Global Health Fellows & Scholars 20th Anniversary | FIC

Global Health Fellows & Scholars 20th Anniversary

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Fogarty's flagship Global Health Fellows and Scholars program, now known as LAUNCH , is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! To mark the occasion, Fogarty hosted a commemorative event on Thursday, April 13, 2023.

 

Event Details

Watch: Recorded video of the event 
 

 

Agenda

8:30 a.m.–Welcome & Introductions

UnJa Hayes–LAUNCH Program Officer

8:40 a.m.–Keynote Address
 

Roger Glass–Former Director, Fogarty International Center

9:00 a.m.–Then and Now: Moving Beyond Early Career 
 

Moderators
 

  • Leonardo Cubillos–Director, Center for Global Mental Health Research, NIMH
  • George A. Mensah–Director, Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, NHLBI

Alumni
 

  • Anubha Agarwal –Assistant Professor and Co-director, Global Cardiovascular Health Program, Washington University
  • Roxanna Garcia –Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University
  • Yvetot Joseph –Research Physician and Research Coordinator, GHESKIO Centers, Haiti
  • Ashley Karczewski –Resident, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; Research Consultant, Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health, University of Washington School of Dentistry
  • Andrew Kim –Assistant Professor, Unversity of California, Berkeley
  • Joseph Matovu –Senior Lecturer, Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Uganda; Senior Research Associate, Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda
  • Siana Nkya –Senior Lecturer, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania
  • Ivan Segawa –Researcher, Makerere University, Uganda

 

10:10 a.m.–Break

10:40 a.m.–Then and Now: A Discussion with Later-Career Alumni 
 

Moderators
 

  • Walter Koroshetz–Director, NINDS
  • Satish Gopal–Director, Center for Global Health, NCI
     

Alumni
 

  • Nauzley Abedini –Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle
  • Jacqueline Firth –Branch Chief, Pediatric and Maternal Clinical HIV Branch, USAID
  • Eric Nelson –Assistant Professor, University of Florida (UF) Department of Pediatrics; Faculty member, UF Emerging Pathogens Institute
  • Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire –Director, TB and HIV Clinic, Infectious Diseases Institute Makerere University, Uganda
  • Omar Siddiqi –Director, Global Neurology Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Visiting Lecturer, University of Zambia School of Medicine
  • Weiming Tang –Co-director, UNC Project-China; Advisor, SESH Global
  • Richard van Zyl-Smit –Consultant Pulmonologist, Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa; Deputy Head, Division of Pulmonology, University of Cape Town Lung Institute, South Africa

 

11:50 a.m.–Concluding Thoughts

Sten Vermund–Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health

11:55 a.m.–Closing Remarks
 

Peter Kilmarx–Acting Director, Fogarty International Center

About the Global Health Fellows & Scholars/LAUNCH Program
 

The Fellows and Scholars program, established in 2003, aims to foster the next generation of global health scientists by providing trainees, early in their careers, a one-year mentored research training experience at established biomedical and behavioral research institutions and project sites in (LMICs) as well as opportunities for post-professional trainees from the U.S. and LMICs.

Updated April 19, 2023