Developing Academic Leadership: A Faculty Professional Development Program in Zambia

Elizabeth Rose and Lorely Chávez
May 25, 2021
Current and future faculty leaders at the University of Zambia (UNZA) and Mulungushi University are benefitting from a training program that promotes effective leadership and management in education and healthcare by guiding trainees to strengthen their competencies in effectively leading teams. The Strengthening Health Professional Workforce Education Programs for Improved Quality Health Care in Zambia (SHEPIZ) Leadership and Management Program was developed by faculty and students from UNZA, Mulungushi University, and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH). Drs.

Training the Trainers in Ethiopia

Elizabeth Rose and Lorely Chávez
April 28, 2021
Effective teaching, mentorship, and leadership skills are essential for faculty success in academic medicine, but these skills are rarely taught in medical school and residency training programs, particularly in low-resource settings. To address this gap among anesthesia educators in Ethiopia, a 13-week course was developed and piloted in a virtual platform from September 2020-January 2021.

Vanderbilt, Zambia researchers identify predictive factors of delirium in Sub-Saharan Africa

April 27, 2021
https://news.vumc.org/2021/04/22/vanderbilt-zambia-researchers-identify-predictive-factors-of-delirium-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Severity of illness, history of stroke, and being divorced or widowed were independently predictive of delirium in hospitalized patients in Zambia, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.

NIH Training Grant Enhances Research Administration in Nigeria

Holly Cassell
March 30, 2021
In continuing, longstanding research collaborations between the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and Bayero University Kano (BUK) in Kano, Nigeria, and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH), the three institutions are partnering on a new Infrastructure Development Training Program from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The project will strengthen infrastructure capacity in research administration and research ethics in Nigeria.

Angela Paolucci, MPH, MA

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Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health faculty, alumna recognized for exemplary teaching, research and leadership

March 8, 2021
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Two Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty and a 2017 alumna of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Master of Public Health program have recently been recognized for their global health accomplishments from the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH).

Lara Harvey, MD

Lara
Harvey
MD
Associate Professor, Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Global Health Research Interests: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery

Countries: Haiti, Kenya

Dr. Harvey is a minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon at VUMC with an interest in global health. She was a Medical Scholar at Vanderbilt University Medical School and spent a year in Mozambique studying bleach liquefaction for sputum samples in TB diagnostics at rural health posts. She received a Master in Public Health degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She has also mentored in ultrasound techniques in rural West Nepal. She completed the Global Health Effectiveness Program at the Harvard School of Public Health during her OBGYN residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Recent endeavors include working with a group from the OBGYN department to design gynecologic laparoscopy training in Haiti. She has an interest in rural health, surgical delivery and education in low- and middle-income countries, and health policy.

Carolyn Audet expands HIV research into South Africa

February 23, 2021
https://news.vumc.org/2021/02/18/vumc-investigator-expands-hiv-research-into-south-africa/
A Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigator is hoping to improve access to HIV testing in South Africa, where more than 7 million people are known to have the virus, by training traditional healers to perform the tests. Carolyn Audet, PhD, assistant professor of Health Policy in the Department of Health Policy and Institute for Global Health, has partnered with Ryan Wagner, PhD, a research fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, to develop a novel HIV testing strategy for individuals living in rural communities.
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