[back to top]
A1. Healthcare Challenges of Global Migrants
A broad perspective on the health care of global migrants—looking not only at the
reality of healthcare challenges facing this population, but also the direct and indirect
forces that impact on healthcare delivery and outcome.
Chair : : Steve Larson, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Presenters
• Ed Zuroweste, Migrant Clinicians Network
• Marc Schenker, University of California at Davis
• Randall Kuhn, University of Denver
• Steve Larson, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
[back to top]
A2. Tools for Global Health
Chair : : Michel Dodard, University of Miami School of Medicine
Presenters
Howard Adelman, Griffith University
• Governance of Physicians in a Globalized World: Developing a transnational
research program for medical regulation
Candace Kugel, Migrant Clinicians Network
• Health Network: A tracking and referral program for mobile underserved patients
Lois Ritter, California State University, East Bay
• Using Telemedicine to Serve Medically Underserved Regions
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
[back to top]
A3. Global Health Education I: Curriculum Development
Chair : : Tom Hall, GHEC, University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine
Presenters
Judy Lewis, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
and Deyanira Gonzalez de Leon Aguirre, University of Mexico Xochimilco
• The Women and Health Learning Package
Breyette Lorntz, University of Virginia
• Faculty Development for Curricular Design of Service-learning Courses Focused on
Global Health
Tom Novotny, University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine
• Global Health Diplomacy: Pedagogy for our Times
Tom Hall, GHEC, University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine
• Improving the Quality of Global Health Education: Teaching modules with a Wiki
capability
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
[back to top]
A4. Student Experience I: Approaches to Global Health
Chair : : Janice K. Smith, University of Texas Medical Branch
Presenters
Andrew Suchocki, University of Cincinnati/Christ Hospital Family Medicine
Residency
• Advocates for Global Health: The ride for world health
Helena Chapman, Iberoamerican University
• Interdisciplinary Global Health Team: Critical role of public health students
Tammy Chang, University of Michigan Medical School
and Mikel Llanes University of Miami School of Medicine
• Challenges in Valuing Sustainability: Four years of student experience
Hannah Kirking and Matt Young, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and
Public Health
• University of Wisconsin Student Global Health Interest Group: Interdisciplinary
contributions to global health
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
[back to top]
A5. Evolution of Overseas Programs
Chair : : Vincent Degennaro, University of Miami School of Medicine
Andre Vulcain, Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami
Vincent Degennaro, University of Miami School of Medicine
• Adapting to Fit the Needs: Impact on population health after three annual visits
to the Dominican Republic
Amit Kochhar, Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami
• Project Meidshare Surgical Specialty Programs: 4 years of trials, tribulations and
success stories while coordinating the overseas program
Paul H. Park, Indiana University School of Medicine
• Recognition and Fulfillment of Opportunities in Guatemala to Expand Grassroots
through the Creation of Global Partnerships
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
[back to top]
B1. AIDS in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
This complicated story, past and present, of HIV disease in Haiti and the Dominican
Republic will be discussed in detail by respective Haitian and Dominican medical
experts in the field.
Chair : : Michele Barry, Yale University School of Medicine
Presenters
• Jean William Pape, Centres GHESKIO
• Eddy Perez-Then, CENISMI
• Arthur Fournier, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
[back to top]
B2. Ethics / Research / Trials
Chair : : Lanny Smith, Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Family and
Social Medicine
Presenters
Brady Beecham, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Ethics of Clinical Trial Migration to Developing Countries
Megan Duncan, University of Utah
• Using Community-based Participatory Research to Develop Effective Health
Interventions in Rural Ghana
Sephanie Albin, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
• Ethics of Giving Gifts to Physicians from the Perspective of Pharmaceutical
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
[back to top]
B3. Global Health Education II: Post-graduate Training
Chair : : Stephen Schultz, University of Rochester
Presenters
Stephen Shultz, University of Rochester
• Global Health within U.S. Family Medical Residency Programs
Pierce Gardner, Fogarty International Center / National Institutes of Health
• The Fogarty International Center's Clinical Scholars Program
Demian Szyld, University of Pennsylvania
• Building Bilateral Bridges: Training opportunities for Guatemalan surgeons at the
University of Pennsylvania
Laura Baecher, Northwestern-McGaw Medical Center
• The Impact of Global Health Curriculum on Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident
Physicians
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
[back to top]
B4. The Student Experience II: Researching the Educational Journey
Chair : : Anvar Velji, GHEC, Kaiser Permanente, UC Davis
and Hanni Stoklosa, Global Health Council
Presenters
Avita Sooknanan, McMaster University
• Students and Their Role in International Health
DeAnna Friedman, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
• Putting International Experiences within Reach
Jessica Douglas
• Global Health Opportunities Database
Paul Drain, University of Washington
• 'Caring for the World': The first comprehensive guidebook to global health and
medicine
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
[back to top]
B5. Empowering Communties for Health
Chair : : Evaleen Jones, Child Family Health International
Presenters
Wilfrido Torres, Indigenous Health of Pastaza Province
• Salud Shuar: Health promotion in Shuar communities in Ecuador
Leopoldo Carretero, Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC)
• Impact of the ILAC Cooperadores (Health Promoters) Program in the
Dominican Republic
Connie Vance, College of New Rochelle School of Nursing
• Empowering Dominican Women: A model for communtiy-based education of rural
promotores
Christine Gabali, International Alliance in Service and Education (IASE)
• Literacy: A fundamental resource for Global Health
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
C1. Impact of Global Migration on the Health of Women and Children
Economic migrants often exist in isolation from social networks - with little access
to health care.Children, the elderly, and pregnant women with no prenatal care are
among the most vulnerable of this group and are often left on their own, creating the
setting for catastrophic outcomes. This session discusses a variety of issues ranging
from prenatal care to domestic violence.
Chair : : Steven Larson, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Presenters
• Candace Kugel, Migrant Clinicians Network
• Jack Ludmir, Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health
System
Mercy Mwangi Kamau, Wilfrid Laurier University
• Health Protective Behaviors of Recent Kenyan-Canadian Immigrant Women
Deanna Perez-Williams, Howard University School of Medicine
• Collaborating with Migrant Communities through Communtiy-based Participatory
Research
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
C2. Policy Change Through Research
Chair : : Marc Schenker, University of California at Davis
Presenters
• Marc Schenker, University of California at Davis
• Charles Branas, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Liane MacDonald, McMaster University
• Health and Foreign Policy in the Context of Migration
Javier Sevilla-Martir and Gaylen M. Kelton, Indiana University School of Medicine
• An Academic Health Center's Approach to Migrant Health Care
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
C3. Global Health Education III: Teaching and Learning
Chair : : Breyette Lorntz, University of Virginia
Presenters
• Eric Houpt, University of Virginia
Breyette Lorntz, University of Virginia
• The Design of a Course Preparing Students for Global Health Fieldwork
Janice K. Smith
• Global Health: Strengthening capacity through interdisciplinary work
Lena Winestone and Pauline Brutlag, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Rethinking International Health: An innovative approach to teaching international
health at Stanford University
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
C4. The Student Experience III: Student-led Programs and Projects
Chair : : Oliver Fein and Madelon Finkel, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Presenters
Laureen Ojalvo and Carolyn Sayer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• The Organization of a Student-run Social Medicine Course
Sean O'Neill and Chelsey Petz, Creighton University School of Medicine
• Project CURA (Creighton Medical United in Relief Assistance)
Olga Valdman, University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Medical Students in the Bateys
Caroline DeFilippo and Daniel Eiras, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Medical Student Service Trips: Shedding light on health concerns faced by
rural Belizeans
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
C5. Family Planning & Maternal and Child Health
Chair : : Judy Lewis, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Presenters
Judy Lewis and Bette Gebrian, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
• KOMBIT: Working together to save mothers and newborn lives
Sural Shah, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
• A Case for Law and Public Health: Legal advocacy for internally displaced women
and reproductive rights in Nepal
Mara Saunders, University of California at San Francisco
• Knowledge, Power and Choice: Determinants of fertility and contraceptive use in
a low-income Dominican population
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
D1. IMBY: Serving U.S. Migrant Communities
Chair : : Stephen Symes, Miller School of Medicine Jay Weiss Center
Presenters
• Marc Schenker, University of California at Davis
• Stephen Symes, Miller School of Medicine Jay Weiss Center
Cregg Ashcraft, Latino Health Network / The Ohio State Medical Center
• Global Health, Right at Home: Latino and Somali immigration raises the need for
'global health' in Columbus, Ohio
Oscar Gonzalez, Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center
• Building Capacity for HIV Prevention and Care Along the U.S./Mexico Border
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
D2. Psychosocial Mental Health
Chair : : David Zakus, University of Toronto
Presenters
Aunali Khaku, University of Rochester School of Medicine
• Psychiatric Illness and Stigma in Tanzania: A qualitative study
Manish Patel, University of Tennessee College of Medicine
• An Assessment on the Mental Health Issues on the Acholi People with regards
to the Conflict Occurring in Northern Uganda
Adriana Smith, Boston University
and Kirk Dearden, Brigham Young University
• Medical Pluralism and Health-seeking Behavior among Indegenous Migrants
in Bolivia
David Strug, Yeshiva University School of Social Work
• Mental Health Interventions for Older Primarily, Dominican and Chinese
Immigrants in New York City Suffering from 9/11-related Psychological Trauma
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
D3. Global Health Education IV (Workshop): Building an Immigrant Clinic
The Welfare Reform Act of 1996 serverely limited access to health care and
social services for immigrants in the United States. Bridging the gaps in social
services and health care faced by this vulnerable population remains a daunting
task for health care providers. Student, resident and faculty involvement in "free
clinics" can provide a positive solution. This session discusses health care
strategies in the development of a free clinic as well as coalition building,
fundraising, and political organizing. Led by members of Puentes de Salud, a
Latino immigrant clinic being built in south Philadelphia through the efforts of
concerned community members in collaboration with faculty, residents from the
University of Pennsylvania.
Chair : : Steven Larson, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Presenters
• Matthew O'Brien
• Rebecca Bixby, Puentes de Salud
• Carol Mendez, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
D4. The Student Experience IV: Reports from Central America and the Caribbean
Chair : : Andre Vulcain, Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami
Presenters
Peter Volsky and Matthew Harrington, University of Virginia
• Cooperadores de Salud: Empowered community leaders providing health education
and increasing access to health care in the rural Cibao region of the Dominican Republic
Margarita Dubocq, Creighton University / Institute for Latin American Concern
• ILAC Summer Health Care Program in the Dominican Republic
Lisa Zittergruen, University of Iowa
• Changing Roles of Midwives in Rural Guatemala: A student reflects on a
summer experience
Sherry Ann Brown, University of Connecticut
• A Short Term Holistic Experience in Community Health |