June 7, 2012 - 11:01am
Sean Behan and Dr. Arash Rafii at GHESKIO in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
As a Research Assistant at the Center for Global Health at WCMC over the past year, I have been fortunate to study one of the largest and least studied public health crises facing the women of Haiti. Haiti has... Read More
April 20, 2012 - 11:09am
Four international doctors from Brazil, Haiti, and Tanzania recently completed a two-month intensive clinical epidemiology training program at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) in their first step towards pursuing a Masters degree. The program emphasizes practical foundations and... Read More
April 19, 2012 - 8:25am
Weill Cornell Global Health Grand Rounds presents
Fighting for a Second Chance:The Need for Global Health Equity in Cancer Care
Seun Adebiyi, JD
Seun Adebiyi is a cancer survivor, a lawyer and is now training to be the first Nigerian athlete in the Winter Olympics. His vision is to build the first... Read More
February 27, 2012 - 9:15am
Drs. Kamiar and Arash Alaei:The Alaei brothers were detained in 2008 and convicted as conspirators working with an "enemy government" to overthrow the government of Iran. Their travel to international AIDS conferences was used as a basis for this charge. The brothers spent over two years in imprisonment... Read More
February 15, 2012 - 11:29am
Dr. Cynthia Riviere – WCMC-GHESKIO and Dr. Arash Rafii Tabrizi – WCMC-Qatar are co-authors on a paper on cervical cancer in Haiti. They provide on-going cervical cancer screening and clinical care to women at the GHESKIO Health Clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Rates of cervical cancer disproportionately... Read More
February 6, 2012 - 8:27am
source credit: savethechildren.org
Kathryn Bolles, Ph. D., Director of Emergency Health and Nutrition at Save The Children, will be speaking as part of the Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds at Weill Cornell. She will be addressing the evolution of humanitarian aid using... Read More
February 3, 2012 - 12:00pm
Dr. Halinder Mangat, attending Physician in Neurocritical Care and Assistant Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Neurosurgery, recently visited Weill Bugando to conduct training in neurology for Bugando’s medical residents. After rounding on the ICU wards every morning, Dr. Mangat spent every... Read More
January 20, 2012 - 8:27am
Donald McNeil, Jr., a science and health reporter for the New York Times, began his lecture at WCMC with a series of fascinating stories and nuanced insights into the world of global health and working abroad. He depicted his travels from Mogadishu, Somalia to Mumbai, India, detailing stories on the... Read More
December 14, 2011 - 11:28am
Dr. Frank Bia, Medical Director at Americares, gave Global Health Grand Rounds in November. His talk focused on his AmeriCares experience with global maternal health initiatives and their work in Haiti as case studies. Dr. Bia discussed the Gift-in-Kind structure of AmeriCares focusing on the need to... Read More
December 2, 2011 - 5:34am
Weill Bugando held its 4th Graduation Ceremony on November 19, 2011 in Mwanza, Tanzania. The graduating class included 65 MD students, 10 MMED residents, and Bugando’s first PhD candidate. In a country with just 1 physician per 50,000 patients – the lowest ratio of physicians to patients in the... Read More
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