Global Health Program Events
Thank you for attending the 2022 Horizons of Global Health Research Symposium!
If you missed our live event, you can view the event webinar recording here:
Winter 2022 Conversations in Global Health
Thank you to everyone that made Winter Conversations in Global Health such a success! For the recording, click to view the webinar below.
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For upcoming events, please view our Global Health Related Events Calendar:
The Global Health Program invites you to join us for the following events:
The UC San Diego Global Health Program, Students for Global Health and the Global Forum are proud to bring you the Quarterly Conversations series, an opportunity for the Global Health community to come together to discuss relevant issues in the field from an interdisciplinary perspective and increase community interaction at UC San Diego. For more information about past and upcoming Quarterly Conversations in Global Health, see the Global Health Blog.
Event to highlight the many opportunities to get involved to fulfill the Global Health Field Experience Requirement. Meet with student organizations, community organizations, study abroad partners and more! For more information, see the Field Experience Expo page.
UC San Diego’s Annual Horizons of Global Health Research Conference is a unique opportunity for students in all academic fields to present their research about the diversity of global health work around the world. Faculty and students from across campus are invited to participate and contribute to building the UC San Diego global health community. The conference features undergraduate research and a keynote speaker. This event celebrates the end of the academic year and the success of our graduates. For more information about the event, see the Horizons Research Symposium page.
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Fall 2021
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On Campus Events
- Latinx/Chicanx in Global Health | Wednesday, September 29th, 3-5p, Virtual (Zoom)
- Students for Global Health Fall GBM #1 | September 29th 2021 at 7pm, Virtual (Zoom)
- American Mock World Health Organization GBM | Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8 at 7pm
- Triton Fall Career Fair | Thursday, October 7th, Tuesday October 12th and Thursday October 14th, Virtual
- Yale School of Public Health MPH Info Session for Global Health/Public Heath Undergrads | Monday, October 11th at 12pm, Virtual (Zoom)
- Global Health MA Info Session | Tuesday, October 19th, 5pm, Zoom
- Study Abroad Expo | October 19th-21st
- Quarterly Conversations in Global Health | Wednesday, October 27th 2021, Virtual (Zoom)
- Virtual Office Hours with the GH Reps | Thursday, November 4th 2021, 5-7pm, Virtual (Zoom)
- Students for Global Health Fall GBM #3 | Tuesday, November 9th 2021, 6-7pm Virtual (Zoom)
- Global Health Trivia Night | Tuesday, November 16th, 6pm, Virtual (Zoom)
- Office Hours #2 | TBD
- UC San Diego World Aids Day | December 2021, Various Times & Locations
Application Deadlines
- Deadline to apply to Health Frontiers in Tijuana (HFIT) for Fall 2020 Quarter | September 7, 2021 by 11:59pm
- Deadline to apply to the Migrant Shelter Clinic Student Volunteer Program | October 3rd, 2021 by 11:59pm
- Poster Submission for UC Global Health Day | TBA
- Priority Deadline to apply to the MA in Global Health at UCSD | December 15th, 2021 at 11:59pm
- Deadline to Apply to Aya Scholars Program | January 15th, 2022
Winter 2022
On Campus Events
- Latinx/Chicanx in Global Health | Thursdays during WI22, 4-6pm
- Latinx/Chicanx in Global Health Mentorship Info Session | Thursday, January 13th, 2022, Virtual (Zoom)
- Triton Winter Career Fair | Wednesday, January 26th, 2022, Virtual
- Students for Global Health GBM #1 | Sunday, January 23rd, 5-8pm, Virtual (Zoom)
- American Mock World Health Organization GBM | Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8 at 7pm
- Quarterly Conversations in Global Health | February 1st, 2022, Virtual (Zoom)
- Office Hours with the GHP Reps | Wednesday, February 9th, 6-8pm, Virtual (Zoom)
- Office Hours with the GHP Reps #2 | Wednesday, February 16th, 6-8pm, Virtual (Zoom)
- Minor to Major Webinar | Wednesday, February 16th, 3-4p, Virtual (Zoom)
- Students for Global Health GBM #3 | TBD
Application Deadlines
- Deadline to Apply to Aya Scholars Program | EXTENDED DEADLINE: March 1st, 2022
- Deadline to apply to the MA in Global Health at UCSD | February 3rd, 2022 at 11:59pm
- Deadline to apply to Health Frontiers in Tijuana (HFIT) for Spring 2021 Quarter | Friday, February 18th, 2022 at 11:59pm
Spring 2022
On Campus Events
- AMWHO GBM #1 | April 6th, 7p, Virtual (Zoom)
- Office Hours with the GHP Reps | Tuesday, May 3rd, 5:30-7p, SSB 107
- S4GH GBM #1 | April 11th, 7:30p, Virtual (via Zoom)
- Jeopardy Night | April 12th, 6-7p, SSB 107
- Triton Spring Career Fair | April 14th, 10a-2p, Virtual
- 2022 Horizons of Global Health Research Symposium | May 11th, 3-4:30 p, Virtual (Zoom)
Off Campus Events
- 2022 Los Angeles Global Health Conference | Postponed until Spring 2022
- 2022 Annual CUGH Global Health Conference | April 1-3, 2022 (In-Person & Virtual)
- Global Health & Innovation Conference | April 21-22nd, Virtual
- UC Global Health Day 2022 | May 7th, Hybrid (at UC Santa Cruz and VIrtual)
Application Deadlines
- Apply to the 2022-23 Students for Global Health Executive Board | Sunday, May 8th, 11:59 pm
- Apply to be a 2022-23 GHP Student Representative | Friday, May 6th, 9:00am
- Apply to 2023 Horizon Honors Thesis Seminar Program | End of Spring 2022 (TBA)
- Deadline to apply to Health Frontiers in Tijuana (HFIT) for Summer 2022 Quarter | May 13th at 11:59pm
- Deadline to Apply to Aya Scholars Program | EXTENDED DEADLINE: May 1st, 2022
Past Events
A Challenge to Dignity
A Challenge to Dignity Conference brought together refugee health professionals working to advance refugee health all over the globe with a wide range of forcibly displaced populations for two days of presentations. The conference promoted discussions on a variety of refugee and asylum seeker health factors. Speakers and participants, in person and virtually, had the opportunity to compare notes and ask questions after each presentation.
Resources:
Sessions
- Session A - Physicians and Health Care Providers
- Session B - Community and Collaboration
- Session C - Health Status of Refugees and Asylum Seekers
- Session D - Women, Families, and Reproductive Health
- Session E - Trauma and Treatment
Individual Presentations
- Understanding the Health of Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Migrants Through the Lens of Student Interns at a Student-Run Free Clinic on the US-Mexico Border (Jose Burgos and Victoria Ojeda)
- Pathways Towards Medical Licensure for Refugee and Asylee International Medical Graduates Living in the US (Lillian Walkover and Susan Bell)
- An Ethnography of Care: Physicians and Asylum Seekers on the US-Mexico Border (Thomas Csordas, Brenda Wilson, and Alexis Burnstan)
- Global Health is also Investing in Political Change of the Systems that Drive the Harms we are made to Chase (Dona Murphey)
- Models of Inclusive Programming: Resilience Humanitarianism, Social Entrepreneurship, and Social Justice (Catherine Panter-Brick)
- New Horizons of Refugee Health and Wellbeing: Promoting Dignity Through Partnerhship and Social Inclusion (Charles Watters)
- Affective Acts of Welcome: Volunteer Solidarians and US Asylum Seeker Resettlement (Kristin Yarris)
- Refugee Collaboration and Self-Determination in San Diego (Christiane Assefa and Andrew Blank)
- Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Migrant Populations in Tijuana (Ietza Bojorquez, Jaime Sepulveda, and Steffanie Strathdee)
- Infectious and Chronic Illness among Refugees and Asylum Seekers (Christine Murto)
- Asylum Seekers at the Southern Border: The Effects of Federal Policies on Physical and Mental Health (Linda Hill)
- Nowhere Near Enough: Deadly Labor in a Congolese Refugee Camp (Emily Lynch)
- America's Wars and Iraqis' Lives: Toxic Legacies, Reproductive Vulnerabilities, and Regimes of Exclusion in the United States (Marcia Inhorn)
- Refugee Reproductive Health: A Comparative Ethnography of Syrians' Experiences at Sites of First-Asylum Resettlement (Morgen Chalmiers)
- Arab Refugees Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Domestic Violence: A Legal and Public Health Challenge (Maysa Hamza and Patrick Marius Koga)
- Family-Based Mental Health Promotion for Somali Bantu and Bhutanese Refugees Resettled in the US: Results of and Implementation/Effectiveness Randomized Controlled Trial (Theresa Betancourt)
- The Use of Waiting as a Detterrent to Migration, and Its Effect on the Well-being of Asylum Seekers (Olga Odgers Ortiz and Olga Olivas Hernandez)
- Trauma Loops: US Immigration Detention and Reverse Causality in PTSD (Hans Reihling)
- Refugees on the Move: Health Along the Migratory Route Between Syria and California (Tala Al-Rousan)