Student Global Health Initiative at the University of Utah

02/07/2018

Save the date: We are doing a movie night on Thursday the 15th at 5:30PM! We will be screening Ebola: The Doctor's Story. This film follows a British physician during his experience as a relief worker during the peak of the Ebola crisis. This film was produced by HBO so it's high quality, but contains some medically graphic content.
More details to come!

02/03/2018

02/02/2018

SGHI is looking for Co-Presidents for the next academic year! This is a great leadership opportunity for MS1's that have a passion for global health. Co-presidents organize the annual case competition and regular informational events. Please submit your application (below) by Thursday February 8th at 6pm.

If you have any questions send us a message on Facebook or email Jessica at Jess.Hansen@hsc.utah.edu.

The Student Global Health Initiative is a medical student led organization that organizes an annual interdisciplinary case competition, and promotes global health education through informational events. We work closely with the department of Global Health Education and the Global Surgery Interest Gr...

01/17/2018

Reminder about the amazing event that we have coming up this weekend! Come join us for engaging discussion, friendly competition, and the chance to learn from some of the top people in Global Health at the University of Utah. See you there!

11/27/2017

Hi everyone, we have a really cool impromptu talk for the Global Health Interest Group. An Emergency medicine doc will be talking about altitude medicine and what it's like to work at the Everest Base camp in Nepal.

SGHI presents: Altitude Medicine
Date: 11/29/2017 (Wed.)
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
Location: HSEB 5100C
Dr. Sanjeeb Bhandari is an Emergency Medicine doctor from Nepal who is an expert in altitude medicine. Dr. Bhandari manages inpatient and emergency care and rescue at the Everest Base Camp for the Himalayan Rescue Association.
He will be speaking on his research, as well as his career in global health. Some of his hobbies include long distance trail running, mountaineering, rock climbing, and white water kayaking. Dr. Sanjeeb is also fluent in English, Hindi, and Nepali.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn from this amazing individual! Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Dr. Sanjeeb Bhandari is an Emergency Medicine doctor from Nepal who is an expert in altitude medicine. Dr. Bhandari will be speaking on his research, as well as his career in global health. In addition to recent publications about retinal damage, bronchoconstriction, and vascular damage at high elev...

08/16/2017

SGHI is hosting a lunch talk on opportunities in global medicine. There will be a Q&A panel of medical students and physicians that have been involved with international health trips at the U. This is a chance to learn more about upcoming trips, classes, research and careers in global medicine.
When: Wednesday August 23rd, 12-1pm.
Where: HSEB 2120
Who: All health science students
Sign up using this link to reserve a lunch (Cafe Shambala): www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090F44ADAF2AA4FA7-opportunities

This talk will feature medical students and physicians who have gone on global health trips with the UUSOM. Learn more about global health electives on campus and abroad, international research, fellowships in global health, and other ways to incorporate global health into your career. Our panel par...

05/17/2017

Free Mexican film festival this weekend, cosponsored by the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores and the Salt Lake Film Society!
On Friday, director Pablo Cruz will be available for a Q&A after the showing of his film "Las Eligidas".
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05/15/2017

Hi everyone! Just a reminder of our event tomorrow at 12:00 in 2680: "The Role of Psychiatrists in Disasters" by Dr. Omar Reda, MD. Dr Reda will speak about his experiences as a medical provider in the Libyan war. Please RSVP for food from Thai Siam!

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Dr. Reda, formerly an ER physician in his home city of Benghazi, fled to the UK for asylum in 1999 after Ghadafi planned to have Reda killed due to providing assistance, food, and medical supplies to Libyan peoples. Over the course of his career Dr. Reda has organized multiple medical missions to Li...

01/11/2017

Hey all,

Just wanted to remind you that the Extreme Affordability Conference is coming up! We're really excited that Dr. Ricky Bluthenthal will be giving the student choice presentation about needle exchange programs and other methods of improving the health of IV drug users. Check out his bio and register (like now) for the conference at: http://healthsciences.utah.edu/globalhealth/extreme-affordability/speakers.php
It's January 19-21. $15 for students (which includes food!). So come geek out with us about global health stuff!

12/21/2016

Hi Global Health Nerds!

We hope your Holiday Break is off to a great start!

To promote the Public Health Program and the Global Public Health Learning Abroad Programs, the U’s Division of Public Health will be sponsoring screenings of a few movies with a public health focus on campus in January. If you have any interest in integrating public health and global health with your medical career, we highly recommend connecting with the Division of Public Health this upcoming semester. Plus, these sound like pretty fun study breaks! Refreshments will be served.

“The Painted Veil” - January 11, 6:30-8:30pm in the A. Ray Olpin Union Theatre

“The Day After Tomorrow” - January 18, 6:30-8:30pm in the Peterson Heritage Center, Room 2B

Let us know if you have any questions!

Best,
Kajsa and Steve

10/06/2016

The Student Global Health Initiative has the opportunity to pick one of the speakers for the Extreme Affordability Global Health Conference that will be here in January! We'd love to get student input. Join us for a quick lunchtime meeting on Tuesday, October 12th to help us brainstorm. Let Steve Gren and I know if you can come by filling out this form. Hope to see you there and let us know if you have any questions! We'll have drinks, but bring your own lunch :)

P.S. We'll let those of you who want to come know where we'll be meeting via email

09/17/2016

Big thanks to everyone who came out for our Meet and Greet tonight with Dr. Sharon Talboys!