Watch Your Mailboxes for the UMB Internationalization Report
In August 2018, UMB entered the American Council on Education'S (ACE) 16th internationalization lab cohort and began a two-year process, cataloging the impressive number of international activities underway and providing a roadmap to integrate global perspectives into all our learning, discover, and engagement.
The report will be mailed to everyone who contributed to the report and will be available on the CGE website in the new year.
If you want a hard copy, email your mailing address to Lauren Taylor.
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Global Perspectives Series: Human Rights at Home
On Nov. 17, the Center for Global Engagement hosted its final "Human Rights at Home" webinar in the Global Perspective Series.
The final webinar focused on "Health as a Human Right in the United States: What COVID-19 Has Exposed." The pandemic has exposed the perilous state of access to health care in the United States and the danger inadequate access poses to every citizen. In countries, such as Costa Rica, where health care is a right, the virus was much better controlled. Are we at a turning point on how we think about health as a human right?
Thank you to our moderator, Flavius R. W. Lilly, PhD, MA, MPH, Vice Provost of Academic & Student Affairs and Vice Dean of the Graduate School.
We were honored to have amazing panelists for this final session:
- Alicia Ely Yamin, JD, Senior Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School; Research Director, Gender Unit at the Centre on Law and Social Transformation (Bergen, Norway); Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School
- Carlos Faerron Guzmán, MD, MPH, Executive Director, InterAmerican Center for Global Health CISG and Faculty Member, UM Graduate School
- Kenyon Farrow, Co-Executive Director of Partners for Dignity & Rights
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COVID-19 Impact on Women and Children Around the World
The University of Maryland Graduate School held its final webinar in the Global Health Programs webinar series on December 8.
The final session examined the intersectionalities of gender, age, poverty, race, and women and children's health under the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on solutions.
The panel was moderated by Carlos Faerron Guzmán, MD, MPH, Executive Director, InterAmerican Center for Global Health CISG and Faculty Member, UM Graduate School.
Many thanks to our panelists who joined us from across the world:
- Bosede Afolabi, M.D.,FMCOG, Professor at College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria
- Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, CRNP-Neonatal, FAAN, Assistant Professor; Chair, Partnerships, Professional Education, and Practice, UM School of Nursing
- Nadia Sam-Agudu, MD, CTropMed, Associate Professor, UM School of Medicine; International Technical Medical Advisor, IHV-Nigeria; Adjunct Professor, UM Graduate School
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Attention All UMB Students: Register for New Virtual Elective on the Twin Pandemics of COVID-19 and Systemic Racism
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected groups that have long suffered from systemic health and social inequalities.
"Practice, Programming, and Policy in the Face of Twin Pandemics: COVID19 and Racial/Ethnic Inequity" is an international, interprofessional elective that brings together a cohort of students from UMB and University of Haifa (Israel) to explore social justice implications to identify hurdles and opportunities for promoting social justice across disciplines, cultures, and social systems; and share global knowledge that can inform their future practice. We ask:
- What is the role of professionals in shaping and responding to program and policy at the micro, meso, and macro levels of professional practice, gatekeeping, and service provision?
- How can we learn with and from the people most effected about the impacts of the pandemic on individuals and communities?
Synchronous course meetings, most with students from both universities, will take place virtually from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. on six Mondays: February 22; March 1, 8, 22; and April 4, 11 as well as the Monday-Thursday of Spring break, March 15-18 with asynchronous class work to be completed by UH/UMB partners between meetings.
Participating students will be considered for subsidized travel to Israel when international travel is permitted to resume in the future.
Registration deadline is December 17. Please contact cshdaimah@ssw.umaryland for any questions and to learn how to register.
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International Students Share Favorite Harvest Celebrations
The Office of International Services asked our international community to submit their favorite harvest recipe and tell us about harvest festivals celebrated in their culture or country of origin.
While you're staying safe and social distancing, it's a great time to try new recipes! Why not try Pongal Sweet Dish from Pongal, a Tamil harvest festival of South India; Sarson ka Saag from Lohri, a festival to mark the end of the winter solstice in Punjab (North India); or home style Okonomiyaki, a Japanese savory pancake to celebrate the Onbashira Festival in Suwa, Japan.
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Viewpoints Needed from Global Health Students and Trainees
The CUGH Campus Representative Program and Training Advisory Committee for CUGH is looking for your input to get better insight into shaping and improving advocacy efforts for global health students and trainees.
If you're a student (undergraduate, graduate, medical, doctoral) and/or trainee (post-doctoral, post-graduate student one year after graduation), you're eligible to take the survey.
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Webinar: Share What You Think the Biden Administration's Global Health Priorities Should Be
December 18
CUGH is seeking input to help identify the global health policy priorities for the incoming Biden Administration. CUGH will share the ideas discussed at the webinar with the new administration.
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Call for Papers: The Ethics of Research Addressing COVID-19 Related Health Inequities
Due January 10
The Asian Bioethics Review has issued a call for papers (5,000-8,000 words) and perspective or analysis papers (2,000-4,000 words) on any ethics-related subject matter that seeks to promote health equity research in the wake of the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on pre-existing vulnerabilities and unjust social/health practices.
The submission deadline is Jan. 10, with selected papers included in a special issue of the Asian Bioethics Review in September 2021. All submissions will receive feedback.
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Global Health Corps Fellows Accepting Applications Dec. 2
Applications Open December 2-January 13
On December 2, Global Health Corps will post more than 40 fellowships within high-impact organizations on the front lines of global health in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia.
Learn more about the process and fellowships to help you begin preparing your application.
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UMB's COVID-19 Resources
For the latest information and resources on COVID-19 at UMB, check out the university's FAQs and community guidance.
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About Us
The Center for Global Engagement is the university-wide hub for interprofessional global health and education. The Office of International Services within CGE provides immigration and other support services to UMB's international scholar and student community.
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