We were very pleased with our inaugural Global Health Week here at MCW, on our Campus, and in our community. We are very pleased with the wonderful diversity of 30 speakers and events around topic areas that crossed all of our missions of clinical care, research, education and public health. We had over 725 learners of all levels, staff, faculty, community partners, health care professionals actively participate in the week of events. We hope that this week will continue to catalyze conversations, ideas, and initiatives that impact neighborhoods in Milwaukee, Belize, Shanghai, and beyond.
Objectives The Global Health Program is completing a three year strategic plan and will be formally launching their programmatic efforts with a week-long event that increased the visibility of faculty’s global health research, clinical care, education and public health activities both locally and globally. All events were co-sponsored by over 20 MCW departments, offices and centers. Eight local and international partnerships that are addressing global health issues, local community-based organizations that service refugees as well as national speakers from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Beijing Genomics Institute and the University of Minnesota provided lectures and increased awareness of their partnerships.
Contact the Global Health Program Manager, Tifany Frazer for more information. Below are several highlighted events.
Monday - click here for more events
Keynote and Panel: Improving African Health: Where Global Meets Local Opening Reception November 28, 2011, 5:00-7:00pm, HRC Auditorium & Atrium Co-sponsored by Faculty Affairs & Diversity
Keynote
Ambassador John Lange (Ret.), Senior Program Officer for Developing-Country Policy & Advocacy for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Program.
Panelists
Dean Chukuka Enwemeka, is Professor and Dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Rev. David Larson, is the President and Chief Executive Office of Lutheran Social Services (LSS) of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, Inc.
Fessahaye Mebrahtu, is the Executive Director of the Pan-African Community Association (PACA) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Moderator
Dr. Alonzo Walker, is the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Diversity at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Tuesday - click here fore more events
Dysregulatory Disorders versus Healthy Aging. (A War Report on Genetics by Large Scale Sequencing and Functional Studies based on Genetic Design of Model Pigs) November 29, 2011, 5-6pm, HRC 4th floor, CVC Conference Room 4950 Co-sponsored by the Human and Molecular Genetics Center
Dr. Lars Bolund, MD, DMSc is Professor Medical Genetics Aarhus University, Denmark and Adjunct Professor Human Genetics Copenhagen University, Denmark and BGI-Shenzhen (HuaDa JiYin), China
Wednesday - click here fore more events
Junior Faculty Workshop: Academic Advancement & Global Health Efforts: Attending Challenges & Opportunities November 30, 2011, 5-6:30pm, Froedtert West, 6T Co-sponsored by University of Minnesota Department of Medicine
Dr. William Stauffer, is an Associate Professor of infectious diseases at the University of Minnesota (UMN). He is clinical faculty in Infectious Diseases Health Partners/Regions Hospital where he works in the Center for International Health an International Travel Clinic providing travel medicine and refugee health. In addition, he is a technical advisor to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Division of Global Health and Migration.
Thursday - click here for more events
World AIDS Day
New Strategies for HIV Prevention: Linking Biomedical & Behavioral Strategies to Achieve Maximum Public Health Impact December 1, 2011, 1:30-3pm, CAIR Offices, 2071 N Summitt Ave Co-sponsored by the Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR)
Center for International Health Inaugural John R. Petersen Lectureship Betrayal of Trust: Critical Issues in Global Healthcare December 1, 2011, 5:30-7pm, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Auditorium Co-sponsored by Aurora Health Care Foundation, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Marquette University, and the Medical College of Wisconsin
Friday - click here for more events
Documentary Film Showing: A Walk to Beautiful and Panel Discussion Global Celebration and Photography Exhibition Winner Announcement December 2, 2011, 4-6:30pm, Alumni Center Co-sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs & Diversity
Panel
Dr. Fredrik F, Broekhuizen, Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Dawn Bragg, is Assistant Dean/Associate Professor, Student Affairs & Diversity at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Week Long Events- click here for more events
Household Item Collection for Refugee Resettlement to Milwaukee November 28-December 2, 2011, MCW Atrium, outside the MCW cafeteria and the entrance of the MACC Fund Co-sponsored by the Students' Global Health Organization
Each year, hundreds of refugees seek safety and a chance at a better life in metro Milwaukee. Look for collection boxes to donate households items for refugees resettling to Milwaukee from Bhutan, Iraq, Somali and Sudan.
Suggested donation items to collection boxes located around MCW: silverware, cooking utensils, sheets, towels, hangers, shower curtain, cleaning supplies.
Global and Healthy Lunches November 28-December 1, 2011, MCW Cafeteria Co-sponsored by the MCW Wellness Program and Davian's Club Med
There will be a global menu November 28-Dec 1 at the MCW cafeteria and healthy cooking demonstrations on November 29 and December 1 over the lunch hour with global-themed foods for purchase. Click here to see the full menu.