Foundations IN GLOBAL HEALTH
Foundations in Global Health is open to the Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine community members interested in learning more about global health. The formal curriculum was developed to address contextual knowledge on major causes of global child and maternal mortality and program development best practices in the field of global health.
Lecture Highlights
2023 - 2024
Topic: “Holistic Approach to Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)”
Presenters: Ana María Galvis-Fundación Baylor Colombia; Michael Ferm, M.D.
Date: September 19, 2023
2023
Topic: “Utilizing Technology to Grow our Global Health Community”
Presenters: Diane Nguyen, PharmD; Heather Haq, MD, MHS; Roland Semakula, MBChB; Nmazuo W. Ozuah, MD; Nick Ettinger, MD, PhD; Susan Torrey, MD - Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children’s Hospital
Date: June 21, 2023
Topic: “Midwifery Programs: A Tale of Two Countries”
Presenters: Dr. Yoselin Fontalvo, Fundación Baylor Colombia, Rachel Macleod, Maternal Health - Malawi
Date: May 17, 2023
Topic: “Why the Future Needs Global Health Innovation”
Presenter: Dr. Meaghan Bond, Rice 360°
Date: April 5, 2023
Topic: Training Future Global Health Leaders
Presenters: Dr. Anna Mandalakas, Mrs. Tara Devezin Moore, Dr. Clement Gascua Adu-Gyamfi, Dr. Arthur Johnson, Dr. Nokwanda Kota
INSIGHT Fogarty Scholars, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital
Date: March 7, 2023
Topic: Global Neonatology
Presenter: Dr. Monika Patil
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital
Date: February 8, 2023
2021 - 2022
Topic: Immigrant Health
Presenters: Drs. Karla Fredricks, Eric Russell and Padma Swamy
Baylor College of Medicine
Topic: Decolonization & Global Health
Presenters: Drs. Aya Fanny & Heather Haq
Baylor College of Medicine
2020 - 2021
Topic: BIPAI/TCH Global Health Response to COVID-19
Presenter: Heather Haq, MD, MHS
Chief Medical Officer, BIPAI
Date: September 16, 2020
Topic: Delivering Healthcare
Presenter: Jennifer Werdenberg, MD, MPH
Pediatric Hospitalist, Rice 360 Sr. Global RMNCH Clinical/Technical Advisor
Date: October 21, 2020
Topic: Women’s Health in Malawi
Presenters: Drs. Jeff Wilkinson, Ibe Iwuh, Chikondi Chiweza, and Ennet Banda
Texas Children’s Hospital Global Women’s Health
Date: November 18, 2020
Topic: Global Pediatric Surgery
Presenters: Drs. Jed Nuchtern and Bip Nandi
Texas Children’s Hospital Global Surgery
Date: December 17, 2020
Topic: US Global Health Trainees: Dos and Don’ts
Presenters: Drs. Heather Haq, Stephanie Marton, and Marideth Rus
Assistant Professors, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Date: March 10, 2021
Topic: Quality Improvement in Resource Constrained Settings
Presenters: (1) Drs. Heather Crouse, Binita Patel, Joyee Vachani, and (2) Bryan Vonasek
(1) Baylor College of Medicine
(2) University of Washington School of Medicine and Public Health
Date: March 31, 2021
Topic: Partnership programs for the establishment of sustainable pediatric cardiac programs
Presenter: Dr. Patricia Bastero
Medical Director, Simulation, Texas Children’s Hospital
Date: April 21, 2021
Topic: Care of Acutely Ill Patients in Belize
Presenter: Dr. Joy Mackey
Director, Global Health and International Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine
Date: May 19, 2021