BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.177.157//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240515T044330EDT-1985ufZMgF@132.216.177.157 DTSTAMP:20240515T084330Z DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n As part of McGill's bicentennial celebration\, McGill Glo bal Health Programs present:\n\n Careers in Global and Public Health\n\n Won dering what you can do with a career in global health or public health? Th is event will be an opportunity for students to meet professionals from a wide range of careers and backgrounds tied to global and public health\, m ake connections\, and learn something new. Also\, breakfast will be served !\n\n Speakers:\n\n Charles Larson\, MD\, MSc\, Interim Director\, McGill Gl obal Health Program\n Dr. Larson completed his medical degree and subsequen t specializations in Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine & Public Health at McGill University. As a medical student he was a co-founder of the Pointe St Charles Community Health Centre\, precursor to Quebec's local communit y clinic system of primary care. His global health career began in 1987 wh en he joined the McGill-Ethiopia Strengthening Community Health Project\, which he directed from 1989 to 1992. Dr. Larson then returned to McGill as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology\ , Biostatistics and Occupational Health (EBOH). He also headed the McGill Global Health Office within the Faculty of Medicine and led a five-year Mc Gill population child health project in Chelyabinsk Russia. In 2002 Dr. La rson moved to Bangladesh where\, on secondment from McGill\, he directed t he Health Systems and Infectious Diseases Division at the International Ce ntre for Diarrheal Diseases Research\, Bangladesh (icddr\,b)\, In 2008 Dr. Larson returned to Canada\, joining the Department of Pediatrics at the U niversity of British Columbia as Professor and Director of the UBC-BC Chil dren's Hospital Centre for International Child Health (CICH). In 2015\, Dr . Larson returned to Montreal at which time he assumed the role of Nationa l Coordinator of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) until it merged to become the Canadian Association for Global Health (CAG H). At the same time\, he joined the Departments of EBOH and of Pediatrics as an Adjunct Professor\, and the McGill Global Health programs\, for whi ch he currently serves as the Interim Director. Dr. Larson’s interests foc us on capacity building and in development or delivery research in support of the scale up of life saving interventions in under-five children.\n\n M ark Brender\, National Director of Partners In Health Canada\n Mark Brender is National Director of Partners In Health Canada\, a Toronto-based socia l justice and global health organization striving to make health care a hu man right for all people. Mark has been with Partners In Health since open ing the PIH Canada office in 2011 and sits on the organization’s OnePIH gl obal leadership team. He serves on the board of the Canadian Partnership f or Women’s and Children’s Health (CanWaCH) and speaks frequently on global health equity and human rights issues. His writing has appeared in newspa pers including The Globe and Mail\, Toronto Star\, and Ottawa Citizen. Pri or to joining Partners In Health\, Mark held leadership positions with nat ional and international charitable organizations\, and earlier spent more than a decade as an award-winning hockey journalist. He holds a Master of Journalism from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Arts (Political Scie nce) from McGill University.\n\n Sophie Huddart\, PhD\, MSc\, Postdoctoral Scholar\, University of California San Francisco\n Sophie Huddart is a TB e pidemiologist and postdoctoral scholar at the University of California\, S an Francisco. She is interested in TB quality of care\, especially how it influences the long-term outcomes of TB patients post-treatment. She also enjoys exploring how advanced analytic techniques and simulation can addre ss scarce data issues in global health. Sophie completed her PhD in Epidem iology at McGill University at the Pai Global TB Group with Prof. Madhukar Pai\, Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health and the Assoc iate Director of the McGill International TB Centre\n\n Foluso Ishola\, PhD Candidate Epidemiology\, McGill University and Incoming PGY-1 Public Heal th & Preventive Medicine Resident\, University of Ottawa.\n Foluso Ishola i s a PhD candidate in Epidemiology at McGill University. Prior to doctoral studies\, Foluso completed a Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery in Nigeria and an MSc in Public Health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine . Foluso has worked on reproductive\, maternal and child health interventi ons for ministries of health\, intergovernmental agencies\, and not-for-pr ofit organizations throughout North America and sub-Saharan Africa.\n\n Sar ah Mughal\, PhD Candidate Psychiatry\, McGill University\n Sarah Mughal has been working in the mental health field for over a decade in non-profit\, start-up\, government\, and community settings. She has a Masters of Publ ic Health in Social Inequities in Health from Simon Fraser University\, an d she is currently pursuing a PhD in Psychiatry focused on mental health s ervice research here at McGill University. Some highlights of her career h ave included working as the Director of Service Innovation at Kids Help Ph one building new services for young people\, the Director of Programs & Ev aluation at Jack.org advancing youth-led mental health promotion in commun ities across Canada\, and acting as a member of the Mental Health Commissi on of Canada's Technical Committee responsible for designing the world's f irst National Standard for Post-Secondary Student Mental Health and Wellbe ing. Sarah is a strong subject matter expert in mental health\, health equ ity\, and post-secondary environments.\n This in-person event is open to Mc Gill Students only\, however\, the opening remarks will be live-streamed o n YouTube.\n\n  \n\n \n Register for Global Health Week\n \n\n \n McGill Univers ity's Global Health Week\n \n\n \n Full Global Health Week Program\n \n \n \n\n DTSTART:20220517T123000Z DTEND:20220517T143000Z LOCATION:Faculty Club\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E5\, 3450 rue McTavish SUMMARY:Careers in Global and Public Health URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/channels/event/careers-global-and-public -health-339261 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR