend our symposium, CUGH has put together a summary report of the speakers and their recommendations for a healthy planet and population.
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