NIH leaders, grantees present at CUGH 2014 meeting

March / April 2014 | Volume 13, Issue 2

A number of NIH officials and grantees are participating in the fifth annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington D.C. from May 9-12, 2014.

Please note sessions are subject to change. View the most recent program line-up from CUGH.

Preconference all-day sessions

Friday, May 9, 2014:

• Symposium for global cancer research
  NIH's National Cancer Institute (NCI)

• Innovation and implementation
  NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Conference sessions

Saturday, May 10, 2014:

• 4:30-6:30 p.m.
  Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): New paradigm in capacity development [Video]

• 4:30-6:30 p.m.
  Ethical practices in global health projects and collaborations

Sunday, May 11, 2014:

• 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Implications of environmental change for global health practices [Video]

• 4:30-6:30 p.m.
  NIH Fogarty Global Health Fellows: global health through multiple lenses [Video]

Monday, May 12, 2014:

• 

  Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I.
  Glass at CUGH.

  11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Perspectives from NIH directors [Video]
  Fogarty's Director Dr. Roger I. Glass moderates
  
  Invited speakers:
• Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Dr. Linda Birnbaum of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Dr. Harold Varmus of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Dr. Walter Koroschetz, Deputy Director at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

More Information

• Learn more about the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) and watch videos of sessions from the CUGH Conference 2014 [Video].
• Read the related article Partnerships, capacity building needed to strengthen universities in developing nations from the Mar / Apr 2013 issue of Global Health Matters.

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