Office of Global Health
The Office of Global Health (OGH) serves as a resource to the Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) community for global health education both on our
campuses and abroad.
The Office of Global Health supports the institutional mission and goals of TTUHSC by engaging in activities that enhance the education of its students, faculty, and staff through exposure to international health experiences.
Upcoming Global Perspectives Films
- Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- via Zoom (LINK)
- When director Jasmin Mara López sees a photo of her niece with her grandfather, she is flooded by painful memories of her own childhood sexual abuse at his hands—and the following 24 years of her silence. In this cinematically striking and poetic documentary, López bravely films her story as a willful act to accept difficult truths while finding beauty in the process of healing. As she defies the cultural silence that pervades her family and confronts her abusive grandfather, who is a Baptist minister, a world of generational abuse unfolds, and she quickly discovers she is not alone. Through archival family footage and intimate moments with her family, López has created a film about confronting painful truths and the beauty one can feel when they reach the other side of grief.
- Watch the trailer here.
- Please join us for our October film in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Upcoming Global Health Lectures
- Spanish Coaching Project: A flexible approach to Spanish education within health-related
curriculums presented by TTUHSC Medical Spanish Club
- Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at noon
- via Zoom
- Please join the Office of Global Health as we host a students from the TTUHSC Medical Spanish Club to elaborate on the origins, processes, successes, and next steps for their peer to peer Spanish coaching program.
- Coping with a Wired World: Social Media and Community
- Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at noon
- via Zoom
- Opening Space is a Zoom- based series, co-hosted by the TTUHSC Office of Global Health and the TTU Vernacular Music Center, that elevates unheard voices through shared dialogue and stories of reflection. Join us in September as we highlight professionals that help others seek wellness and balance while navigating the complications of social media, online bullying, and digital chaos. The event will promote conversation among individuals – students, faculty, staff, and community partners – who specialize in the arts, humanities, and STEM topics. By sharing a dialogue between and across their fields of expertise and experience, we highlight the bridges and points of connection amongst us.