GSK UNC-Duke Global Health Project
Overview | Objectives | Activities | Investigators |
15-501 Global Health Dinner Club | Student Seed Grants |
 Dr. RJ Smonds from CDC Global AIDS Program
The 15-501 Global Health Dinner Club is part of a global health
initiative between UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke funded by the
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation. It is a new and important mechanism for
nurturing collaboration and strengthening ties between faculty and
students who work in global health at UNC and Duke. The Dinner Club is primarily organized by students at both UNC and Duke brings together UNC and Duke faculty and students to discuss research collaborations and promote ongoing collaboration.
If you are interested in getting involved, please email the Office of Global Health. We need students who are interested in helping organize the Dinner Club, including identifying topics and speakers for Dinner Club events.
Schedule of Dinner Clubs
- November 13, 2008
- Topic: Everything you need to know about working in global health that you won't learn in school
- Speaker: Richard Skolnik
- Location: UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
- April 12, 2008
- Topic: Health and the Environment.
- Speaker: TBD
- Location: Duke Gardens, Duke University
- March 26, 2008:
- Topic: HIV Treatment and Prevention
- Speakers: Dr. Charles van der Horst, Professor of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine and RJ Simonds, Deputy Director, Global AIDS Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Location: Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
- December 4, 2007
- Topic: Discussion with Delegation from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and TB.
- Location: Spartacus Restaurant, Durham, NC
- April 17, 2007
- Topic: Global Health Student Research Projects.
- Location: Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
- March 1, 2007
- Topic: Global Health Ethics
- Speaker: Dr. Stuart Rennie, researcher and ethics consultant
in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar and UNC Assistant
Professor.
- November 9, 2006
- Topic: Global Health Leaders at UNC and Duke
- Speakers: Dr. Michael Merson, Director of the Duke Global Health Institute and Dr.
Myron Cohen, J. Herbert Bate Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and
Immunology and Public Health, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Director, UNC Center for Infectious Diseases.
- Location: Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC
GSK UNC-Duke Global Health Project
UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke each have made global health a university priority. Both currently have
extensive research, infectious disease clinics, and training programs in Malawi and Tanzania, respectively.
This new collaborative program, the GSK Global Health Program, offers a unique opportunity to augment the existing
research and training efforts in both places. The goal is to enhance the
research and methodological skills of our global partners and students, create
locally sustainable infrastructures through capacity building, and promote
equal participation in investigative projects. Ultimately, such training will
increase their ability to offer better health services and attain future
funding for efficacious programs. In addition, combining the resources and expertise
of the two universities will foster cross-campus interdisciplinary awareness
and mentorship of graduate students interested in global research training methodologies.
Funded by the GlaxoSmithKline Foundation, this program provides a
formal way for UNC and Duke faculty and students to collaborate on
research and training over a period of 3 years. The program is coordinated through the SPH Office of Global Health.
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