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Texas Children's Global Health Foundations in Global Health

Foundations in Global Health is open to the Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine community who are interested in learning more about global health. The formal curriculum was developed to address contextual knowledge on major causes of global child and maternal mortality and program development best practices in the field of global health. There are nine lectures per year and each lecture is coordinated by an expert moderator from the field.

Lecture Highlights

Topic: “Holistic Approach to Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)”

Presenters: Ana María Galvis-Fundación Baylor Colombia; Michael Ferm, M.D.

Date: September 19, 2023

Past Videos

June 21, 2023

Presenters: Diane Nguyen, PharmD; Heather Haq, MD, MHS; Roland Semakula, MBChB; Nmazuo W. Ozuah, MD; Nick Ettinger, MD, PhD; Susan Torrey, MD - Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children’s Hospital

May 17, 2023

Presenters: Dr. Yoselin Fontalvo, Fundación Baylor Colombia, Rachel Macleod, Maternal Health - Malawi

April 5, 2023

Presenter: Dr. Meaghan Bond, Rice 360°

March 7, 2023

Presenters: Dr. Anna Mandalakas, Mrs. Tara Devezin Moore, Dr. Clement Gascua Adu-Gyamfi, Dr. Arthur Johnson, Dr. Nokwanda Kota INSIGHT Fogarty Scholars, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital Access INSIGHT Program Information

February 8, 2023

Presenter: Dr. Monika Patil Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital

Presenters: Drs. Karla Fredricks, Eric Russell and Padma Swamy Baylor College of Medicine

Presenters: Drs. Aya Fanny & Heather Haq Baylor College of Medicine

September 16, 2020

Heather Haq, MD, MHS Chief Medical Officer, BIPAI  

October 21, 2020

Presenter: Jennifer Werdenberg, MD, MPH Pediatric Hospitalist Rice 360 Sr. Global RMNCH Clinical/Technical Advisor

November 18, 2020

Presenters: Drs. Jeff Wilkinson, Ibe Iwuh, Chikondi Chiweza, and Ennet Banda Texas Children’s Hospital Global Women’s Health

December 17, 2020

Presenters: Drs. Jed Nuchtern and Bip Nandi Texas Children’s Hospital Global Surgery

March 10, 2021

Presenters: Drs. Heather Haq, Stephanie Marton, and Marideth Rus Assistant Professors, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

March 31, 2021

Presenters: (1) Drs. Heather Crouse, Binita Patel, Joyee Vachani, and (2) Bryan Vonasek (1) Baylor College of Medicine
(2) University of Washington School of Medicine and Public Health

April 21, 2021

Presenter: Dr. Patricia Bastero Medical Director, Simulation, Texas Children’s Hospital

May 19, 2021

Presenter: Dr. Joy Mackey Director, Global Health and International Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine

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