Category: Student Blogs
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Keifer Buckingham Shares Global Health Policy Insight & Experience
On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, our “Conversations in Global Health” lecture welcomed Keifer Buckingham, Senior Policy Advisor for International Public Health at Open Society…
January 21, 2020
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Potential of Distance Learning Programs for More Effective and Equitable Clinical Care
Through the Global Health Initiative student fellowship program, I’ve had the opportunity this semester to work with Dr. Indira Narayanan on a project to improve the quality of…
December 16, 2019
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(Rethinking) Global Health: For and by persons with disabilities
Disability and health; associating the two together seems like an obvious correlation. The following words are often used interchangeably with disability in discussions about…
December 7, 2019
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Chagas Disease in the United States
This semester I’ve had the opportunity to work with Dr. Claire Standley on a projected related to Chagas disease—specifically, we have been gathering data on the current…
December 7, 2019
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Accountability and the Right to Health
The right to health has received widespread recognition in international law. Most notably, the International Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights (ICSECR) recognizes…
December 7, 2019
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2019 G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting: What is it and Why is it Important?
As an intern at the Office of Global Affairs at the US Department of Health and Human Services this fall semester, I had the opportunity to help prepare HHS leadership to attend…
December 7, 2019
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What Newton Can Teach Us About Migration?
Sir Isaac Newton’s law of universal gravitation teaches us more than just how two masses attract each other from a distance. His famous equation relates the gravitational force…
December 7, 2019
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The Political Instability and the Health and Wellbeing of the Palestinian Territories
According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Palestine or the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank are considered highly fragile.…
December 3, 2019
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Admiral Timothy Ziemer’s Leadership Toolbox
On March 26, 2019, Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer (retired) visited our Conversations in Global Health course to discuss his journey within global health and give us a look into his…
April 23, 2019
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A Hands-on Experience in Access to Medicines Advocacy
At noon on Thursday, February 7, 2019, I stood near Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) on Capitol Hill as he gave a press conference on a bill that would address the…
April 23, 2019