Campus Events: see below and click on the All Students Page as well.

April 7th at 12pm

AMSA and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) present
DR. ASHIS BRAHMA
"Resilience, Humor, and Dignity"

Dr. Brahma has engaged both general and healthcare communities in discussion across the world.  As documented in Newsweek, on BBC, and his Emmy-award winning story on CBS 60 Minutes, he has worked across Asia and Africa for the past decade, providing education and service in refugee camps, rural mountain villages, university hospitals, and government departments.  In the past, he has lent his expertise to Medicins San Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) and the International Rescue Committee.  He is currently working in Chad/Darfur.
Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to hear from someone who has done extensive work on the front lines in places where physicians are desperately needed.

Where: Hughes Auditorium
Lunch will be served

Please follow this link to the 60 Minutes Story
For more information, contact Daniel Choi or Erika Wallender.

Past Events

March 11th from noon-1pm

Careers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jan Hiland and Christine Jolley, from the Workforce and Career Development Office of the Coordinating Office for Global Health (COGH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia will hold an informational session for students and faculty about careers at the CDC.
This will be an informational event.  Students will gain sound advice about pursuing careers in domestic and global health from Ms. Hiland, the Workforce and Career Development Officer at COGH, and Ms. Jolley, who served in the Peace Corps (2003-2004) before joining the CDC.

Location:
Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium
McGaw Pavilion
240 East Huron St.

February 28th from 12-1pm

Global Health Education and Community Services Student Advisory Council presents

Sid Mohn, President of Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights will facilitate a discussion about health and human rights, a call to action for advocacy in global health and health for the underserved.  If you are interested in global health or health rights, this will be a great discussion.

Where: Department of Family Medicine, Abbott Hall, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, 13th floor conference room
Lunch will be served

Please rsvp here

February 18th - 28th

Health Disparities Speaker Series 2008

You are cordially invited to attend the Health Disparities Speaker Series 2008.  The series will last two weeks, February 18th - 28th.

Week 1: The Problems
Week 2: The Solutions

Please save these dates!

These series are jointly brought to you by the Health Disparities Taskforce, FSM Office of Minority and Cultural Affairs, and PPH Diversity Committee.  Attached is a flyer with the scheduled dates and times of seminars.  Lunch will be provided.

January 28, 2008 from 5pm to 6pm

BIG PROBLEMS
GLOBEMED JOURNAL CLUB

Kara Palamountain from Kellogg School of Management will be leading a discussion on Infant HIV: Problems in diagnosis and treatment

Searle Auditorium, Robert H. Lurie Building
(Refreshments will be provided)

Please email nbirouti@northwestern.edu for background on the issue and papers we will discuss.

What is BIG PROBLEMS?
We are a new journal club dedicated to engaging the Northwestern community in active discussion on major health issues that affect the world.  Each session, we invite an expert on the issue to moderate the discussion and provide background on history and current status of the issue.

October 29-November 2, 2007

NU-AID multi-vitamins drive

Accepting all unopened bottles in Method Atrium, 12-1 pm

September 28th, 2007

GlobeMed & Physicians for Human Rights are honored to present…
"Establishing Medical Care in a Post Conflict Society"

GARY JACQUES, M.D.
Global Programs Director, HOPE worldwide, Ltd.

Director of Cambodia's Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope
Come hear Dr. Jacque's inspring stories from his work in Cambodia
- at ALL levels of medicine
 
When: 12-1pm, Friday, September 28th, 2007

Where: Baldwin Auditorium, Lurie
Lunch will be provided, so please come early!

If you have any questions, please contact:
Kiana Taba (k-taba@md.northwestern.edu)
Julie Yang (j-yang3@md.northwestern.edu)

September 28, 2007

Global Health and Climate Change
Event Description: Dr. Catherine Thomasson, president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, will deliver a phenomenal talk on global health as it relates to climate change.

Event Date: Event Time: 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Event Location: Baldwin auditorium (Lurie)
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Web Page: http://www.nuaid.org

October 6, 2007
Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois is hosting a workshop, Just Doctoring: A Leadership Summit on the Future of Social Justice and Service in Medicine on Saturday, October 6, 2007.

“This program is designed primarily for medical student from the greater Chicago and upper Midwest areas who have demonstrated interest and leadership aptitude toward empowering the underserved and reforming the health-care system to be more responsive to those most in need.  Participants will engage in a day-long dialogue regarding the connection between health and social justice both domestically and abroad. This summit will serve to develop a network of student leaders in this region who are poised to address the social pathologies of disease both in policy and in everyday practice.”

The day will consist of plenary addressed from national and international pioneers and breakout session to build advocacy skills or to increase awareness of particular issues.

Awareness Raising Sessions: Cultural Competence, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, GLBT Health Issues, Mental Health Issues, Prison Health, Access to Pharmaceuticals, HIV, Immigrant/Refugee Health, Access to Health Insurance

Advocacy Skill building Sessions: Direct Action 101. A Model of Community-Student Interaction: The Maywood Gun Buy-Back Program, Meeting with Policy Makers, A Health and Human Right Curriculum in Medical School, Working with the Media.

If you are interested, please visit the conference website at www.bioethics.lumc.edu for a registration form.  Fee is $10 for medical students.

September 20, 2007
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hopes to bring an understanding of the refugee experience with "A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City"

Thursday, September 20 at 11:20am- Please join Northwestern faculty and staff and Heartland Alliance staff on an organized tour of the Doctors without Borders refugee camp in Grant Park.  For more information and to RSVP, please contact Catharine at c-smith@northwestern.edu.

DWB will also have an informational session at Northwestern University on September 20th, 2007, 6:00pm to 7:30pm, Lurie Building Hughes Auditorium.  We welcome Northwestern and other area university students, residents, faculty and others to attend and learn more about Doctors without Borders. 

Saturday, September 22 at 3:00pm- Please join NUAID, GlobeMed and AMSA student groups for an organized tour of the Doctors without Borders refugee camp in Grant Park.  For more information and to RSVP, please contact Wael at elnachef@gmail.com.

Imagine you have just minutes to flee your home. What few items can you carry? How will you find food, shelter, and water?

These are just a few of the many thoughts that race through the minds of an estimated 33 million people around the world who have been forced to flee their homes and seek refuge because of war and conflict.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hopes to bring an understanding of the refugee experience with "A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City," a free exhibit open to the general public in Chicago, September 19th through 23rd in Grant park. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/education/refugeecamp/

Northwestern will be offering group tours with our partner, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human rights.  More information TBA. 

Please contact Catharine Smith, Global Health Education and Community Services Program Coordinator at c-smith@northwestern.edu for more information on group tours or the DWB information session.

Doctors Without Borders aid workers guide visitors through the camp exhibit, explaining the challenges of building shelter, finding food and clean water, and handling waste disposal—all basic elements of survival for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).  In the nutrition tent, visitors learn about the special therapeutic foods used to combat malnutrition.  Tours of the health clinic, vaccination tent, and cholera treatment center demonstrate how the organization provides basic health care and controls epidemics in refugee settings. The exhibit is made up of actual materials used by Doctors Without Borders in its medical humanitarian work around the world. The exhibit will highlight the plight of the millions of people currently displaced by conflict in places like Sudan, Colombia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries.

April 10-12, 2007
AMSA Primary Care Week Presentations by:

Primary Care for the Medically Underserved: Federally Qualified Health Clinics

Thomas J Staff, M.D., PCC Austin Family Health Center
Mark Loafman, M.D.,  PCC Lake Street Family Health Center


Global Health: Providing Care in Belize and Iraq

Russell Robertson, M.D., Chair of the Department of Family Medicine
Bechara Choucair, M.D., Heartland Health Outreach

Primary Care Perspectives
Rural Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine

Joe Gibes, M.D., Rural Health Care Provider
Carl Toren, M.D.,  Med Director of Chicago Family Health (Pediatrics)
Aashish Didwania, M.D., Internal Medicine at NMH

February, 2007
Visiting students from two of our global partner institutions, Universidad Panamericana and National Taiwan University, have arrived on campus to do rotations. Anyone interested in welcoming them into the Feinberg community and possibly brushing up on language skills, please contact the Office of Medical Education!
Great opportunity for those planning on going to Mexico this summer!

January 10, 2007
NUAID presents a talk about international medicine and public health:

In the Foothills of Medicine, A Young Doctor's Journey from the Inner City of Chicago to the Mountains of Nepal
By Dr. Robert McKersie, M.Ed., MD.

Dr. McKersie brings to us a wealth of international and public health experience including work he has done in Nepal, South Africa, rural Alaska, Indian Reservations, and inner cities. For more information about Dr. McKersie and his work in family medicine, or his book about his experiences in Nepal, please see his website.

November 27-December 1, 2006

Global AIDS Week

A time to remember past struggles, celebrate success in treatment & prevention, learn about the epidemic and find out how we can help.

Monday, November 27th
Dr. Ellen Chadwick, Associate Chair of Medical Education at Children's Memorial Hospital
Co-medical director, Pediatric and Maternal HIV Infection & Professor of Pediatrics, FSoM

“Out of Africa: The Challenge of HIV/AIDS in Resource-Poor Countries”

Sponsored by: SNMA & Pediatrics Interest Group
Red Ribbon AIDS Awareness pins will be for sale in the M1 morning lecture

Tuesday, November 28th
Luciano Medellin, Education Outreach Coordinator for the nonprofit organization
Better Existence with HIV (BEHIV)

“The Reality of Living with HIV/AIDS”
Sponsored by: Q&A

Wednesday, November 29th
Dr. Pat Garcia. Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Northwestern University Medical School
Director of Northwestern's HIV Women's Program

“Reproductive Health issues in HIV Positive Women”
Sponsored by: Medical Students For Choice

Thursday, November 30th
Dr. Choucair, of Heartland Alliance
“Access to HIV/AIDS Care: The Challenge for the Vulnerable Patient”
Sponsored by: Family Medicine Interest Group

Thursday Evening, by RSVP only
Global AIDS Week Dinner
Small Group Discussions with leaders in HIV/AIDS care and research
7 PM, Lurie Auditorium, Jazzman’s cafe
Sponsored by: GlobeMed

Friday, December 1st, Global AIDS Day
No lunchtime programming due to M2 USMLE orientation
We encourage you to participate in the Red Cross sponsored blood drive

October/November 2006
INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH: Programs Abroad for 1st and 4th year medical students

The Office of International Program Development at Northwestern, in collaboration with the Executive Associate Dean of Education at the Feinberg School of Medicine, offers several international opportunities for Feinberg medical students in Cape Town, South Africa (Stellenbosch University), Mexico City, Mexico (Universidad Panamericana), or Beijing, China (Capital Medical University),

Specially designed summer programs for first year medical students are offered in Mexico, South Africa, and China consisting of rotations, excursions, and workshops.  Clinical and Public Health research opportunities are available to interested students, and elective rotations for fourth-year medical students are offered in these locations as well. 

October 18, 2006
Interested in broadening your scope of international medical schools?

Want to know more about what medical school is like in Sweden?

Two representatives, Professor Jorgen Nordenstrom, Chair of the International Committee of the Medical Program, and Mr. Gustaf Edgren, a medical student from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden will give a presentation on Karolinska Institutet and the Medical Program, as well as of the existing international cooperation and exchange programs and the services offered for incoming exchange students.

Karolinska Institutet is one of Europe's largest medical universities. It is also Sweden´s largest centre for medical training and research, accounting for 30 per cent of the medical training and 40 per cent of the medical academic research that is conducted nationwide. Karolinska Institutet´s mission is to improve the health of mankind through research, education and information.

Invites you to a noon time discussion with Dr. Russell Robertson, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine

Dr. Robertson will speak and answer questions regarding the Hillside HealthCare Clinic he heads in Belize, Central America. There are opportunities for M4’s to participate in rotations. Feel free to check out the website at www.hillsidebelize.net. All applications are considered locally and decisions are made in Belize, but Dr. Robertson is an excellent resource and can answer questions!