Global Health in the 21st Century
This blue book elective is coordinatred by first- and second-year medical students, and co-sponsored by the McGovern Center and the S.I.G.H.T. organization (Students Improving Global Health in Texas).
With the exception of September 8 and October 17 which will be in MSB 2.006, all lectures are held from 12:00 — 1:00 pm in MSB 1.006 in the Medical School Building.
In order to receive blue book credit, students must attend at least six lectures.
| September 8 | Introduction and Overview | Christopher Greeley, M.D., Director, Scholarly Concentration in Global Health; Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UT Medical School |
| October 17 | Overview: Strings Attached - Kenya Project | Lisa Osterhout Student Co-Director Frontera de Salud UTH Chapter; Founder, Strings Attached - Kenya |
| November 1 | Medicine in Disaster Relief Areas | Richard Bradley, M.D., Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, UT Medical School |
| November 7 | The State of Children's Health Around the World | Christopher Greeley, M.D., Director, Scholarly Concentration in Global Health; Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UT Medical School |
| November 14 | New Health Technologies for the Developing World | Speaker To Be Announced |
| January 9 | Engineering Low-Cost, High-Performance Technologies for Global Health | Rebecca Richards, Ph.D., Proefssor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Founder, Beyond Traditional Borders; Director, Rice 360, Rice University |
| January 30 | Climate Change and Global Health | Susan Pacheco, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology, Critical Care, and Allergy-Immunology, UT Medical School |
| February 6 | Oral Rehydration Therapy and Recent Approaches to the Treatment of Secretory Diarrhea | Stanley G. Schultz, M.D., Emeritus Professor, Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, UT Medical School |
| February 13 | Global Health and Politics | Nuria Homedes, Dr.P.H., Associate Professor, Management, Policy, and Community Health, UT School of Public Health - El Paso |
| March 12 | Nutrition and Global Health | Anil Kulkarni, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Surgery, UT Medical School |
| March 19 | Spring Break Trips - Student Experiences Abroad: A Physician's Perspective | Phillip Johnson, M.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Medical School |
| March 26 | Global Health and Preventative Care | Speaker To Be Announced |
For more information about or to register for this class, contact Eric.L.Crowell@uth.tmc.edu.