IU Center for Global Health Equity

Are you a doctor or global health researcher looking for a new challenge in the new year? Learn more about these opportunities: Director of Research Pediatric Team Leader Internal Medicine Team Lead Associate Site Director (Hematology-Oncology) https://lnkd.in/gUeES6wk

You can DOUBLE your gift to AMPATH Kenya between now and the end of the year. Your gift will provide care, train the next generation of healthcare providers and support research that saves lives. Don’t miss this chance to multiply the impact of your gift. Gifts to the AMPATH Kenya Operating Fund will be doubled up to $100,000 by generous donors. https://lnkd.in/dcB8j6Fe

Knocking Down the Gate: Towards a Shared Definition of Development Indiana University School of Medicine 2nd-year student Ryan McArdle reflects on his experience in Bangladesh prior to medical school, his summer spent in Kenya as an AMPATH Kenya Slemenda Scholar and the importance of local leadership in defining development. https://lnkd.in/gD5z_QhF

With a friendship built on chai and samosas Dr. Loice Sitienei and Dr. Matt Johnson are growing the long-standing AMPATH radiology collaboration with new education and care efforts at Moi University School of Medicine (MUSoM) and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya.  The pair are coordinating remote radiology lectures by Indiana University School of Medicine faculty for 22 radiology residents at MUSoM and are working towards the establishment of a more robust interventional radiology clinical service at MTRH and eventually an interventional radiology fellowship. https://lnkd.in/gkuTmCHK

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) selected Indiana University’s Adrian Gardner, MD, MPH, as recipient of the 2025 Dr. Tom Hall-Dr. Nelson Sewankambo Mid-Career Leadership Award for his leadership and commitment to global health equity. Dr. Gardner is associate dean for global health at Indiana University School of Medicine, director of the IU Center for Global Health Equity and executive director of the AMPATH Kenya Consortium of 16 academic health centers working in partnership with Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya, as well as new partners in Ghana, Mexico and Nepal.   Read more: https://lnkd.in/gGTYyNiX Congratulations Dr. Gardner!

Students at Indiana University School of Medicine enrolling in the Medicine in Kenya elective are required to attend or send a proxy to a scheduling session 12/19 from 4-5 p.m. via Zoom. Before the session, students must submit a personal statement and CV via iAbroad. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gY_HceCb

The IU Center for Global Health Equity is seeking a senior research scientist to serve as Director of Research for the Center and co-Director of Research for the Ampath Kenya Research Program. This is a key position within the administration of research for both the IUCGHE and the AMPATH Kenya Partnership, the latter being a collaboration between Indiana University and US, Canadian and European partners (AMPATH Consortium), Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya. We are seeking an active investigator with sufficient experience and maturity to work collaboratively for and within the IUCGHE and the AMPATH Consortium that conducts research to advance the health of people in low-resourced communities. In partnership with AMPATH Kenya’s Co-Director of Research, the North American Director of Research establishes policies and practices that assure high-quality research and research productivity with processes that comply with the policies of major extramural research sponsors and collaborating universities. The Director is expected to commit 30-35% of professional work life to this administrative work and also conduct research in a personal portfolio. https://lnkd.in/eADqh8CB

Join the IU Center for Global Health Equity and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. Center for Health Services Research for the first quarter's Global Health Research Speaker Series session featuring Andrea Conroy, PhD, on Tuesday, March 11 at noon. Dr. Conroy's session is titled "Breaking down silos: a story of how cross-disciplinary collaboration transformed our understanding of severe malaria". Dr. Conroy is associate professor of pediatric infectious disease and global health in the Department of Pediatrics Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Conroy's research centers on understanding the impact of infections on global women’s and children’s health. Her goal is to develop new tools to identify patients at risk of adverse clinical outcomes who may benefit from targeted therapies. This session is being held both virtually (via Teams webinar) and in-person. Dr. Conroy will be presenting virtually. Register: https://lnkd.in/gsSyBtcQ

Congratulation to Dr. Oduor, Dr. von Gaudecker @Indiana University School of Nursing and the AMPATH team on their grant from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and Fogarty International Center at NIH:

Students at Indiana University School of Medicine enrolling in the Medicine in Kenya elective are required to attend or send a proxy to a scheduling session 12/19 from 4-5 p.m. via Zoom. Before the session, students must submit a personal statement and CV via iAbroad. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gY_HceCb