Global Health Grand Rounds

 The Global Health Grand Rounds form a central part of Weill Cornell's newly established Global Health Curriculum. Free and open to the public, the monthly lecture series serves as a platform for dialogue on contemporary global health challenges with renowned leaders in the field.

Upcoming Lectures

2012-2013 Schedule:

September 19, 2012
"Improving Diagnosis of TB Among HIV-Infected Persons in the Developing World"
Jay Varma, M.D.
Deputy Commissioner for Disease Control, NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene

October 22, 2012
"Health in the Time of Globalization"
Nils Daulaire, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

November 14, 2012  *Cancelled Due to Hurricane Sandy*
James Orbinski, M.D.
Former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières and Founder of Dignitas International

December 5, 2012                                                                                                                               "Poverty, the Unbanked, and Microfinance"                                                                                             Ritu Chattree, M.B.A.
International Finance and Development Executive                                                                           Former Vice President of Finance & Development for Grameen America

January 23, 2013
Panel about South Sudan
Satchit Balsari, M.D., M.P.H. Director of the Global Emergency Medicine Program at Weill Cornell Medical College
Michael Vortmann, M.D. Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

February 20, 2013
Thomas Pogge, Ph.D.
President and Director of the Health Impact Fund and Director of the Global Justice Program at Yale University

March 13, 2013
Joanne Carter, D.V.M.
Executive Director of RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund and Board Representative to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

April 3, 2013
Anthony Fauci, M.D.
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health

May 2013: TBA

  

2011-2012 Presentations

Per Pinstrup-Andersen H. E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Applied Economics Cornell University 2001 World Food Prize Laureate April 11, 2012   Arash and Kamiar Alaei The Cost of Service: Combating HIV/AIDS in Iran Co-Founders of the first triangluar clinic in Iran targeting high-risk populations for HIV Co-authored Iran's National Strategic Plan for the Control of HIV March 5th, 2012   Jill Sheffield Founder, Women Deliver Founder, Family Care International February 8th, 2012   Donald McNeil The Role of Media in Global Health The New York Times Wednesday January 11th 2012   Frank Bia, MD Enhancing Global Maternal Health: The AmeriCares Model Medical Director, AmeriCares Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Laboratory Medicine (Clinical Microbiology) Yale School of Medicine Thursday, Dec 1st, 2011   Professor Jacqueline BhabhaHealth and Human Rights The Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School Executive Director of the Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies Director of Research at the Francois Bagnoud Xavier Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard Thursday, November 3rd, 2011   Professor William Easterly Co-Director of the Development Research Institute Co-Editor of the Journal of Development Economics Professor of Economics at New York University Thursday, October 6th, 2011   Sir George Alleyne"Following Virchow: The New Global Health Challenges"  Director Emeritus, Pan American Health OrganizationChancellor of the University of the West Indies September 7th, 2011

Speakers from 2010-2011

Speakers from 2009-2010

The Global Health Grand Rounds is sponsored by: The Office of the Dean, The Medical Student Executive Committee (MSEC), the Global Emergency Medicine Program at Weill Cornell, the Office of Global Health Education, the Center for Global Health, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University, the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, and the Weill Cornell Events Management Office.