Global Health Grand Rounds
Presentations are scheduled for the second and fourth Monday of each month from September through May. If you are interested in presenting, email Dr. Elizabeth Rose. For other questions or to be added to our Grand Rounds listserv, email us at globalhealth@vumc.org.
All meetings except for Jan. 12, Feb. 9, and April 27 will be HYBRID.
Meeting Location
VIGH Classroom 753
2525 West End Ave, Suite 750
Meeting Time
10 to 11 a.m. US Central Time or 5 to 6 p.m. GMT
If you are joining us online, each GHGR is a separate webinar that requires individual registration. Register by clicking the meeting title below.
Spring 2026 Schedule
Speakers and topics are subject to change.
January 12 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
Moving Beyond Symptom-Based Screening: Pragmatic Approaches to Scaling Tuberculosis Active Case Finding in South Africa
Ribka Berhanu, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, VUMC
January 26
Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease in Persons With and Without HIV: Lessons from African Cohort
Sepiso Masenga, PhD, MSc, ISHF
Director and Division Head, Livingstone Center for Prevention and Translational Science Associate Professor of Pathology
Mulungushi University, Zambia
Evelyn Funjika, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Zambia-Vanderbilt Training Partnership for HIV-NCD Research Program, Zambia
Kirabo Lab, Department of Medicine, Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, VUMC The Blind Lab, Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry & Pharmacology, VUMC
Annet Kirabo, DVM, MSc, PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, VUMC
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University
February 9 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
Expanding Healthcare & Health Education Access in Remote Nepal Through Community–Based and Technology-Driven Innovation
Devi Gurung States, PhD, DHSc, MPH, MSW, MS
Founder and Executive Director, Himalayan Family Healthcare Project
February 23
Creating, Evaluating, and Sharing Synthetic Data for Multinational HIV Cohorts
Bryan Shepherd, PhD
Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Biostatistics
Professor of Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics, VUMC
Bradley Malin, PhD
Accenture Professor & Vice Chair for Research Affairs, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Accenture Professor, Department of Biostatistics, VUMC
March 9
TB Research in Brazil
Timothy Sterling, MD
Director, Vanderbilt Tuberculosis Center
Professor, Adult Infectious Diseases
David E. Rogers Professorship, VUMC
Mariana Araújo-Pereira, PhD
Public Health Researcher
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz, Brazil)
Klauss Villalva Serra, MD
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
March 23
Epilepsy Research in Nigeria
Ed Trevathan, MD, MPH
Amos Christie Chair in Global Health Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, VUMC
April 13
Lessons Learned from Countrywide Evaluation of Anesthesia Residency Programs in Ethiopia
Ban Sileshi, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Director, Continuous Professional Development, VUMC
April 27 (VIRTUAL ONLY)
A Task-Shifted Stroke Prevention Program for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia is Feasible in a Community Hospital in Nigeria
Halima Bello Manga, MBBS, MPH
Hematologist and Assistant Professor, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital/Kaduna State University (BDTH/KASU), Nigeria
May 11
Using the Foresight method to anticipate environmental influences on health systems in the Global South
Lauren Brown, PhD, LCSW
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Health Policy, VUMC
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Meharry Medical College