April 4, Monday

Keynote Address:
Global Health Activism and Advocacy: Building Back Better

 

Dr. Rita Issa

UCL Institute for Global Health

Lancet Migration | dritaissa.com 

Presentations:

Implementing equitable access to non-communicable disease care

UN Strategy and Policy:  Global Mental Health and Disease 
 

Dr. Mamka Anyona

World Health Organization

UN Trust Fund for NCDs and Mental Health

Dr. Paul Park

 Lifelong | Global Health and Social Medicine @ Harvard

Workshop:
Trauma-Informed Care and Refugee Health 

Dr. Sandra Mattar

 BU School of Medicine

Immigrant + Refugee Health @ BMC

April 5, Tuesday

Presentation:
Preparing For the Next Pandemic: 'If We Build It/They Will Come' and Other Fallacies on Vaccinations

Dr. Monica Schoch-Spana

 Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Documentary screening by Sustainable U Productions
(not organized by NUGHI)
Plastic Linings

April 6, Wednesday

Keynote Address:
Health Equity in Post-Conflict Zones: Co-Building in Guatemala
 

Dr. Rachel Hall-Clifford

Emory University

American Anthropological Association.

Presentations:

Developing Health Systems Resilience in Humanitarian Settings 
 

Dr. Michelle Niescierenko

 Boston Children's Hospital |

Avenir Analytics

Student Advocacy and Health Activism Workshop

Ken Patterson

Director of Global Grass Roots Advocacy at RESULTS

April 7, Thursday

Presentation:
Overcoming Racial Disparities in Maternal and Child Health 

Ms. Deitre Epps

 Founder and CEO, Race for Equity

Presentation:
(Re)emerging Diseases, and Impacts on Global Health Equity 

Dr. Anna Yaffee

Emory University Hospitals

Serious Communicable Diseases Unit