Fall 2024 Global Partnership Essentials

Global Partnership Essentials aims to prepare students for effective and culturally appropriate engagement in Global Health activities by providing a background in Global Health theory, key issues, and culturally appropriate practice. Discussion 1-2 landmark articles and case studies focused on Global Health, using the Partners in Health Engage Curriculum supplemented with other relevant articles authored by global partners and UVA faculty. All classes are held at the Center for Global Health Equity in the UVA Corner Building.

DINNER? Always.

Prior 2024 GPE Content Here

October 23, 6-8PM - Bending the Arc documentary screening

November 6

Border Hacker - Migration Crisis

Border Hacker, Chapter 1

November 20

Case Discussion: Travel Health and Safety

December 4

A social justice approach to global health

• Farmer, P. (2004). Health, Healing, and Social Justice-Insights form Liberation Theology. In Pathologies of Power (pp. 394-402). Los Angeles: University of California Press.

• Farmer, P., Kim, J. Y., Kleinman, A., & Basilico, M. Redefining the Possible: The Global AIDS Response. In, Reimagining Global Health – An Introduction (pp. 121-132). Los Angeles: University of California Press.

People

The course is facilitated by Dr. Marcel Durieux, an Emeritus Professor of Anesthesia with extensive Global Health experience in Rwanda and other countries, Dr. Kamilla Esfahani, an Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, and Cornelius Normeshie, MD, MBA, MPH, Clinical Research Project Manager, in the Department of Family Medicine . The course is supported by the UVA Center for Global Health Equity.

• Marcel Durieux, MD, Emeritus Professor of Anesthesia (durieux@virginia.edu)
• Kamilla Esfahani, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology (ke4h@virginia.edu)
• Cornelius Normeshie, MD, MBA, MPH, Mandela Washington Fellow (Leadership in Public Management), Clinical Research Project Manager, Dep't of Family Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine (fun7be@uvahealth.org)
• Julia Den Hartog, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine of Internal Medicine (jrd2t@uvahealth.org)
• Scott Heysell, MD, Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, CGHE Director (skh8r@uvahealth.org)
• April Ballard, Associate Director of Program Development, CGHE (alb2b@virginia.edu)
• Awar Biong, MS GPE Associate (amb5gv@virginia.edu)

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 Food will be provided, including vegetarian options.  Please indicate any dietary restrictions or allergies when you register.