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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 5d

Podcast Rewind ⏪

Northwestern Medicine primary care physician Robert J. Havey, MD, shares his insight on the longevity of global health efforts in this classic episode of our #ExploreGlobalHealthPodcast, "Leading Sustainable Global Health with Robert J. Havey, MD."

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 6d

Havey Institute for Global Health member Juliet Lumati, MD, MPH, & her team presented their research on the financial navigation of cancer care at African Research Group for Oncology (ARGO), a National Cancer Institute–recognized research consortium. www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/about/news/0...

African Oncology Conference Advances Research Through Collaboration

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 6d

A passion for hard work, leading by example and giving back led Kim Bass, ’87 MD, and Ben Gulli, ’87 MD, to make a bequest to their alma mater benefiting the Havey Institute for Global Health at @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social.

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · Aug 13

A study led by @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social's Egon Ozer identified a new fungal infection in Pakistan. The international collaboration was launched by a Buffett Global Working Group grant led by co-authors Profs. Mehreen Arshad & Erica Hartmann: spr.ly/63326fqGp2

At the Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution in the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, scientists are working to explore the spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and fungi in a Pakistan health care system.

“Surveillance of antimicrobial-resistant Gram negative bacteria and fungi in a Pakistan health care system” is one project working to address this public health issue. The project is led by Egon Ozer, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution and assistant professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 7d

📣TODAY at 1pm CT

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 12d

You're invited to our October #IGHSeminar, "Updates in Pediatric HIV, Where Are We Now," featuring Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo, MS, DO, co-director of the Center for Global Pediatric Health!

🗓️ Wed, Oct 1
⌚️ 1 PM - 2 PM CT
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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 12d

You're invited to our October #IGHSeminar, "Updates in Pediatric HIV, Where Are We Now," featuring Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo, MS, DO, co-director of the Center for Global Pediatric Health!

🗓️ Wed, Oct 1
⌚️ 1 PM - 2 PM CT
💻 Zoom webinar: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 9d

🚨ABSTRACTS DUE WEDNESDAY🚨

Details & submission: spr.ly/6180AjX1u

Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 13d

🚨Call for Abstracts DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨

Apply to present a poster on a project relevant to global health at this year's Global Health Day!

Deadline EXTENDED to:
Wed, Oct 1

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Global Health Day deadline extended to Wednesday, October 1st

Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 12d

You're invited to our October #IGHSeminar, "Updates in Pediatric HIV, Where Are We Now," featuring Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo, MS, DO, co-director of the Center for Global Pediatric Health!

🗓️ Wed, Oct 1
⌚️ 1 PM - 2 PM CT
💻 Zoom webinar: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 12d

Through donor philanthropy, the Havey Institute for Global Health funds nine specialized centers and programs, conducts research spanning topics from global oncology to biomedical engineering and supports transdisciplinary educational partnerships.

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 12d

Surgeons at the Havey Institute for Global Health are working to evaluate delays to surgical intervention for children with open spinal cord defects in Zambia. #globalhealth

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Surgery Team Evaluates Surgical Care for Infants in Zambia and Peru

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 13d

🚨Call for Abstracts DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨

Apply to present a poster on a project relevant to global health at this year's Global Health Day!

Deadline EXTENDED to:
Wed, Oct 1

www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/events/globa...

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · Aug 14

📣Call for Abstracts📣

Apply to present a poster on a project relevant to global health at this year's Global Health Day!

Abstract submissions are open: www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/events/global-health-day/

Deadline to submit: Wed, Sept 24

#globalhealthday #globalhealthday2025

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 28d

Over the past 10 years, Juliet Lumati, MD, MPH, has studied how health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are designed—or often not designed—to protect patients from the financial risks of surgical and cancer care. #globalhealth

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Lumati Leads Research on the Impact of Financial Catastrophe and Cancer Care

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 29d

🎙️Patrick Mbullo Owuor, PhD, a pioneering anthropologist and public health leader, discusses his community-driven solutions to global health challenges in Kenya and beyond in the new episode of our #ExploreGlobalHealthPodcast.

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Community-Driven Solutions in Global Health with Patrick Mbullo Owuor, PhD

Patrick Mbullo Owuor, PhD, a pioneering anthropologist and public health leader, discusses his community-driven solutions to global health challenges in Kenya and beyond. He shares how local action an...

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · Aug 29

You're invited to "Think Global, Act Local: Harnessing Implementation Science to Address NCDs" at our September #IGHSeminar with Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, PhD, from the Ryan Family Center for Global Primary Care!

🗓️ Wed, Sept 10
⌚️ 1 PM - 2 PM CT
💻 Zoom webinar: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · 29d

The Center for Innovation in Point-of-Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS & Emerging Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University (C-THAN) Dissemination Core draws on years of experience conducting needs assessment for point-of-care (POC) technologies.

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The cervical cancer interview team at C-THAN

Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · Aug 29

You're invited to "Think Global, Act Local: Harnessing Implementation Science to Address NCDs" at our September #IGHSeminar with Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, PhD, from the Ryan Family Center for Global Primary Care!

🗓️ Wed, Sept 10
⌚️ 1 PM - 2 PM CT
💻 Zoom webinar: northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · Aug 29

A group supported by the Center for Innovation in Point-of-Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University (C-THAN) built a point-of-care low-field MRI system for improved imaging for diagnosis of tuberculosis meningitis (TBM) in children. bit.ly/news_mri

Northwestern University biomedical engineering students build a low-field MRI machine

Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · Aug 14

📣Call for Abstracts📣

Apply to present a poster on a project relevant to global health at this year's Global Health Day!

Abstract submissions are open: www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/events/global-health-day/

Deadline to submit: Wed, Sept 24

#globalhealthday #globalhealthday2025

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · Aug 12

🎙️A new episode of #ExploreGlobalHealthPodcast is here!

Check out the latest episode of Explore Global Health with Rob Murphy, MD, "Pioneering Global Health Solutions with Dr. Luis Pizarro."

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · Aug 5

In South Africa and other countries with high burden of tuberculosis, a team from the Center for Innovation in Global Health Technologies (CIGHT) has supported the development of a new process to use tongue swabs for easier TB diagnosis.

Read more: www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/about/news/0...

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · Aug 4

Doobay-Persaud presented, "Scholarship in Health Professions Education" and Fant presented, "Role of Simulation in Augmenting Clinical Placement."

Funding was provided by the Global Health Project Award, Advanced Faculty Development Partnership in Medical Education at Maseno University.

Attendees at the 3rd annual Health Professions Education Conference at Maseno University in Kenya

A presenter at the 3rd annual Health Professions Education Conference at Maseno University in Kenya

Poster presenters at the 3rd annual Health Professions Education Conference at Maseno University in Kenya

Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · Aug 4

Ashti Doobay-Persaud, MD, co-director of the Center for Global Health Education, and Colleen Fant, MD, MPH, co-director of the Center for Global Pediatric Health, recently spoke at the 3rd annual Health Professions Education Conference at Maseno University in Kenya.

Colleen Fant presenting at the the 3rd annual Health Professions Education Conference at Maseno University in Kenya

Ashti Doobay-Persaud presenting at the the 3rd annual Health Professions Education Conference at Maseno University in Kenya

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · Jul 25

Five years after COVID-19 began, long COVID continues to affect people worldwide. In Colombia, Carolina Hurtado Montoya, MD, PhD, leads a research team focused on long COVID brain fog and cognitive dysfunction. #globalhealth

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Long COVID Research in Colombia Evaluates Brain Fog

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Havey Institute for Global Health @fsmglobalhealth.bsky.social · Jul 16

Makerere University, in partnership with Northwestern University, is spearheading the E-SMAC G11 Grants Administration and Management workshop July 14-17 in Uganda, aimed at strengthening grant management offices and systems among the participating universities and entities. #globalhealth #IGHnews

Participants at the G11 conference in Makerere University