Global Health Lecture Series
The Office of Global Health (OGH) invites you to attend an ongoing lecture series on issues related to global health. The lectures will be monthly at 12:00 noon CT. Invited guest speakers will share their personal stories and experiences, research initiatives, and insights into constructive ways to build healthy communities and develop sustainable global health initiatives.
This event is free and open to the public.
Upcoming Global Health Lectures
Health in the Anthropocene - Dr. Carlos Faerron
- Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
- Location: via Zoom - Register here
Transformative Learning in Rural Belize Through Interprofessional Education - Dr. Carrie Shaver
- Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Location: via Zoom - Register here
The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Healthcare System - Dr. Tetyana Vasylyeva
- Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Location: via Zoom - Register here
The presentation will be recorded and made available to the public. If you wish to be added to our Global Health events notification list, please email us at globalhealth@ttuhsc.edu.
Previous Lectures
April 2024
- Hongjun Liang, Ph.D.; Marilyn Mathew, B.S.; Alan Pang, M.D.; Krishan Sachdev, B.A.
Intersection of Healthcare and Entrepreneurship for the Global Audience - flyer
February 2024
- Athena Chan, Ph.D.
A Family Systems Lens to Inform Elder Abuse and Neglect Practice - flyer
January 2024
- Eric Rasmussen, Ph.D.
The New Digital Pandemic: Social Media and Youth Mental Health - flyer
- PSA for Parents
- PSA for Teens
November 2023
- Heather Haq, M.D., M.H.S.
Know Before You Go: Essential Considerations for Global Health Engagement - flyer
- Neeti Swami, Colby Gordon, and Alec Thammaraksa
Lessons Learned in Panama: Perspectives from Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health Domains - flyer
- Emmanuela Gakidou, Ph.D.
Insights on Gender Equality and Social Determinants of Health from the Global Burden of Disease Study - flyer
October 2023
- Patti Patterson, MD, MPH
Lessons Learned from a Career in Global Health - flyer
September 2023
- Kim Coy Gutierrez, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC; Marcy Keeney; Lori Lopez, LMSW, PPSC; Deanne
Milford
Supporting Social Determinants of Health in West Texas Families: A Community Panel - flyer
January 2023
- Paul Bjerk, PhD; Hyojung Cho PhD; Sue Ann Lee, PhD, CCC-SLP; Afzal Siddiqui, PhD
Global Experiences as a Fulbright Scholar: A Panel Discussion - flyer
- view lecture here
February 2023
- Brennan Parmelee Streck, PhD, RN, MPH
Psychological Impact of Cancer: A Driver of Healthspan - flyer
March 2023
- Cecelia M. Ruiz, BA, MS, ABD
Recognizing the Signs of Human Trafficking - flyer
April 2023
- Sharmila Dissanaike MD FACS FCCM; Hector Garcia, MEng, MBA; Thomas Wyatt, DO
Increase in child abuse injuries during the COVID-19 Pandemic in West Texas - flyer
May 2023
- Joshua S. Yudkin, PhD, MPH, MA, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,
University of Quindío, Children’s Health
Implementation Sciences in a Global Setting: Addressing Mental Health as a Public Health Issue in Bogotá - flyer
December 2022
- Julie St. John, DrPH, MPH, MA, CHWI; Kendra Thornton, DNP, MSN, SANE CA/CP; Carlos
Maritnez, Executive Director of Olive Branch Ministries Peru
Improving Population Health in Piura, Peru Through Building Partnerships with Community Members and Organizations - flyer
- view lecture here
November 2022
October 2022
- Theresa Byrd, DrPH, MPH, RN; Nakia Duncan, Pharm.D., BCGP, BCPS; Amy Moore, DNP, APRN,
FNP-C; Patti Patterson, MD, MPH; Zach Sneed, Ph.D.
Careers in Global Health Panel - flyer
- view lecture here
September 2022
January 2022
- Keith Martin, MD, PC
Academia's Opportunities to Address Global Challenges
February 2022
- Gary Minsavage, PhD, DABT, MBA
At the Nexus of Environmental Health, Energy, and Product Solutions
March 2022
- Robin Lerner, JD
From Bosnia, to Baghdad, Washington, and Austin: A Look at a Career in Foreign Affairs
April 2022
- Patti Patterson, MD, MPH
My Global Health Heroes
May 2022
- Laura Lappe; Carmen Stein, PhD, LPC-S, LMHC-S, LPCC, CCMHC, NCC; Jennie Deignan, SPT;
and Tammy Lowrey
Because She Served Too: A Salute to Women Veterans
September 2021
- Stephan Kesting, MSc and Jeff Dennis, PhD
Vaccine Hesitancy and Science Denialism in Social Media, Martial Arts, and Fitness Subcultures
October 2021
- Ashley Landrum, PhD
Knowledge X Identity: The Confluence of Knowledge and Identity
November 2021
December 2021
- Dr. Steven Berk, MD
Comparing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Late 1900s to the Current COVID 19 Pandemic
January 2021
February 2021
March 2021
April 2021
- Josh Willms, MD/PhD candidate
Disparities in Access to Treatment for Substance Use Disorders in Lubbock, TX
May 2021
- Lubbock Compact panel presentation
Lubbock Disparity Report v3.0- flyer
- recording not available
September 2020
October 2020
- Dr. Mark Hauswald, MS, MD FACEP & DTM&H
Health Care and Indigenous Peoples
- flyer
- recording not available
November 2020
December 2020
January 2020
- David Weaver, CEO, South Plains Food Bank
Ending Hunger, Giving Hope, and Enriching Lives
February 2020
- Richard Greenhill DHA, MBA, MSc, FACHE
Importance of Global Comparative Health: Key Concerns and Lessons for Healthcare Delivery in the United States
March 2020
December 2019
- Dr. Yasin Ibrahim MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Clerkship Director
at TTUHSC
Tele-psychiatry: Supervision of Mental Health Workers (MHW) in Liberia
November 2019
- none
October 2019
- Mary Murimi PHD., RD, Professor of Nutrition
Narrowing the Health Disparity Gap: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
September 2019
- Kelsey Sprinkles, MPHc; Verneicia Allen, BIS, CPhT, MPHc; Savannah Forsyth, MPHc;
and Aksha Upadhyay, MPHc
A Community Assessment in Peru
August 2019
May 2019
- Celeste Hollands, MD, FACS, FAAP
Education and Training of Surgeons in Rwanda - COSECSA and WISA Experience- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
March 2019
- Afzal A. Siddiqui, PhD
Sm-p80-based Schistosomiasis Vaccine: Update on Human clinical Trials- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
February 2019
- James "Whit" Walker, MD
ELWA Hospital, Liberia, 2018: Medical Care After Ebola- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
September 2018
- Duke Appiah, PhD MPH
Does the country you live in influence the disparity between your chronological age and the age of your heart and arteries?
October 2018
- Susan Calloway, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAANP; Dr. Michael Gomez, Clinical Psychologist;
Emily Merrill, PhD, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP; Stacy Hobbs, RN, BSN; & Lindsay Urban, RN,
BSN
Meeting Challenges in Promoting Mental Health of Traumatized Adolescents Living With HIV in Eswatini: A School of Nursing, Center for Superheroes, Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative Clinics, & WHO Collaboration
November 2018
- Joshua Demke, MD
Overseas Humanitarian Cleft Brigades - A Surgeon's Perspective- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
December 2018
January 2018
- Professor Marwell Chavarria Zelaya
Two Degrees of Translation: A Discussion of Special Education in Nicaragua- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
February 2018
- Derek Fleming, BS
Research Without Borders: Using International Collaboration to Keep Pace with an Interconnected World- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
March 2018
- Julia Voelkl
A Look Into Costa Rican Healthcare- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
- Neetu Arora Smith, PhD, LMFT
Mindfulness in Practice: Attention Training- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
April 2018
- Stacy Elko, MFA Printmaking, John Velez, PhD, & Melinda Corwin, PhD, CCC-SLP
Interactive Environments to Facilitate Communication Between Aphasia Patients and Health Care Providers- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
May 2018
- Karin Ardon-Dryer, PhD
The Impacts of Dust Storm Particles on Human Lung Cells an Analysis at the Single Cell Level- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
September 2017
- Julie St. John, DrPH, MA
Bridging Gaps: Global Examples of Community Health Worker Programs- flyer
- PowerPoint
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
- Derek Fetzer
CARINGCROWD: Changing the Caring Narrative- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
October 2017
- Third Year Medical Students
Chao from Vietnam- flyer
- PowerPoint
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
- David Baba, RN, MSN
Perspectives of Nursing in Ghana: From Male Orderlies to Professional Nurses- flyer
- PowerPoint
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
November 2017
- Summre Blakely, BS
Reflections on Tanzania: Health Care Systems, Cultural Competence, and Engaging the Community in Health-Driven Initiatives- flyer
- PowerPoint
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
- Gary Kearns, PT, ScD, OCS, FAAOMPT & Brad Allen, PT, ScD, COMT
Dry Needling- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
December 2017
- Rachel Anne Hirshorn-Johnston, MFA
Use of Performing Arts Methodologies by Patient Populations- flyer
- PowerPoint
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
January 2017
- panel presentation led by Tom McGovern, EdD
Substance Use Disorders: An Overview- flyer
- PowerPoint
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
- Ambassador Tibor Nagy
State of the World 2017: Predictions & Reflections- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
February 2017
- Mike Russell
Silence in the Midst of Chaos- flyer
- PowerPoint
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
March 2017
- Ming Chyu, PhD
Healthcare Engineering: Inspiring Engineering Minds to Advance Human Health- flyer
- PowerPoint
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
power point
April 2017
- Global and Rural Health Certificate Program graduates
Capstone Project Presentations- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
May 2017
- Distinguished Professor Jon Adams, PhD
Towards a Public Health of Complementary and Integrative Medicine- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
September 2016
- John Fitzwater, MD, MPH
Sending Surgeons, Creating Surgeons: Capacity Building at Tenwek Hospital- flyer
- PowerPoint
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
October 2016
- Masters in Public Health Students
Aventura e Investigacion en Jinotega, Nicaragua- flyer
- PowerPoint
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
- Robert Payne, BBA, Reiki Master-Teacher & Lesley Shelton, MA, Reiki Master-Teacher
Reiki Therapy in Western Medicine- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
November 2016
- Rachelle Atkinson, Certified Yoga Therapist
Yoga Therapy as a CAM Modality in Theory and Practice- flyer
- PowerPoint
- handout
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
December 2016
- panel presentation
The Immigrant Experience: Three Perspectives- flyer
- please contact the Office of Global Health for the recorded presentation
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