Fogarty- and NIH-related sessions at 2023 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) annual meeting

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) will hold its annual conference April 14-16, 2023, with in-person satellite sessions on April 13 and virtual satellites on April 3-7. Representatives from Fogarty and NIH will participate in a variety of sessions on issues critical to global health research.

View the full agenda from CUGH

Panels and Sessions

Friday, April 14

10:45–11:30 a.m.

• Keynote Address and Lifetime Achievement Award
  Roger Glass, Senior Scientist Emeritus, Former Director, Fogarty International Center

4:30–6 p.m.

• Climate Change and Malnutrition
  Organized by Fogarty International Center and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  Speakers include: Bill Dietz Sumner M. Redstone (George Washington University); Jessica Fanzo (John Hopkins University); Nancy Krebs, Kartik Shankar (University of Colorado; Beatrice Ekesa (Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT, Kampala, Uganda); Meera Shekar (World Bank)
  
• From MEPI/NEPI to AFREhealth/HEPI: Achievements, Challenges and Ways Forward
  Featuring Fogarty International Center Acting Director Dr. Peter Kilmarx

Saturday, April 15

8:45–10:15 a.m.

• The Fogarty Global Health Fellows & Scholars Program at 20: An evaluation of its impact on careers and where the fellows are today      
  Roger Glass, Celia Wolfman Katz, UnJa Hayes (Fogarty);  Program alumni

2:30–4 p.m.

• Reimagining Global Health in the 21st Century
  Featuring Fogarty International Center Acting Director Peter Kilmarx and Fogarty Advisory Board members Maureen Lichtveld, Judy Wasserheit
  

4:30–6 p.m.

• Training the next generation of global health researchers: The NIH-Fogarty Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars
  Organized by the Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars/LAUNCH consortia

Sunday, April 16          

12:45–2:15 p.m.

• From Science to Sustainable Real-world Impact: Investing and Building Capacity in Implementation Science to Catalyze, Scale and Sustain Proven Interventions in Global Health Delivery
  Featuring Fogarty International Center Acting Director Dr. Peter Kilmarx

Satellites and Other Related Events

Tuesday, April 4

9 a.m. –12 noon

• 11th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research (ASGCR)
  Organized in part by the National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health at NIH
  
• Perspectives of Global Mental Health through the lens of capacity building in Low- and Middle-Income countries
  Organized by the National Institute of Mental Health
  

Wednesday, April 5

9 a.m. –12 noon

• 11th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research (ASGCR)
  Organized in part by the National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health at NIH

Thursday, April 6

9 a.m. –12 noon

• 11th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research (ASGCR)
  Organized in part by the National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health at NIH

10 a.m. –4 p.m.

• Satellite session: Implementation Science for Climate Adaptation in LMICs
  Organized in part by the Fogarty International Center
  Speakers include: Lindsey Martin (NIEHS) Nishadi Rajapakse (NHLBI); Rachel Sturke and Josh Rosenthal (Fogarty)

Wednesday, April 12

2–2:40 p.m.

• AAHCI 2023 Global Innovation Forum
  Collaboration Drives Resilience: International Research and Opportunities at the NIH
  Featuring Fogarty International Center Acting Director Peter Kilmarx

Thursday, April 13

8:30 a.m. –12 noon

• Global Health Fellows & Scholars 20th Anniversary Symposium at NIH
  

1–5 p.m.

• Satellite session: Health Equity and Research in Africa: Building Global Health Research Capacity, Promoting Equity, and Addressing Health Disparities
  Hosted by the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE)
  Featuring Fogarty International Center Acting Director Peter Kilmarx
• Satellite session: How to get a job in global health - tips from the employers
  Hosted by the CUGH Trainee Advisory Committee (TAC)
  Featuring director of Fogarty's Division of Training and Research, Flora Katz

Updated April 7, 2023