Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility

Applications for our global health course in Ecuador are open! #UMN graduate and professional students, faculty, staff and alumni are eligible to apply, along with non-UMN community members. This two-week course will take place May 17–30, 2025, and provides an opportunity for students to learn about health systems in Ecuador, including western and Indigenous practices. This course is offered in partnership with Fundación Cimas del Ecuador, a nonprofit organization that provides academic programs that enable students to think critically about development and its impacts on Ecuadorian and Latin American life. Learn more and discover how to apply: https://lnkd.in/gVhgdmFU

Congratulations to this year’s Global Engagement Grant awardees! These grants provide funding to support novel global health initiatives.   Global Engagement Grants are unique in that they’re open to UMN faculty and staff. These grants are also meant for projects that don’t fall into one category of education, research or capacity building; in many cases, the projects blend work from multiple disciplines.   Read more about this year’s awardees and their projects: https://lnkd.in/ghuxYbKZ

Just published: "From short-term engagements to meaningful and equitable global health partnerships." Check out this article from CGHSR Executive Director Shailendra Prasad, Eunice Kamaara and Bruce Compton on the importance of mutual respect and understanding in global health engagements.   “The essence of global health collaborations lies in the recognition that no single entity holds all the answers. Instead, it is through collective effort, mutual respect, and shared vision that impactful and sustainable health improvements can be realized.” Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eEJBH_rD

Our Global Health Ethics in Practice award provides up to $2,000 for UMN graduate students engaging in global health internships, research fieldwork and ethical hands-on practice abroad. Applications for the next funding cycle will open Jan. 10, 2025, and be due March 1. z.umn.edu/9pex

Great to be among Obstetric Fistula surgeons and women’s health champions from so many diverse countries at the 9th International Society of Obstetric Fistula Society conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is inspiring to see this community come together to share best practices on how to provide holistic care for women affected by this devastating birth injury. A privilege to learn from Dr Fekade, master fistula surgeon and trainer and the first graduate from our Hamlin Fistula / Mekelle University Urogynecology fellowship program . Obstetric Fistula is completely preventable with access to safe and timely obstetric care and therefore should never exist in this day and age when we know how to provide safe obstetric care. To learn more about the impact of obstetric fistula and why it continues to plague women in low resourced countries, listen to women telling their stories on our short film that was an official selection on the 2024 WHO All health film festival. https://lnkd.in/gbqx2SSW Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia Worldwide Fistula Fund

Applications for CGHSR’s global health course in Quito, Ecuador, open in January! Hear from Amy Swenson, MPH, who took the course in 2023. “I learned a lot in just two weeks — more than I have in some courses over a semester.” z.umn.edu/8y6x

Join us for a free clinical ethics webinar, “Do You Believe in Miracles? Productively Engaging Patients’ Hopes for a Miracle,” featuring Devan Stahl, PhD, HEC-C, and Trevor M. Bibler, PhD, HEC-C. 🗓️: Tuesday, Dec. 03, 2024  ⏱️: 12-1 p.m. CST Please register today: https://z.umn.edu/9tdl Opportunity to gain IPE credits and attendance certificates. Learn more and register at: https://lnkd.in/ecQPdDtF

A Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility-affiliated faculty member is working to ensure all patients, no matter their sexual orientation or health status, receive the same quality of care when they visit the doctor. Kumi Smith, PhD, says that people living with HIV and members of the LGBTQ community are more likely to experience stigma from healthcare providers, resulting in either unnecessary care or a lack thereof. Smith, an associate professor in the UMN School of Public Health’s Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, has received an R01 award to study the issue in China, and hopes her research will create better health outcomes for patients around the globe. Read about Smith’s R01 research: z.umn.edu/9zmk 

The Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility has launched a new funding mechanism to help researchers elevate their projects into compelling, high-impact proposals with strong potential for securing external funding. Seed to R01 Accelerator Grants are designed for previous CGHSR Global Health Seed Grant awardees and other promising global health researchers to advance their studies to position them for success in securing an R01 Award through the National Institutes of Health or equivalent research funding. Research grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to projects that demonstrate significant potential to develop into robust, externally funded proposals. Awardees will receive targeted support to advance their research projects and prepare for external funding opportunities. Letters of intent are due Feb. 10, 2025. Learn how to apply: z.umn.edu/9zma 

Applications for our Global Health Case Competition are now open! #UMN graduate and upper-level undergraduate students are welcome to apply. Hear what students who participated in the 2023 competition took away from the experience. z.umn.edu/93fs