Browse Fogarty events, talks, conferences, workshops and observances, as well as other events and important dates related to global health research. Events listed include a combination of those organized by Fogarty, NIH, and other organizations worldwide.
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September 2024
Deep Learning Indaba
- Date: September 1-7
- Location: Dakar, Senegal
- Hosted by the Amadou Mahtar Mbow University (UAM)
International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) Congress
- Date: September 5–8
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
World AMR Congress 2024
- Date: September 5–8
- Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Fogarty Advisory Board Meeting
- Date: September 6
- Location: Bethesda, MD, USA and virtual
18th Vaccine Congress
- Date: September 8–11
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- Speakers include Fogarty Director Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH
- Sponsored by Elsevier
Science Summit at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA79)
- Date: September 10–27
- Location: New York, NY, USA
Liver Cancer In Africa: Medical Facts, Rights and Obligations
- Date: September 12
- Location: Virtual
- Part of the National Cancer Institute’s Liver Cancer Program Seminar series
5th ISoGH's Conference on Global Health
- Date: September 12–13
- Location: Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Hosted by the International Society of Global Health
6th Annual ACCESS Global Heath Symposium
- Date: September 14
- Location: Richmond, VA, USA
- Hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University’s Acute Care and Systems Strengthening (ACCESS) in Low Resource Settings Program
Fireside Chat — International Perspectives on Health, Aging, & and Longevity
- Date: September 16
- Location: Bethesda, MD, USA and Virtual
- Speakers: National Institute on Aging (NIA) Director Richard J. Hodes, MD, and U.S. Agency on International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for Global Health Atul Gawande, MD, MPH
- Moderated by Fogarty Director Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH
Global Implementation Science Approaches to Improve Maternal Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Health Outcomes
- Date: September 16–17
- Location: Virtual
- Registration closed September 10 at 5 p.m. ET (USA)
- Hosted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Webinar: NIH Grant Closeout Process: Administrative and Financial Essentials
- Date: September 17
- Location: Virtual
- Hosted by the NIH Office of Extramural Research
2024 World Cancer Congress
25th IUSTI World Congress
- Date: September 17–20
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Sponsored by the International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI)s
Webinar: Revisions to the Fellowship Application & Review Process
- Date: September 19
- Location: Virtual
- Hosted by the NIH Office of Extramural Research
Sickle Cell in Focus 2024
- Date: September 19-20
- Location: Kingston, Jamaica and virtual
- Co-hosted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and The University of West Indies (UWI)
AAFP Global Health Summit
- Date: September 22–23
- Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Hosted by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
HIV in 2024: Progress, Problems & Prospects
- Date: September 23–25
- Location: Frederick, MD, USA
- Keynote Speaker: Salim S. Abdool Karim, PhD, Columbia University
- Sponsored by Hood College and Frederick National Laboratory
Eighth International Course on Trypanosomiasis in Africa (ICAT8)
- Date: September 23–October 11
- Location: Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire
- Sponsored by the WHO in partnership with the Institut Pierre Richet (IPR) of Bouaké, and the Institut de Recherche pour le Development (IRD)
Progress on International Childhood Cancer Data Partnership
- Date: September 23
- Location: Virtual
- Sponsored by the G7 Cancer Working Group 1
Mechanisms of Risk and Resilience for Mental Health in Individuals of Mexican Origin
- Date: September 23
- Location: Virtual
- Hosted by the National Institute of Mental Health
International Cancer Education Conference (ICEC)
- Date: September 24-27
- Location: Lexington, KY, USA
- Organized by the American Association for Cancer Education (AACE), the Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN) and the European Association for Cancer Education (EACE)
Assailed at Home; Champions Abroad: The ACNM’s Push for Maternal Healthcare Advancements in Nigeria
- Date: September 25
- Location: Virtual
- Hosted by the National Library of Medicine
The NIH Dengue Vaccine: A Long Journey from Bench to Bedside
- Date: September 25
- Location: Virtual
- Presenter: Stephen S. Whitehead, PhD, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance
- Date: September 26
- Location: New York, NY, USA
An Inclusive, Integrated Strategy for Capitalizing NCDs: The Women’s Cancer Case Study
- Date: September 30
- Location: Virtual
- Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series
Essential WHO learning for health emergencies: Lessons for future pandemics and emergency events
- Date: September 30
- Location: Virtual
- Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series
How can we think more clearly about the "public health system" in the era of UHC?
- Date: September 30
- Location: Virtual
- Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series
October 2024
Global strategy and action plan for integrated emergency, critical and operative care: WHO Consultation
- Date: October 1
- Location: Virtual
- Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series
CUGH Young Professionals Network: what it is and how it serves early-career global health professionals
- Date: October 1
- Location: Virtual
- Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series
2024 IDM Annual Symposium
- Date: October 1–2
- Location: Seattle, WA, USA
- Sponsored by the Institute for Disease Modeling
Climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss: Innovations to address this triple threat to planetary health
- Date: October 2
- Location: Virtual
- Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series
Politics and Diplomacy for Health
- Date: October 2
- Location: Virtual
- Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series
Preparedness, Response, and Resilience: Strengthening Global Health Operations During the times of Crisis
- Date: October 3
- Location: Virtual
- Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series
Teaching the Global Burden of Disease
- Date: October 3
- Location: Virtual
- Part of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Virtual Week: Global Health Webinar Series
HIVR4P 2024, the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference
- Date: October 6–10
- Location: Lima, Peru
- Hosted by the International AIDS Society
One Health Genomics 2024
- Date: October 7–9
- Location: Ede, Osun State, Nigeria
- Hosted by the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease (ACEGID)
Pathways to Cancer Diagnosis in Southern Africa
- Date: October 10
- Location: Virtual
- Part of the National Cancer Institute’s Global Cancer Research and Control Seminar Series
Lung Cancer Screening in G7 Cancer Countries: Challenges and Lessons Learned
- Date: October 10
- Location: Virtual
- Sponsored by the G7 Cancer Working Group 4
Implementation Science and Health Equity: An NIDDK Workshop
- Date: October 10–11
- Location: NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD, USA and Virtual
- Hosted by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
World Health Summit
- Date: October 13–15
- Location: Berlin, Germany and Virtual
- Sponsored by WHO
IDWeek
- Date: October 16–19
- Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Joint annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), HIV Medical Association (HIVMA), and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)
ACCESS 10th Arab Health Summit
- Date: October 21–23
- Location: Dearborn, MI, USA
- Sponsored by ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services)
World Stroke Congress
- Date: October 23–26
- Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Sponsored by the World Stroke Organization
19th International Conference on Malignancies in HIV/AIDS (ICMH)
- Date: October 24–25
- Location: NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Hosted by the Office of HIV and AIDS Malignancy, National Cancer Institute
American Public Health Association (APHA) — Global Health Annual Meeting
- Date: October 27-30
- Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
The Climate and Health Africa Conference 2024
- Date: October 29-31
- Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
- Sponsored by CeSHHAR and the Zimbabwean Ministry of Environment, Climate and Wildlife and Ministry of Health and Childcare
Genomic Surveillance and Characterization of Microbial Threats Facilitates Early Detection and Containment of Disease Outbreaks in West Africa
- Date: October 30
- Location: NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD, USA and Virtual
- Speaker: Christian Happi, PhD Redeemer's University Redemption City, Nigeria
G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting
- Date: October 31
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
November 2024
Infectious Disease Modelling Conference 2024
- Date: November 6–8
- Location: Bangkok, Thailand
- Sponsored by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Global Health Institute (HKJCGHI)
London Global Cancer Week
- Date: November 11–15
- Location: London, UK
Union World Conference on Lung Health
- Date: November 12–16
- Location: Bali, Indonesia
DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting
- Date: November 16–22
- Location: Mauritius
Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
- Date: November 18–22
- Location: Nagasaki, Japan
- Hosted by Health Systems Global
International Conference on Public Health in Africa
- Date: November 26–29
- Location: Rabat, Morocco
- Hosted by the Africa CDC
Barmes Lecture
The David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture series brings global health experts to NIH.
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