The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken people and institutions worldwide – healthcare is no exception. New challenges associated with healthcare delivery are being discovered and old ones are now even more visible. As we look forward to a post-pandemic world, a new kind of healthcare provider emerges. Armed with the understanding that patient care goes beyond the clinic, the new guard finds ways to advocate in the governments, businesses, and streets of the world.
We encourage students and faculty from all healthcare fields (Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, etc.) who are interested in global health to attend.
Saturday, January 15th, 2022
8:00am – 5:00pm
Talks by experts in the field, clinical simulations, interactive & advocacy workshops, and networking opportunities.
This will be our first hybrid conference. Participants can opt to attend in-person or virtually.
The GHC Research Committee welcomes student and professional researchers to submit abstracts no later than November 21st, 2021.
100% of the proceeds from this conference will support charitable causes. See below for more details about our charity partners this year.
7:30-8:00 AM
8:00-8:30 AM
8:30-10:00 AM
10:00-11:00 AM
11:00-12:00 AM
12:00-1:00 PM
1:00-2:00 PM
2:00-3:30 PM
3:30-4:30 PM
4:30-5:00 PM
Poster Setup
Breakfast
Keynote Presentation
Workshops & Simulations: Session 1
Research Presentations
Lunch
Workshops & Simulations: Session 2
Discussion Panel
Workshops & Simulations: Session 3
Research Awards and Closing Remarks
Dr. Christine Ngaruiya is a researcher, emergency physician and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) at Yale University.
Ngaruiya was born in Nebraska; her parents studied in the Midwest before returning to Kenya because they wanted their children to be familiar with the country and its culture. Ngaruiya attended elementary, middle, and high schools in Kenya and entered the University of Nebraska as a freshman in 2002, at the age of 15. She went on to medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Her journey to medicine began in her home country of Kenya, where she lost family members and loved ones to preventable diseases and afflictions. These cases have informed her passions in medicine. Ngaruiya advocates in both her medical practice and her writing for increased access to health care for marginalized populations and for more action on non-communicable diseases, which have eclipsed infectious disease as the leading cause of death around the world.
Follow her twitter: @c_ngaruiya
Researcher, Emergency Medicine Physician
Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM), Yale School of Medicine
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This year, proceeds from the Global Health Conference will be donated to MedPACt (Medical Students Providing Care Across Continents).
MedPACt is the global health student interest group at the UCF College of Medicine. Our mission is to:
1. Provide education and mentorship opportunities to students interested in global health
2. Facilitate health outreach to local and global communities of need, and
3. Promote awareness and active engagement in improving the wellness of people throughout the world.
The annual Global Health Conference is just one of the many events MedPACt coordinates. All proceeds of GHC 2022 will go towards resources needed for service-learning endeavors (Apopka Farmworkers Clinic, medical volunteer trip to Latin America, and Medical Spanish learning opportunities to name a few) and future GHC conferences. Such events are key to equipping physicians-in-training with the skillset needed to better serve communities both locally and abroad.
We thank you for your participation in GHC 2022 and your contribution to enhancing medical student education.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS (Oral and/or Poster Presentations):
1. Deadline: November 21st, 2021
2. Intro, Objectives, Methods, Results (300 word maximum)
IF CHOSEN TO PRESENT: Acceptances of both oral and poster presentations will be notified by email on a continuous basis leading up until the deadline of November 21st. Presenters will have the option to present in-person or virtually, although in-person presentations are highly encouraged. If the conference is changed from a hybrid to completely virtual format, presentations will be virtual only.
MedPACt (Medical Students Providing Across Continents) is an organization dedicated to providing education and mentoring for students to become actively engaged within communities of need both locally and abroad, and to promote awareness and participation in improving the health-related needs of people throughout the world.
To see other work done by the global health group at UCF College of Medicine, click here!
To see information on previous Global Health Conferences, click here!
Thank you to our sponsors for helping make this conference come to life. We encourage GHC attendees to support these local businesses and institutions.
