Seminar Series in Global Health 2006 - 2007

 

 

The Sparkman Center organizes a monthly seminar series entitled the Sparkman Center Seminar Series in Global Health to provide a forum for UAB faculty, staff, and students to present/discuss their global health research, training, educational, and/or service efforts. The Seminar Series uses the existing global health expertise and interest at UAB, as well as experiences of invited guests from external institutions and agencies. The seminar series will be of interest to the faculty, staff, and students, as well as general public with interest in global health issues and is open to everyone.

Listed below are the archives of previous seminars for this season. Streaming web video/powerpoint presentations are available for each seminar; you will need Realplayer to view these web videos. [Get FREE Realplayer]

 

 

March 6, 2007 [see pdf flyer][slides][watch video][pictures][contact]

 

Responses to Two Recent Medical Toxicological Events:Chlorine Leak Following a Train Derailment, Diethylene glycol Cough Syrup Poisoning
Damon Dell’Aglio, MD 
Emory School of Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
December 1, 2006 [see pdf flyer][slides][watch video][pictures][contact]

 

Global Prevention Research in HIV/AIDS
Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD 
Amos Christie Chair in Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
November 1, 2006 [see pdf flyer][slides][watch video][pictures][contact]

 

Hepatitis C - A South Asian Prospective
Wasim Jafri, MD 
Chairman, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
October 25, 2006 [see pdf flyer][slides][watch video][pictures][contact]

 

Human African Trypanosomiasis: Field Experiences from South Sudan & Angola
Barbara J. Burke, MD, MPH 
Returned Aid Worker, Médecins Sans Frontierès/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and UAB Alumni, School of Public Health
October 11, 2006 [see pdf flyer][slides][watch video][pictures][contact]

 

The Sparkman Center for Global Health & UAB Framework Program for Global Health
Madhav Bhatta, MPH& John Ehiri, PhD 
Framework Program PI
September 13, 2006 [see pdf flyer][slides][watch video][pictures][contact]

 

Research Ethics in Russia: Medicine, Politics, & Ethics in Transition
Maureen Kelley, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Arts & Humanities