UTHSC Hosts 2nd Multicultural and Global Health Symposium

The Center for Multicultural and Global Health at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host the 2022 Multicultural and Global Health Fundraising Dinner and Symposium open to the public on Friday, November 11th and Saturday, November 12th. International health professionals, and the UTHSC community, are discovering more about multicultural and global health at the University Consortium for Global Health (CUGH) symposium, Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Social We will discuss this year’s theme following the “justice” theme.

A fundraiser dinner will be held on Friday, November 11th from 6-8pm in the Library on the 2nd floor of the Mooney Building at 875 Monroe Ave. The dinner will include networking opportunities and discussion of the symposium’s global health delivery and partnerships. Keynote Speaker, Sudha Jayaraman, MD, MSc, FACS, Professor of Surgery, Director of Global Center for Surgery, Director of Research, Center for Medical Innovation, University of Utah. To attend the fundraising dinner, please consider one of the donation levels listed in the brochure and donate to give.uthsc.edu/CMGH.

The symposium is free to attend and will be held on Saturday, November 12th from 8:30 am to 4:15 pm in the library on the 2nd floor of the Mooney Building at 875 Monroe Ave. Dr. Jayaraman will give opening remarks. Keynote address on trauma care and symposium theme Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Social Justice followed by panel discussions on Global Health, Global Surgery, Equity, Partnerships and Decolonization, Migrant and Refugee Health increase. Breakfast and lunch are provided.

The Center for Multicultural and Global Health, established at UTHSC College of Medicine in 2021, is an academic, clinical training and research initiative to advance health equity statewide and globally. Its mission is to leverage institutional relationships to enable students, residents, and faculty to access multicultural health delivery, address global health challenges, and educate the next generation of global health leaders. is.

As part of its global outreach, UTHSC has partnered with the Levi Mwanawasa Medical College in Lusaka, Zambia, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. These partnerships allow universities to collaborate in the delivery of clinical care, research, and education to students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and other health care.

Up to 6 continuing medical education credits are provided. To participate, please complete the registration form. For more information, please contact Rebecca Gerrity, MD 901.448.0278 or rgerrity@uthsc.edu.

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