Events

September 11, 2023: Jan Schlüter - Use of AI and Computer Vision in Supply Chain for Healthcare (passcode: hd6&@6u9)

September 25, 2023: Monica Keith, PhD - Measuring and Modeling the Socioecology of Health, Nutrition, and Child Growth Among Shodagor Fishing Families in Bangladesh

October 9, 2023: Sujay Santra - Breaking Barriers: iKure's Journey in Bridging the Healthcare Divide with Community Health Workers

October 23, 2023: Mario Grijalva, PhD - Centro de Investigacion para la Salud en America Latina (CISeAL): Research Collaboration Across the Americas

November 13, 2023: Reyna Gordon, PhD - In pursuit of human musicality through population-based epidemiological and genomic approaches: an emerging opportunity for global cooperation

May 22
Photodocumentation of mpox skin lesions for remote trial sites
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Eric Tkaczyk, MD, PhD 
Attending Dermatologist, Nashville VA Medical Center 
Director, Vanderbilt Dermatology Translational Research Clinic 
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Inga Saknite, PhD
Adjoint Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt Department of Dermatology
Leading Researcher, Biophotonics Laboratory, University of Latvia
Founder and Chairman of the Board, Skin Imaging Consulting, LLC

May 8
COVID-19, Framing and Naming a Pandemic: How What Is Not in a Disease Name May Be More Important than What Is

T.S. Harvey, Ph.D.
Ford Foundation Senior Fellow
Associate Professor, Medical & Linguistic Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Center for Latin American Studies
Vanderbilt University

April 24
Combination Partner HIV Testing Strategies for HIV-positive and HIV-negative Pregnant Women: A Pilot Study
Wilbroad Mutale, PhD, MBChB
Professor University of Zambia School of Public Health
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, VUMC

April 10
Discovery, Designing and Delivering Epilepsy Care to People with Epilepsy in LMICs
Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH
Amos Christie Chair in Global Health
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, VUMC

March 27
Non-communicable diseases: special focus on understanding and preventing kidney disease
C. William “Bill” Wester, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine / Division of Infectious Diseases, VUMC
Co-Director, Global Health Pathway (VUMC Internal Medicine Residency)
Associate Director, Global Health Faculty Development

March 13
Growing a Progressive Health-focused Nonprofit in Africa: The ECEWS Experience
Andy Eyo, PGDEM, MBA, FRSPH 
Chief Executive Officer, Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme

February 27
Priapism: Addressing a Common Men's Problem of a Rare Disease
Ibrahim Musa Idris, MBBS, MPH, FMCPath
Consultant Hematologist
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria 

February 13
"Renal Tubular and Inflammation Biomarkers Among Adolescents and Young Adults Living with HIV On Tenofovir and Abacavir Based-Regimen"
Aggrey Mweemba, MBChB, MMED, (PhD candidate)
Deputy Director, Consultant Physician and Nephrologist
Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
Fogarty Global Health Fellow and Fellow of the East, Central and Southern Africa College of Physicians (FCP(ECSA))

January 23
“Dolutegravir & Neural Tube Defects: Lessons in Global Health Policy & Pharmacoequity”
Jessica L. Castilho, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Assistant Professor of Health Policy

January 9
"Estimating district HIV prevalence in Zambia using small-area estimation methods (SAE)"
Chris Mweemba, MPH, PhD Candidate-Health Economics
Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Zambia

December 12: 
Benson M. Hamooya BSc, MSc, PhD
Lecturer and researcher at Mulungushi University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (MUSoMHS)
"Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its association with dolutegravir-based regimen among people with HIV in Zambia: can we predict MetS using cheaper and easily accessible biomarkers in resource-limited settings?"

November 28: 
Carolyn Audet, PhD, MSci
Associate Director for Research, VIGH, and Associate Professor of Health Policy and Epidemiology
"Implementation Strategies to Improve Integration of Traditional Healers in the National Health System in South Africa"

November 14: 
Halima Bello-Manga, MBBS, MPH, FMCPath
Hematologist and Senior Lecturer,
Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital/Kaduna State University, Nigeria
"Establishing a Community Stroke Prevention Program for Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Kaduna, Nigeria: The Journey So Far"

October 24: 
Vincent Nsereko, MD, MPH,
Research Associate and Epidemiologist
School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences,
Makerere University, Uganda
Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health
"Susceptibility to HIV-1 Infection at the Genital Mucosa Among Female Fisherolk of Lake Victoria, Uganda"

October 10: 
Matt Kynes, MD, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Addressing the Global Anesthesia Workforce Crisis Through Strategic Education"

September 26: 
Theresa Chikopela PhD, Assistant Dean - Faculty of Medicine, Lusaka Apex Medical University and Dr. Longa Kaluba PhD, Assistant Dean-Cavendish, University Zambia, School of Medicine
"Endothelial Dysfunction, Oxidative Stress and Immune Activation among people with HIV in Zambia"

May 23
Air Pollution and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Cohort Study of 100,000 Pregnant Women in Wuhan, China
Zhengmin (Min) Qian, PhD, MD
Department Chair, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Professor, College for Public Health & Social Justice
Saint Louis University

May 9
Innovation in Breast Cancer Screening: Strategies from Across the Globe
Lily Gutnik MD MPH, Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery, Heersink School of Medicine
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

April 25
Strengthening research capacity through an intensive training program for biomedical investigators from low- and middle-income countries: the Vanderbilt Institute for Research Development and Ethics (VIRDE)
Presented by the VIRDE Team

Halima Bello-Manga, MBBS, MPH, FMCPath
Hematologist and Senior Lecturer, 
Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital/Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria

Holly Cassell, MPH
Assistant Director for Collaborative Relations, VIGH

Wilbroad Mutale, PhD, MBChB
Professor, University of Zambia School of Public Health
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, VUMC

Elizabeth Rose, EdD, MPH, MEd 
Co-Director, MPH Program, Global Health track, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 
Assistant in Pediatrics, VUMC

April 11
Neo-colonialism in Global Health: Perspectives from VIRDE Alumni and Evidence from the Field
Muhammad Asaduzzaman, MBBS, MPH, MPhil 
Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo 

Theodore Kobla Boafor, MBChB, FWACS  
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital  
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ghana Medical School 

Elizabeth S. Rose, EdD, MPH, MEd 
Co-Director, MPH Program, Global Health track, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 
Assistant in Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

March 28
HIV & Aging in the Americas: Challenges within and beyond our borders
Jessica L. Castilho, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Assistant Professor of Health Policy

March 14
Zambia’s Response to COVID-19: Update
Lloyd Mulenga, PhD, MBChB, MMed, MSc
National HIV Program Coordinator, Ministry of Health, Zambia
Associate Director of Infectious Diseases, University of Zambia School of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, VUMC

February 28
Improving access to cerebral palsy diagnostic evaluation
Bhooma Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Washington University, St. Louis

February 14
Thoughts from REGARDS on where to focus efforts to reduce racial disparities in stroke
George Howard, DrPH
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health
University of Alabama at Birmingham

January 24
Smartphone-based bloodless hemoglobin analyzer
Young L. Kim, PhD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
Purdue University

January 10
A couples-based intervention and postpartum contraceptive uptake in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
Daniel Sack, MD/PhD Candidate
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

December 13
Robert Samuels, MBChB, MSCI
Partnership for Research in Emerging Viral Infections (PREVSL) Fellow, Sierra Leone
MOH Physician Scientist / Medical Officer, Kenema Government Hospital

RECORDING

November 15th 
Jeremy Slone: "Evolving Epidemiology of Childhood Cancer in Africa"

RECORDING

November 1

Understanding the Perceptions of HIV among Barbers in Nashville to Minimize Disparities in HIV Care
Chidiogo Nwakoby, VU ’22 Candidate
Aima Ahonkhai, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, VUMC
Leslie Pierce, MPH, Program Manager, VIGH

RECORDING

October 25:

Topic: Epidemic illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health
Eugene Richardson, MD, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Global Health Equity,
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Consultant with Africa CDC

RECORDING

October 18:

Topic: Environmental Enteropathy
Paul Kelly MD FRCP
Professor of Tropical Gastroenterology
Blizard Institute - Barts & The London School of Medicine
Queen Mary University of London
Honorary Lecturer, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka
Honorary Senior Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

RECORDING

October 11:
“Friends in Global Health, Mozambique: Avante Program & Evaluations Update”
Caroline De Schacht, MD, MSc, PhD
Director of Evaluations, Friends in Global Health

C. William "Bill" Wester, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine / Division of Infectious Diseases, VUMC
Co-Director, Global Health Pathway (VUMC Internal Medicine Residency)
Associate Director, Global Health Faculty Development

RECORDING

September 20: 
"Global Surgery: A Stamp in the Passport to Academic Pursuit"
Rondi Kauffmann, MD, MPH, FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

RECORDING

September 13:
"Implementation Science in Global Health: Leveraging the Power of Community"
Carolyn Audet, PhD, MSci Associate Director, Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research
Associate Professor, Departments of Health Policy and Epidemiology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

RECORDING

Spring 2021

May

• Eric Skaar - The Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation (VI4), May 3
• Annet Kirabo - Immunity, inflammation, and salt-sensitivity of blood pressure, May 17
• Lindsey E. Zamora - Building a sustainable ObGyn residency in a LMIC: A 9-year follow-up on maternal outcomes and changing landscape of obstetric expertise in Guyana, May 24

April

• Ada Yeung - mUzima: Mobile technology saving lives, April 5
• Halima Bello-Manga - Translating research to practice: Establishing a standard of care stroke clinic for children with sickle cell disease in northwestern Nigeria, April 12
• Sam Okpaku - Global mental health, April 19
• Nadia A. Sam-Agudu - Generating robust data for health policy on COVID-19 among children and pregnant women in African countries: The AFREhealth collaboration, April 26

March

• Michelle Joseph - Global Surgery: Implementation Research in Trauma Systems Strengthening, Mar 1

• Jonah Musa - Disproportionate burden of cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: Epidemiology and implication for research, Mar 8

• Lloyd Mulenga - Zambia’s Response to COVID-19, Mar 15

• Sepiso Masenga - Salt and hypertension education in the clinic: Lessons from the SHE study, Mar 22

• Adeline Boatin - Quality in global maternal health: Cesarean delivery as the canary in the coal mine, Mar 29

February

• Wilbroad Mutale - Combination partner HIV testing strategies for HIV-positive and HIV-negative pregnant women: A randomised control trial in Zambia, Feb 1

• Ben Ho Park - Virtual international tumor boards: Democratizing state of the art healthcare, Feb 8

• Violet Kayamba - Upper gastrointestinal cancers: A sub-Saharan African perspective, Feb 15

• Fredrick Kateera, Sandra Urusaro, & PIH/IMB Rwanda team - Set up of a national antimicrobial stewardship program through strengthening of microbiology testing at 3 rural districts in Rwanda, Feb 22

January

• Christopher M. Bonfield, MD - Global neurosurgery: Small steps in a big world, Jan 11

• Grace Umutesi - Safe Surgery and Anesthesia Readiness Assessment in Rural East African Hospitals: The Experience from Kenya and Rwanda, Jan 25

Fall 2020

September 

• Muktar Aliyu, Doug Heimburger, Donna Ingles – Building Global Health Research Capacity: The VECD Fogarty Fellowship, Sept 14 2020 (request the link recording via email)

• Autumn & Scott Zukerman – Advancing pharmacy and spine surgery in Tanzania, Sept 21 2020

• Jessica Van Meter & Susan Dye - Sustainable nursing education in a global health setting, Sept 28 2020

October

• Aima Ahonkhai - Emoji's, leaderboards, games, and more:  Leveraging technology to improve HIV care outcomes among youth in Sub-Saharan Africa, Oct 5 2020

• Dave Clark - The Aurum Institute, Oct 19 2020

• Andreana Holowatyj - Colorectal cancer in Nigeria, Indonesia, Spain, & USA, Oct 26 2020

November 

• Michael Dewan - The burden of pediatric neurosurgical disease & opportunities for scientific progress, Nov 2 2020

• Ibitola Asaolu - Contraceptive use in Nigeria, Nov 9 2020

• Chetan Patil - Screening infants for neonatal jaundice using mobile phones, Nov 16 2020

• Adrienne Kepner and Jonathan Dees - Introduction to General Data Protection Regulation (GDR), Nov 30 2020

December 

• Brazil Team - Novel stepwise approach to assess representativeness of a large multicenter observational cohort of tuberculosis, Dec 7, 2020

• Lwala Community Alliance - When research learning and programming go hand-in-hand: A look at Lwala's family planning services in light of results from our cross-sectional survey, Dec 14 2020