University of Wisconsin
Global Health Interest Group
Interdisciplinary Student Contributions to Global Health
Hannah Kirking, Med 2 February 16, 2007
Outline
University of Wisconsin History of “GHIG” (Global Health Interest Group) Events
Speakers Symposium Trips Potlucks
Cooperation—Synergy Challenges/benefits with being interdisciplinary Questions
University of Wisconsin Health Sciences Campus
History of “GHIG”
2003: Organization started by a medical student and physician/faculty advisor to help other medical students learn more about global health issues 2005: Inauguration of UW Interdisciplinary Center for Global Health 2007: GHIG presently consists of students from various health professional programs: medicine, physician assistant, pharmacy, nursing, public health, veterinary and environmental health students
Events and Activities
Noon global health-themed talks Evening panels and presentations Co-sponsor annual Global Health Symposium Summer/spring break trips Networking opportunities Conferences
Noon/Evening Talks
Annual fall series: Summer global health experiences (student presentations) Various international health organizations: (WHO, MSF, CDC, etc.) Faculty and staff talks on various global health topics Renowned speakers: Linnea Smith, Joia Mukherjee And many others…
Annual Global Health Symposium
Summer Group Trips
Uganda, Ecuador, Thailand, Guatemala
Spring Break Trips
Belize, Mexico, Navajo Nation
Individual Global Health Experiences
Last summer our members did learning, service and research in the following countries: Argentina, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala, Uganda, Nigeria, Zambia, Sri Lanka, China, India, Great Britain, Ukraine
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UW Global Health Student Alliance
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Some GHIG challenges with interdisciplinary work…
Scheduling Location for meetings/events Funding across different programs Leadership—from which program?
Teamwork
physicians
nurses
pharmacist
Teamwork
Questions?