Global Health Lecture Series
Upcoming Lecture
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The Office of International Affairs (OIA) invites you to attend an ongoing lecture series on world health. The lectures will be held every first and third Wednesday of the month at 12:00 noon CST. Invited guest speakers will share their experience and work involving global health issues. Everyone is invited to attend. Free lunch will be provided to the first 35 attendees (Lubbock campus only.) |
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In March 2012, 26 medical students from Paul L. Foster School of Medicine (PLFSOM), along with 2 DrPH students from University of Texas School of Public Health (UTSPH), 4 PLFSOM faculty, and 5 volunteers, traveled to Choluteca, Honduras for a medical mission. The group learned a lot about the Honduran health care system and the types of medical problems typical to the outlying impoverished communities. While all were able to practice their medical and public health skills, they were left pondering better ways to make a lasting impact on rural, impoverished communities and innovative approaches to meet the challenges presented by "parachute medicine" so that future missions are more effective. |
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For suggestions regarding future lectures please contact us at Office of International Affairs.
Previous Lectures
Spring 2012
January 2012- 18-Kweku Hazel, SOM, Class of 2012, From West Africa to West Texas
- 08-Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., 2012 International Predictions
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07-Kim Peck, MD, Medical Mission Trips in Kenya
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- 21-Mubariz Naqvi, MD, Global Neonatology: A Report from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 03-Robert Casanova, MD, Cuba: A Second Look
Fall 2011
September 2011- 21-Randy Gallaway, Hope and Courage in China and Beyond
- 05-Reed Flora, Bangladesh Through the Eyes of a Medical Student
- 19-Sergio Alvarado, MD, Honduras Mission Trip: A new approach to global health
- 02-Bolanle Olaniran, PhD, Sickle Cell Anemia: Living, Learning, and Managing the Disease
- 16-Tom McGovern, EdD, Spirituality and Health: Worldview Perspectives
- 07-SNMA Panel Presentation, Journeys into Medicine
Spring 2011
January 2011- 19-Jack Rudd, DDS, FAGD, Teethsavers International: teach a few to teach many
- 2-Kelly Bennett, MD, ABFP, Homelessness
- 16-Ambassador Tibor Nagy, Vice Provost for International Affairs, TTU, What's Wrong with Africa - And How Can We Fix It?
- 2-Thomas F. McGovern, EdD, Alcohol Problems: An International Perspective
- 16-Mauricio Pinto, MD, Rural Medicine in Bolivia
- 5-John Thomas, MD, Operation Hope
- 6-Pauline Mills, CLC, ICCE, CD (DONA), The Benefits of a Birth Doula
- 13-Tom Xu, PhD, Yan Zhang, PhD, LAc, and Weimin Gao, PhD, Medicine in China: An Introduction
- 20-Meredith Aikman, MPH, The Heart of Tibet: Improving Public Health and Education in Rural Tibet
- 4-Nicole Hines, RN, MSN, CIC, Purpose Medical Mission: Building Healthcare Infrastructure in Cameroon
Fall 2010
September 2010- 1-Desirae McKee, M.D., Pediatric Hand Surgery in Guatemala: One Surgeon's Perspective
- 15-Barbara Pence, Ph.D. and Christina Esperat, Ph.D., RN, Linking Community-Based Participatory Research with Revitalized Primary Care in the Philippines
- 6-Jennifer Roh, SOM, Class of 2013, Encountering "The Hermit Kingdom": A Medical Student's Reflections on Visiting Pyongyang, North Korea
- 20-Michael Parsa, MD, Healthcare Challenges in Resource Poor Settings: The Papua New Guinea Experience
- 17-Andres Pedroza, Mobile Health Unit Coordinator, Community Health Center of Lubbock, Health Issues of the Highly Mobile
- 1-Yolanda Flores, Legalization/Immigration Outreach Coordinator, Catholic Family Services, Inc., Illegal Immigration and Public Health
Summer Seminar Series on Health Disparities
- June 16-Fiona Prabhu, M.D., Health Disparities and Asthma
- July 7-Marjorie Jenkins, M.D., Gender Health Disparities Overview of Issues and Clinical Implications
- July 21-Everardo Cobos, M.D., Sickle Cell Anemia and Health Disparities
- August 4-Brian K. Irons, PharmD, Healthcare Disparities in Hypertension
Spring 2010
January 2010- 20-Donald Meier, M.D., Hardships are Inevitable; Misery is Optional: Pediatric Surgery in Under-served Areas
- 3-Revathi Ravi, SOM 2012, Dr. Binayak Sen and Human Rights in India
- 17-John C. Baldwin, M.D., Haiti
- 3-Candice Allen, SOM 2010, Malnutrition in Ethiopia
- 17-Miguel Pirela-Cruz, MD, Volunteerism; Guatemala Hand Project
- 31-J Taylor Harden, RN, PhD, Assistant to the Director for Special Populations, National Institute on Aging, Opportunities for Nursing Research at the National Institute of Health
- 7-Chandice Covington, PhD, RN, Maisha Mabibi: Life Grandmothers of Kenya
- 5-Sara Brouse, PharmD, Pharmacy Practice in Japan and Thailand: Experiences as a Visiting Professor
- 19-Katie Chung, SOM Class of 2010, The Necessity of Multi-Disciplinary Teams in Global Health Projects