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Welcome Back, Students

VIGH faculty, staff, and students recently gathered for dinner to welcome new and returning students. The event was hosted by Marie Martin, Ph.D., M.Ed., Assistant Director of VIGH Education and Training, and Brian Heuser, Ed.D., to celebrate the start of the new academic year. 

Vanderbilt Students Intern
at VIGH this Summer

VIGH Education and Training Team Interns Sharo Costa and Hope Wiggs, M.Ed. candidates in the International Education Policy and Management program shared their experiences interning at VIGH this summer. Their work focused on collaborating to create curricular materials, including lesson plans, presentations, and activities, as well as monitoring and evaluation tools for a mentorship program with VIGH’s partner faculty at the University of Zambia. 

VIGH colleague,
Dr. Fastone Goma, Appointed to Professorship

Our friend and colleague, Fastone Goma, M.D., Ph.D., was recently appointed to professorship of Physiology and Cardiovascular Health at the University of Zambia (UNZA) in Lusaka. VIGH faculty and staff have long enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship with colleagues from the University of Zambia School of Medicine and with its affiliated University Teaching Hospital. We are delighted to share this news. 
The topic of Dr. Goma's Inaugural Professorial Lecture was Exploring and Promoting Heart Health - Cell, Clinic and Community: Knowledge Translation Approaches to Cardiovascular Research. "Dr. Goma is a valued colleague and friend, I was honored to be included in the professorial entourage at the lecture," said Doug Heimburger, M.D., VIGH Associate Director for Education and Training. Read More  

Study on Assessment of NCDs in Zambia Published by Heimburger and Colleagues

A study by Doug Heimburger, M.D., M.S., VIGH Associate Director for Education and Training, and colleagues from the University of Zambia, Centre for Infectious Disease Research, and Ministry of Health in Lusaka, Zambia, was recently published in PLOS ONE: "Assessing capacity and readiness to manage NCDs in primary care setting: Gaps and opportunities based on adapted WHO PEN tool in Zambia." 
The goal of the study was to assess the capacity of Zambia's health system to provide NCD-related services by using the WHO recommended Essential Non-Communicable Disease Interventions (WHO PEN) tool. These results will aid in the work to address and manage NCDs in low-income settings. 

Upcoming Journal Club: Update from The Moore Pediatric Surgery Center in Guatemala 

The next Vanderbilt International Journal Club (VIJC) will take place on Monday, September 10, at 6:30 p.m. Drs Laura Zeigler, Camila Walters, Matthew Kynes, and the Divisions of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Anesthesiology will host this event: "Surgical Need and Mission-Based Charitable Surgery: An Update from The Moore Pediatric Surgery Center in Guatemala," in the VCH Boardroom 2220. 

Call for Posters: Vanderbilt Translational Research Forum

The 2018 Vanderbilt Translation Research Forum is accepting abstract submissions for a poster session on Friday, October 26. The forum will feature more than 25 nationally recognized Vanderbilt researchers presenting their translation science. Patricia M. Griffin, M.D., Chief of the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, Centers for Disease Control, will be the guest plenary lecturer. 
Abstract submissions are due at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, September 17. Learn more about the forum and
abstract submission details
Global Health Grand Rounds
Mondays at 11 a.m. 
2525 WEA, 8th Floor
Sept 10
Sexual Harassment
in Global Health Rotations:
A case report 

(download flier)
Presenter: David McRay, M.D., Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine 
Sept 17
Mentoring for Success in the MPH Program
(target audience: MPH program mentors)
Presenter: Marie Martin, Ph.D., M.Ed., VIGH Assistant Director for Education and Training, and Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy )
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Applications for the VECD Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Program are now open for the 2019-2020 fellowship year. Learn more about the fellowship and apply today
Search for Global Health Opportunities
Learn more about the Vanderbilt Master of Public Health (MPH) Program, Global Health Track
VIGH Calendar of Events
Upcoming Events and Important Dates  
Featured Event
Sept 6 | 3:00 p.m.

Webinar
Responsible Funding for Innovation & Impact Webinar 

Featuring VIGH Core Faculty Member, Marie Martin, Ph.D., M.Ed., and colleague James Nardella as panelists, among others. Sponsored by Unite for Sight. RSVP required for this free event. 
Featured Event
Sept 7 | noon

Light Hall 208
2018 David Satcher Lecture: "Violence seen through a Public Health Lens"

Presenter: Selwyn O. Rogers, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Professor and Chief, Section for Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Founding Director, Trauma Center, Executive Vice President for Community Health Engagement, University of Chicago Medicine
Sept 9
VIGH Student Advisory Council (SAC) Applications Due 
(link)
Sept 10 | 6:30 p.m.
VCH Boardroom 2220
Vanderbilt International Journal Club (VIJC): Moore Pediatric Surgery Center in Guatemala 
(link)
Hosted by: Drs. Laura Zeigler, Camila Walters, Matthew Kynes, and the Divisions of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Anesthesiology
Sept 10 - 14
Brazil Week 2018 

Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies (link to schedule of week events
 
Sept 13 | 7:30 p.m.
Sarratt Cinema
iLens: Hippocractic screening 
(link)
Sponsored by VUSM's Global Health Organization 
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