NIH-related sessions at 2017 Consortium of Universities for Global Health CUGH meeting

March / April 2017 | Volume 17, Issue 2

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) held its annual conference April 7 - 9, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Representatives from NIH participated in a variety of sessions on issues critical to global health research.

Friday, April 7, 2017

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Implementation Science: The Signature Science of Global Health
Organized by Fogarty and moderated by Nalini Anand, Director, Center for Global Health Studies at Fogarty

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

NIH Fogarty Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars: Building Research and Leadership Capacity in Global Health

Full agenda for Friday, April 7, 2017 from CUGH

Saturday, April 8, 2017

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Translating Research to Policy: Creating and Implementing Evidence-Based
Policies for the Prevention and Early Detection of Women’s Cancers

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Plenary Panel
How Can NIH Help Advance Global Health Research in a Changing World? [Video]
Moderator: Fogarty Director Dr. Roger I. Glass
Invited Speakers:
Pamela Y. Collins, Associate Director for Special Populations; Director, Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health and Office of Rural Mental Health Research, National Institute of Mental Health
Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Gary H. Gibbons, Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Douglas R. Lowy, Acting Director, National Cancer Institute

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.