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Global Health Scholars Day

The Indiana University Center for Global Health convenes Global Health Scholars Day each May to showcase the excellent work being done by the IU community to improve the care of patients worldwide, research the complexities of global health, and educate learners about the care of local and global populations.

Global Health Scholars Day features poster presentations and the opportunity for those interested in global health throughout the university to network and share information.

Thank you for joining us for virtual Global Health Scholars Day 2020!

Virtual Global Health Scholars Day 2020

Posters and photo contest entries available for review.

Top posters selected by judges:

Starting at the Roots: Using Human-Centered Design to Devlop a Sex and Pregnancy Education Curriculum for Adolescents in Kenya --Sean Buehler, BSPH, IU School of Medicine student

Psychiatrists On the Front Lines of the U.S.-Mexico Boarder Immigration Crisis: Proving Forensic Evaluations and Establishing Asylum Clinics at Academic Institutions --Corissa Dionisio, MD

Delayed Diagnosis: Progressively Worsening Cough in a Healthy Adolescent --Allison Lyle, MD, MA

Top photos selected by judges:

1st place: "Trek to Rainbow Mountain, Peru" --Karen Chahal, MD

2nd place: "Comuna 13" --Eric Raynal, MD (below)

3rd place: "Progre ss" showing many green virally-surpressed charts --Corissa Dionisio, MD

Honorable Mention: "The Future" --Anna Pendrey, MD

Read more about last year's event and other global health opportunities.

Top poster presenters from the 2020 virtual Global Health Scholars Day are Cori Dionisio, MD; Allison Lyle, MD; and medical student Sean Buehler.

Top photography honors in 2020 included Karen Chahal, MD and Anna Pendrey, MD pictured with Jenny Baenziger, MD, associate director of education for the IU Center for Global Health.

Nathan VanderVinne, DO, MPH, presents his case study poster from a patient in Nepal.

IU School of Medicine student Bilal Jawed presents his poster about AMPATH's HIV-Drug Resistant clinic in Kenya.

During the 2019 Global Health Scholars Day, medical student Roshni Dhoot (left), presents her research on mobile radiology in Kenya to Dr. Deb Litzelman, director of education for the IU Center for Global Health, and Jerry Wagner, program manager.

Participants with the top posters at the 2019 Global Health Scholars Day are congratulated by Dr. Deb Litzelman, director of education for the IU Center for Global Health.

Global Health Scholars Day in 2019 provided an opportunity for friends and colleagues to welcome Dr. Joe (second from right) and Sarah Ellen Mamlin back to Indiana after two decades living and working in Kenya. Drs. Mark Geraci (left), Bob Einterz and Craig Brater reminisce with their colleagues.

Participants and guests at the 2019 Global Health Scholars Day networked with others interested in IU's global health activities.

"Just prior to SARS-CoV-2-related quarantine, I was lucky enough to visit Colombia for Carnaval with my friend from medical school. We were sure to stop in Medellín as well, where we went on one of the walking tours of Comuna 13. Comuna 13 is now famed for its rich cultural arts and social support programs, largely organized by people from the neighborhood itself. Artists are allowed by building owners to use many walls as canvases for "graffiti," although the classic imagery associated with graffiti is hardly what we saw along our tour. This particular mural reminded me of my time in med school dissecting cadavers. The artist (Defos) uses the blue, red, and yellow birds to represent the colors of the Colombia taking flight, lifting the spirits of the people of Comuna 13. The "key" to this uplifting lies within the people themselves, and inside, the bones and muscles are identical across all people. In a time of increased physical separation, we can easily fall into a routine of complete social isolation. Only togetherness will lift us from this terrible pandemic, and we must resist the temptation to divide across lines we artificially create. Within each of ourselves, we are all equally bone and muscle--we are all the same." --Eric Raynal, MD

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