CUGH’s Virtual Global Health Week 2025: December 2 – 4

Moderator: Dr. Eric L. Krakauer, Harvard Medical School

Speakers:

• Dr. Le Dai Duong, University of Medicine & Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Dr. Ning Xiaohong, Peking Union Medical College Hospital
• Dr. Zhimeng Jia, University of Toronto
• Prof. Nezamuddin Ahmad, Bangladesh Medical University
• Dr. Pedro Perez-Cruz, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

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Speakers: 

• Prof. Dina Balabanova, Co-chair, Lancet Commission on Anti-Corruption in Health, Professor of Health Systems and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
• Zoë Mullan, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Global Health and I&D Lead for The Lancet Group
• Prof. Eleanor Hutchinson, Commissioner, Lancet Commission on Anti-Corruption in Health,  Associate Professor, Dept. of Global Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
• Dr. Keith Martin, Executive Director, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Former Canadian Member of Parliament, Commissioner, Lancet Commission on Anti-Corruption in Health

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Moderators:

• Dr. Ruth Gibson (Part 1), Scholar at Stanford University
• Dr. Keith Martin (Part 2)

Speakers: Part 1

• Caitlin Howarth, Director of Conflict Analytics for the Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health
• Dr. Babatunde (Tunde) Oluwatosin Ogunbosi, Infectious Disease Pediatrician, University of Ibadan/ University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
• Dr. Martha Solomon, Assistant professor of pediatrics and child Health, University of Gondar, Ethiopia
• Enas Mustafa, Director of Sudan’s Trauma Clinics/Ahfad Trauma Center

Speakers: Part 2  

• Dr. Keith Martin
• Dr. Clay Dalton, Emergency Physician and Writer for the New Yorker
• Dr. Ihab Halawe, Pediatric Surgeon at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine
• Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, General and Critical Care Surgeon, board-certified in neurocritical care

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Moderator: Athena Madan CCC PhD CPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Victoria

Speakers:

• Dr. Robert Hanlon PhD, Associate Professor of Politics and Chair, Department of Philosophy, History and Politics; Director, Canada and the Asia Pacific Policy Project, Thompson Rivers University 
• Rosalind Warner PhD, Continuing College Professor, Department of Political Science, Okanagan College
• Andy Knight, FRSC, PhD, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta
• Saira Bano, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, History and Politics, Thompson Rivers University

Moderators:

• Prof Peter Berman (Part 1)
• Malabika Sarker (Part 2)

Speakers: (Part 1)

• Dr Eduardo Banzon
• Prof Laksono Trisnantoro
• Prof Soonman Kwon
• Prof Carlo Panelo
• Prof Kiesha Prem

Speakers: Part 2

• Roman Xu, Professor, Southern China Medical University, China
• Archana Shrestha, Professor and Director of Public Health Program, Kathmandu University School of Medical Science, Nepal
• Yodi Mahendradata, Dean, Faculty of Medicine  Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
• Piyusha Majumdar, Associate Professor, IIHMR University, India

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Moderator: Tatiane Moraes, Professor, Institute of Social Medicine, University of Rio de Janeiro State

Speakers:

• Innocent Clement, Founder and CEO of the Ciba Health, North Africa
• Jarir At Thobari, Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
• José Suassuna, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rio de Janeiro State 
• Mosoka Fallah, Director, Science and Innovation Directorate, Africa CDC
• Sam Kinyanjui, Professor, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford

Facilitators:

• Isabela Ribeiro, PhD Candidate in Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, University of Rio de Janeiro State
• Joana Brandão, Postdoctoral Researcher in Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, University of Rio de Janeiro State 
• Magno Garcia, PhD Candidate in Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, University of Rio de Janeiro State
• Maria Birman, Master’s Candidate in Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, University of Rio de Janeiro State

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Speaker: 

• David Vanderpool, CEO and Chief Agriculture Officer, International Development Extension Agency (IDEA)

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Speakers: 

• David Krejci
• Marina Stenos
• Scott Ratzan
• Richard Hatzfeld
• Jennifer Robinson
• Ken Sain

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Moderator: Mikaela Schmitt, Program Coordinator, Outreach & Campus Consortium, Pulitzer Center

Speakers: 

• Molly Knight Raskin, freelance journalist who write and produces for television, documentary films, and newspapers
• Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman, senior reporter and news presenter at the EIB Network (GHOne TV and StarrFM) and freelance correspondent for the international radio news program The World
• Brian W. Simpson, editor-in-chief of Global Health NOW
• Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson, freelance journalist and lecturer in the master’s in science writing program at Johns Hopkins University

Speakers: 

• Dr. Neil Arya, President and Founder, PEGASUS Institute
• Dr. Bree Akesson, Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Global Adversity and Wellbeing, Wilfrid Laurier University
• Dr. Kaveh Khoshnood, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, at the Yale School of Public Health
• Mathilde Boddaert, Technical Officer, Global Health and Peace Initiative (GHPI), WHO

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Moderator: Rhonda Stewart, Director of Global Impact, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation/University of Washington

Speakers: 

• Angela E. Apeagyei PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation/University of Washington, Lead author and presenter
• Ali Mokdad PhD, Professor of Health Metrics Sciences, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation & Chief Strategy Officer of Population Health, University of Washington

Panelists:

• Charles Birungi PhD, Adviser – Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy, Equitable Financing Practice, Policy, Advocacy and Knowledge Branch, UNAIDS
• Austen Peter Davis, Senior Advisor – Global Health, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
• Theebika Shanmugarasa, Director of Advocacy, Community Health Impact Coalition

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Moderators:

• Anna Helova, Co-Chair, CUGH GHOC
• Richard Wamai, Co-Chair, CUGH GHOC
• Kari Brossard Stoos, CUGH GHOC Member

Speakers:

• Summer Marion, Assistant Professor, Bentley University
• Ahmed Armaan Siddiqui, CEO Grameen Healthtech Limited
• David Vanderpool, CEO and Founder LiveBeyond
• Carlene Radix, MD, MPH, Assistant Dean Community Medicine and Global Health, Ross University

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Speakers: Part 1

• Katherine Robsky, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Center for Global Health Practice and Impact
• Shama Patel, Adjunct Faculty, Brown University, Department of Global Emergency Medicine

Speakers: Part 2

• Jawad Noon MBBS, MSc, MPH, Research Associate, University of Goettingen, Germany (moderator)
• Mateo Diaz-Quiroz MD, MPH
• Cherise Dunn PhD
• Luigi De Angelis MD, MPH
• Rajeshwari Subramanian MPH

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Speakers:

• Nancy Reynolds PhD, Professor and Assoc. Dean of Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins University, SON
• Dr. Juana Paola Bustamante Izquierdo, Labour Economist, WHO
• Susan Michaels-Strasser PhD, Sr. Director Human Resources for Health & Development, ICAP at Columbia University
• Triza Ireri MS, Advanced Practice Nurse, Msambweni County Referral Hospital, Kenya
• Rachel Hoy Deussom MSc, Independent Consultant and Steering Committee, Frontline Health Workers Coalition
• Judy Khanyola MS, Nursing Educator and Vice-President, AfreHealth
• Allison Squires PhD, Director, Global Consortium of Nursing & Midwifery Studies (GCNMS) and Professor, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University
• Meredith Fendt-Newlin PhD, Technical Officer & Mental Health Focal Point/Health Workforce, WHO
• Jerilyn Hoover MPH, Public Health & Workforce Consultant, Former USAID/PEPFAR
• Peter Waithaka MS, Secretariat Lead, CHU4UHC, Former USAID/Kenya

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Moderators:

• Dr. Steve Hargarten, Medical College of Wisconsin (Part 1)
• Dr. Keith Martin (Part 2)

Speakers: Part 1

• Laura Vargas, University of Colorado
• Matt Schroeder, Senior Researcher, Small Arms Survey
• Eugenio Weigend, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, University of Michigan

Speakers: Part 2

• Elizabeth Burke, Chief Operating Officer, Global Action on Gun Violence
• Dr. Elizabeth Ward, Professor of Practice in Injury Research and Prevention, UWI Mona, Chair of Violence Prevention Alliance, Medical Epidemiologist
• Dean Peacock, University of Cape Town’s School of Public Health

FRIDAY – DECEMBER 5TH | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST

The Global Health Educators Community (GHECo, like “gecko”) will be hosting an online Open House following CUGH’s Virtual Global Health Week. There will be breakout rooms for small group conversations to debrief on the various sessions from Virtual Global Health Week as well as other topics, such as Emerging Challenges for teaching global health, Engaging Students in the Classroom, Experiential Learning in global health, Program Leadership, and other themes. Come and go as you are able. All are welcome!

GHECo invites everyone involved in global health teaching and mentorship to sign up for the GHECo mailing list at https://cugh.groups.io/g/gheco. GHECo hosts monthly online conversations and sponsors webinars and other professional development activities that are free for everyone to attend. Our current members are located in more than 50 countries, and we are eager to grow our network.