GlobeMed at Northwestern hosted a panel Monday to discuss the continuing Syrian crisis and its impacts on the health of Syrian refugees as part of its aims to learn about health and social justice issues locally and internationally. The student group invited Sufyan Sohel from the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Dr. Mufaddal Hamadeh of
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Northwestern GlobeMed’s research team, Udita Persaud, Jimmy Wester, Camille Cooley, and Aysha Salter-Volz, received funding from the Radulovacki Global Health Research Fellowship to conduct research in the communities surrounding their partner organization, the Adonai Child Development Centre, in Uganda. Tell us about your project. Udita: Globe Med has a partner organization in Namugoga, Uganda and
Hey, everyone! My name is Elizabeth Larsen, and I’m a rising senior, studying Economics and Global Health. This summer, thanks to the Circumnavigators Travel-Study Grant, jointly funded by Northwestern University, the Circumnavigators Club – Chicago Chapter, and Weinberg Colleges of Arts and Sciences, I will travel to six countries across the world to pursue a research project entitled, “Tackling
Sitting and listening to the closing keynote speaker for the GlobeMed Summit on April 5, I started to reflect on the journey that had led up to that point. At the beginning of the year, I applied and interviewed for the position of Summit Content Co-Coordinator, a role that entailed developing themes and ideas for
Last month The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted its second International Women’s Day Global Health Symposium. The event brought international health leaders together at the Fairmont Chicago for a day of discussion on international public health issues pertaining to women. Attendees included members of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs as well as a number