Global Health Night听is an annual event held to celebrate the involvement of students and faculty at McGill in global health-related fields. It features a poster fair where students present their work to the McGill community and a keynote lecture by a leader in the field.
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Please note that some poster presenters have chosen not to be included in this gallery.
Agenda
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Digital Poster Fair 5:30 PM |
McGill students, residents and postdoctoral fellows will showcase their work and exchange directly with Global Health Night participants. | Make sure you select "poster fair" when you register to receive instructions on how to view the posters and talk to the presenters. |
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Welcoming Remarks 6:30 PM |
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Global Health Programs Update 6:40 PM |
Update on GHP activities over the past year and future direction |
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Keynote Address 6:55 PM |
Lecture title: 鈥淒isrupt and Repair: Addressing Power Asymmetries in Global Health鈥� |
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GHP Talk Back TV 7:25 PM |
An open panel discussion where faculty and students will reflect upon and share takeaways from the keynote address |
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Closing Remarks 7:45 PM |
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Keynote Speaker
We are delighted to welcome Professor Senait Fisseha, Director of Global Programs at the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, as well as Chief Advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organization.
Professor Senait Fisseha is a globally-recognized leader in reproductive health & rights and a lifelong gender champion. She currently serves as the Director of Global Programs at the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, as well as Chief Advisor to the Director General of the World Health Organization. A reproductive endocrinology specialist, prior to these roles, Dr. Fisseha was the Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility at the University of Michigan, Medical Director of University of Michigan鈥檚 Center for Reproductive Medicine and founding Executive Director of the Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT). While at Michigan, she also co-directed the Medical School鈥檚 Path of Excellence in Global Health & Disparities. As leader of the U-M-Ethiopia Collaborative Platform for Global Health, she helped Michigan forge strong partnerships with Ethiopia鈥檚 Ministry of Health and the St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa.
Professor Fisseha was born in Ethiopia and earned an undergraduate degree from Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois, M.D. and J.D. degrees from Southern Illinois University, and a certificate in International Human Rights and Comparative Law from the University of Oxford. She has received numerous awards including the Ethiopian Ministry of Health鈥檚 highest award, the University of Michigan鈥檚 Bicentennial Alumni Award and the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She was also named as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans for 2018 by New African magazine and one of the 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy in 2019.
Award winners
Global Health Scholars (Undergraduates)听
- Leah Birch听听
- Felicia Ca听听
- Darshan Daryanani | John Locke Churchill Scholars Award听
- Julie De Meulemeester | Dr. Kenneth Remsen Global Health Award听
- Katherine Fiallos听听
- Naomie Gamondele | John Locke Churchill Scholars Award听
- Sabrina Gill | Leduc, Davis, Brun, & De Rito Undergraduate Award for Global Health听
- Issa Gonzalez-Peltier鈥瘄 John Locke Churchill Scholars Award听
- Samir Gouin | Leduc, Davis, Brun, & De Rito Undergraduate Award for Global Health听
- Caroline Hodgins | John Locke Churchill Scholars Award听
- Minahil Khan | Dr. Margaret Siber Global Health Scholar Award听
- Alexander Lam | Spencer-Hick Family Global Health Education and Training Fund听
- Bea Lehmann | Leduc, Davis, Brun, & De Rito Undergraduate Award for Global Health听
- Alexandra Maters听听
- Nathan Mendel | John Locke Churchill Scholar Award听
- Anne-Sophie Roy | Dr. Kenneth Remsen Global Health Award听
- Maria Rueda Martinez | Leduc, Davis, Brun, & De Rito Undergraduate Award for Global Health听
- Laura Pinkham鈥瘄 Dr. Margaret Siber Global Health Scholar Award听
- Shiyang Shen | Dr. Margaret Siber Global Health Scholar Award听
- Mariane Saroufim | John Locke Churchill Scholar Award听
- Tamara Sogomonian听听
Global Health Scholars (Graduates)
- Loloah Chamoun, PhD Candidate, Human Nutrition, Global Food Security - Ambassador Paul Frazer Travel Award for Global Health听
- Joy Nyamiaka, Masters of Science in Public Health - Soe-Lin-Hecht Global Health Graduate Award听听
- Juan Pimentel, PhD Candidate, Family Medicine - Soe-Lin-Hecht Global Health Graduate Award听
- Gabriel Schnitman, MSc Candidate, Experimental Surgery (Global Surgery stream) - Soe-Lin-Hecht Global Health Graduate Award听
- Giorgia Sulis, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology -听 Soe-Lin-Hecht Global Health Graduate Award听
- Tristan Supino, MSc Candidate, Psychiatry Spencer-Hick Family Global Health Education and Training Fund听
Dr. Alice Benjamin Global Maternal & Child Health Fund听
- Patrick O鈥橣arrell, Resident, Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology听听
- Emmy Cai, Resident, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology听听
Bubbie and Nanny Global Health Travel Award听
- Roosler Billy Telcide, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow
Global Health Outreach Project Leaders
- Leslie Brown, Editor-In-Chief, McGill Journal of Global Health (formerly The Prognosis)听
- Miriam Gladstone, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Student Fellow听
- Amanda Marcinowska, Editor-In-Chief, Perspectives Global Health Blog听
