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2024 UTMB Global Health Symposium

"Building Bridges in Turbulent Times: Interprofessional Collaboration in Action"

October 19, 2024
7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Health Education Center, Room 1.200
301 11th Street
Galveston, Texas 77555

The UTMB Global Health Partners are dedicated to the training of tomorrow's global health work force to improve health for the people of Texas and around the world. Our mission is to mobilize students to work alongside our international partners to create innovative, multidisciplinary, interprofessional solutions to global health problems.

Each year we host a Symposium to allow trainees and their local and international mentors to showcase the work that they have done in global health and to have a voice in the direction of the global health education agenda. This event also provides an opportunity for faculty, students, and other global health actors to network and develop collaborations.

The Symposium is an opportunity to showcase the work that our students do during their international electives and to continue a campus-wide discussion about how to engage trainees more effectively in international work. This event creates an opportunity to expand existing partnerships and create new ones by bringing people to campus from around the region, and also our international collaborators from some of our key partner sites.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Galveston in October.

Abstract Submission Guidelines

2024 Global Health Symposium

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Submission Link: https://utmb.us/ax5
The UTMB Global Health Partners are proud to announce a call for abstracts for the 2024 Global Health Symposium - Building Bridges in Turbulent Times: Interprofessional Collaboration in Action to be held in Galveston, Texas on Saturday, October 19th, 2024.

We welcome abstracts from all fields involved in global health work or domestic work with
underserved populations (medical, research, social sciences, public health, health professions, etc...).

Trainees (students enrolled in a degree program, Residents, Postdoctoral Fellows, Clinical Fellows) are encouraged to submit their abstracts to be selected for oral and poster presentations.

Important Dates
September 13th - Deadline for abstract submissions
Approximately September 20th - Notification of acceptance
October 19th - Presentation at symposium

Format Requirements
- Only .pdf files will be accepted for abstracts
- The page size must be US letter
- Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and titles no longer than 50 words (Please include the word count as part of your heading)

Abstract structure:
- Background: In a few sentences, indicate the purpose and objective of the project, the hypothesis that was tested or a description of the problem being analyzed or evaluated.
- Methods: Describe the setting/location for the project, study design, study population, ethical
considerations, data collection and methods of analysis used.
- Results: If available, present as clearly and detailed as possible the findings/outcome of the project, with specific results in summarized form.
- Conclusions: Briefly discuss the data and main outcome of the study. Emphasize the implications of the results for future projects, policy, or research.
- When results or data are not available, a description of a final product or intended analysis is acceptable.
- Previously published, presented, or unpublished work is welcome.

All submissions will be peer reviewed by a project committee, which will select abstracts to be
presented as posters, demonstrations, or oral presentations.

Symposium registration (Click Here) is required to present but not to submit. The symposium will take place on October 19, 2024 in the Health Education Center at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

For questions, please contact Dr. Robert Rodriguez at roarodri@utmb.edu.
Submission Link: https://utmb.us/ax5

Keynote Speaker

2024 Global Health Symposium

Keynote Speaker (Dr. Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH)

Keynote Speaker (Dr. Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH)

Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Dr. Galea is a physician and an epidemiologist. He is the Robert A. Knox Professor and Dean at the Boston University School of Public Health. Prior to his appointment at Boston University, Dr. Galea served as the Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Gelman Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He previously held academic and leadership positions at the University of Michigan and at the New York Academy of Medicine.
In his scholarship, Dr. Galea is centrally interested in the social production of health of urban populations, with a focus on the causes of brain disorders, particularly common mood-anxiety disorders and substance abuse. He has long had a particular interest in the consequences of mass trauma and conflict worldwide, including as a result of the September 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, and the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This work has been principally funded by the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and several foundations. He has published over 600 scientific journal articles, 50 chapters, and 10 books and his research has been featured extensively in current periodicals and newspapers. His latest book, co-authored with Dr. Katherine Keyes, is Population Health Science, forthcoming from Oxford University Press in 2016.
Dr. Galea has a medical degree from the University of Toronto, and graduate degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University; he has an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow. He was named one of TIME magazine’s epidemiology innovators and has been listed by Thomson Reuters as one of the “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” for the Social Sciences. He is past-president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and of the American Epidemiological Society.
Dr. Galea serves frequently on advisory groups to national and international organizations. He currently serves on the Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities and has formerly served as chair of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Community Services Board and as member of its Health Board.

Moderator, Panelists, & Oral Presenters - Lab/Clinical-Based Projects

2024 Global Health Symposium

Loice Achieng Ombajo, MBChB, MMED - Moderator

Loice Achieng Ombajo, MBChB, MMED - Moderator

Infectious Disease Specialist
University of Nairobi Department of Medicine
Loice Achieng Ombajo, is an Infectious Disease specialist, Senior lecturer at the University of Nairobi Department of Medicine and co-director of the Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA) and is Adjust Professor at University of Texas Medical Branch. She has been a leading voice in informing the public health response to infectious disease threats in Kenya and beyond. She has led the National COVID-19 case management committee and served as a member of both the COVID 19 National task force and Education task forces. Loice also leads work on understanding the ever emerging threat of antimicrobial resistance in the country and on improving antimicrobial stewardship. She has served as a member of the WHO working group of the AWaRe categorisation of antibiotics for the essential medicines list and is a member of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on drug evaluation.
Loice’s research interests include Monitoring and Preventing antimicrobial resistance, Antimicrobial stewardship and HIV where she is currently leading large clinical trials on improved antiretroviral regimens including research on cardiovascular and bone disease in older persons living with HIV. Her focus is on supporting data driven clinical and public health policy decisions.
Alan Landay, PhD - Panelist

Alan Landay, PhD - Panelist

VP, Team Science, Research Services
Professor, Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor, Microbiology And Immunology
Dr. Landay has been involved in HIV research for more than 42 years, having performed some of the first immune evaluations of HIV-infected hemophiliacs in 1981. With Abbott Labs he helped develop the first HIV antibody test licensed by the FDA in 1985 for use in screening the blood supply. His laboratory has made important original contributions in understanding the role of immune activation and inflammation in outcomes of non-communicable disease related to aging in the HIV population.
For more than 30 years Dr. Landay has been an investigator for the Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Network (ACTG), a global clinical trials network that conducts research to improve the management of HIV and its comorbidities; develop a cure for HIV; and innovate treatments for tuberculosis, hepatitis C, and emerging infectious diseases. Since its inception 20 years ago, he has led the Rush Immunology Support Lab.
Dr. Landay has extensive experience in aging-related studies. For the past 10 years, his research focus has been on studies of the human microbiome and metabolome and better understanding its role both in health and disease. More recently, Dr. Landay led the research effort for COVID-19 in the Department of Medicine at Rush, leading the establishment of the COVID-19 biorepository. He also leads the COVID-19 lab efforts for the NIH-funded ACTG Lab group. Additionally, he has extensive experience over the past 10 years working with laboratories in international settings in his role as Scientific Director of Labs for the NIH-funded ACTG Grant.

Moderator, Panelists, & Oral Presenters - Community-Based Projects

2024 Global Health Symposium

Michael Goodman, MDiv MPH DrPH - Moderator

Michael Goodman, MDiv MPH DrPH - Moderator

Associate Professor
Department of Global Health
School of Public and Population Health
Michael Goodman, MDiv MPH DrPH, has dedicated over 15 years to working in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on applied social epidemiology. Since 2012, Dr. Goodman has concentrated on addressing the issue of children living on the streets. He has lead-authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications that contribute to the development of the "Flourishing Community Model" (FCM), a process aimed at fostering sustainable, community-driven development.
The FCM demonstrates sustainable improvements across economic, social, psychological, behavioral, and clinical outcomes. It currently involves over 12,000 weekly-active families in 44 villages in Kenya. This model provides the first peer-reviewed, proven-effective approach to reintegrating street-involved children and youth, supporting over 500 children and youth since its initiation in 2016.
Dr. Goodman is actively involved in NIH-funded research to adapt the FCM for families living with HIV, with an expanding focus on quantifying its effectiveness in parenting, mental health, HIV prevention, and climate change adaptation. Additionally, he is developing a new measurement of community self-governing processes to advance the science of systems development and transformation in applied population health research.
Dr. Goodman joined UTMB in 2014 as a post-doctoral fellow and has since mentored numerous excellent students. He is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the growth of the Department of Global Health at UTMB's School of Public and Population Health. In his free time, he enjoys reading, hiking, designing transformative digital technology applications, and spending time with his family.
Paula Tobon - Panelist

Paula Tobon - Panelist

Executive Director
St. Vincent's House
Paula C. Tobon is an executive with impressive record of collaborative leadership in business development, strategic planning, fundraising, and operations management.
As the Executive Director of St. Vincent’s House (SVH), Paula continues to raise the bar in finding ways for the organization to be as impactful as possible, developing strong community and inter-agency collaborations as well as building new avenues of support to better serve The Galveston families & clients. She is passionate about the mission and vision of SVH to be “a beacon of Hope and healing for all of God’s people.”
Paula is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin (Hook’em Horns!). Her former experience at the UT School of Public Health, UTMB, as the Associate VP of Strategic Initiatives for the Office of the President, and Associate Administrator at the Angleton Danbury Hospital District for over 20 years has shaped her expertise and operational oversight of strategic growth.
She currently serves on several local boards and was recently awarded the “Liberty Bell” Award by the Galveston Bar Association in recognition of her outstanding service to the legal community.
Michael Gienger - Panelist

Michael Gienger - Panelist

Ordained Elder
United Methodist Church
Rev. Michael Gienger is an ordained elder in the Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. He received his undergraduate degree in Religion, concentrating in Christian Ethics, from Baylor University, and his Master of Divinity from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. Michael has been serving as co-pastor of Central United Methodist Church in Galveston, Texas since 2014. He is also co-founder of Galveston Housing Plus (GH+) - a new nonprofit providing supportive housing for persons exiting homelessness.
Central is a community in which radical grace is both believed and practiced. Ten years ago, Central had four regular attendees. Today, the church is the major provider of homeless services for the city of Galveston. Central is changing the culture of the city, inviting all towards a posture of compassion and kinship regardless of housing status. This is perhaps most evident on Sunday mornings where friends with homes and friends experiencing homelessness gather together for worship in a couch- and pew-packed sanctuary where all are more than welcome - they are wanted

Michael, known for his tenacious solidarity with the poor, has received multiple awards and honors for his work in Galveston, including being named one of Wesleyan Impact Partners' Locke Innovative Leaders. Michael is married to his partner, Moriah, who is an occupational therapist at TIRR Memorial Hermann. They have a fifteen year old dog named Crouton.

Conference Team

2024 Global Health Symposium

Bradley Brock

Bradley Brock

Coordinator II
Center for Global and Community Health
Texas Area Health Education Center East
Bradley joined the Center for Global & Community Health in November 2015 with a background in education, information technology, and private practice medical administration. His experiences allow him to function in a capacity that will be able to handle a wide variety of projects and tasks. With a strong interest in community outreach and support, volunteering, and a positive attitude he hopes to continue to support the growth of the programs he works with.
Matthew Dacso, MD, MSc

Matthew Dacso, MD, MSc

Associate Professor and Chair, ad interim Department of Global Health
Dr. Dacso is the Chair ad interim of the Department of Global Health and an Associate Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine. He also serves as Director of Academic Partnership for the UTMB Center for Global and Community Health and as the Director of the 4-year Global Health Scholarly Concentration in the John Sealy School of Medicine. He is a general internist and global health practitioner who has extensive field experience forming partnerships with institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean that are rooted in relationships, respect, and reciprocity. He has participated in capacity-strengthening initiatives in the areas of clinical care, medical education, One Health, and emerging pathogens research. To this end, he currently serves as principal investigator for a collaborative multidisciplinary research initiative in the Dominican Republic focused on characterizing the epidemiology, clinical features, and vector ecology surrounding acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses, specifically centered on emerging and re-emerging arboviral pathogens.
As a clinician, he provides care in the outpatient primary care clinics as well as the inpatient teaching service. He is the Education and Training Lead for the Special Pathogens Excellence in Clinical Treatment, Readiness, and Education (SPECTRE) program and an active member of the Biocontainment Care Unit response team. He is also a member of the UTMB Academy of Master Teachers, a Faculty Scholar in the John P. McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine, and a member of both Alpha Omega Alpha and the Delta Omega Honor Society for Public Health.
Laurie Farroni, DPT, PT, PCS

Laurie Farroni, DPT, PT, PCS

Assistant Dean for Global Outreach and Community Engagement
Associate Professor
Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist
Laurie Farroni, DPT, PT, PCS, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and the Assistant Dean for Global Outreach and Community Engagement in the School of Health Professions (SHP) at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). She is also a Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist. Dr. Farroni received her Master of Physical Therapy and her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Texas Medical Branch.
As a seasoned clinician and rehabilitation educator, Dr. Farroni is passionate about developing health care professionals who will deliver compassionate, patient centered care that is sustainable for dedicated professionals working in complex health systems. She has supported and developed multiple international partnerships focusing on community driven, local clinician and educator rehabilitation training that integrates allied health student experiences. In the Galveston community she partners with multiple organizations to promote health, inclusivity, and advocacy for persons with disabilities.
Dr. Farroni teaches Psychosocial Aspects of Disability, Global Health and PT, assists with pediatric courses, and directs the PT Healer Track.
Tomiko Fisher, MBA

Tomiko Fisher, MBA

Director
Texas Area Health Education Center East
Center for Global & Community Health
Tomiko joined UTMB during November of 2020 as the program manager for Texas AHEC East. Compassion, curiosity, and courage are words that describe Tomiko’s approach to assisting medically underserved and rural communities throughout East Texas. She is responsible for personnel, operational, and financial management of Texas AHEC East to help ensure the delivery of competent, customer-focused, and efficient services for our stakeholders. Tomiko will use her extensive grant and project management experience to assist with administrative and operational needs for UTMB and our regional centers. She enjoys Texas’ sunshine and its diverse culture.
Ahmar Hashmi, MD, MPH

Ahmar Hashmi, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Ahmar Hashmi, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition Sciences and Health Behavior in the School of Health Professions at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Hashmi received his MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch and his MPH from Boston University School of Public Health.
Dr. Hashmi has 15+ years of global health experience, which includes having lived and worked in low- and middle-income settings for 10 years. As a mixed methods researcher, Dr. Hashmi has interests in: nutrition (maternal, infant, and diet-related non-communicable disease); maternal, newborn, and child health; health equity and access; behavioral sciences; and vulnerable populations (migrants, refugees, criminal legal system-involved).
Joshua Jordan

Joshua Jordan

Physical Therapy Student
Josh is a 1^st year Physical Therapy student from Plano, TX. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science from Brigham Young University. He enjoys hiking, basketball, and spending time with his wife Emily. He also serves as President of the Grace Mobility Clinic for his cohort.
Abbas Karim, MS3

Abbas Karim, MS3

Assistant Professor
Abbas Karim is currently a third-year medical student at the UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine in Galveston, TX, pursuing his M.D. with a Scholarly Concentration in Global Health. Before beginning medical school, Abbas worked with Harris County Public Health as a member of the Medical Reserve Corps throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, staffing and organizing mass testing and vaccination sites, ultimately graduating summa cum laude from the University of Houston with his B.S. in Psychology in 2022. Since then, he has completed a global health preceptorship in Northern India & the Himalayas in 2023 and has conducted a wide array of surgical research, most notably in plastic & reconstructive surgery, trauma/burn surgery, and global surgical disparities. Abbas has served as Co-Chair of the Houston Global Health Collaborative's 2024 Conference focusing on Global Health Diplomacy and as a leader for several global health-focused student organizations, including as the UTMB Migrant Health Initiative's current Vice-President. His specific research interests include global surgery, surgical capacity-building, surgical outcomes, and the provision of emergency/trauma surgical care in post-conflict and post-disaster regions. In the coming years, he intends to pursue a surgical residency that shares his commitment to global health.
Philip Keiser, MD

Philip Keiser, MD

Associate Dean for Public Health Practice
International HIV Program and Clinic Director
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Galveston County Local Health Authority
Dr. Keiser is the local health authority for Galveston County, a rural area in which the Program Office is located. Dr. Keiser's primary interest is in the care and treatment of HIV and its related infections. He has been actively treating HIV infected individuals for over 20 years. He is the Chairman of the Texas AIDS Drug Assistance Program Advisory Board in the Principal Investigator for the Texas Oklahoma AIDS Education Center. Dr. Keiser has been actively involved in HIV clinical research and has been an investigator in over 50 clinical trials. Since 2006, Dr. Keiser has been involved in the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and has been involved in HIV clinical care, teaching and research in Kenya. He has an active clinical research program that is centered on the outcomes of patients treated with anti-retroviral medications.
Kathleen Murphy DNP, RN

Kathleen Murphy DNP, RN

Assoc. Dean for Global Health and Community Engagement
Professor
Alice O. Stubblefield Professorship in Nursing
Dr. Murphy is a nurse leader with extensive background in global and community health, particularly among historically excluded or underserved persons. She has served in a variety of nursing leadership roles locally, nationally and globally, related to health policy, strategy, and operations.
Dr. Murphy is committed to public service and serves on the Board of Directors (Chair) and Public Health & Policy Committee for Prevent Blindness, the nation's oldest non-profit eye health organization. She was a member of the Essilor Vision Foundation Board of Directors (2016-2022) and serves on the National Center on Children's Vision and Eye Health Advisory Committee. Additional service commitments include the Project ADAM National Advisory Committee, and the American Academy of Nursing Child, Adolescent & Family and Global Health Expert Panels.
She is a fellow of the International Council of Nurses Global Nursing Leadership Institute (2018), Leadership America (2017), and the American Academy of Nursing (2015). Dr. Murphy is an alumna of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellowship Program (2004-2007) and a co-founder of the Global Nursing Leadership Community of Practice with Médecins Sans Frontières.
Bindi Naik-Mathuria, MD, MPH

Bindi Naik-Mathuria, MD, MPH

Division Chief
Pediatric Surgery
Bindi Naik-Mathuria, MD, MPH, FACS, FAAP, joined UTMB as Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery. She joins UTMB from Texas Children’s Hospital, where she spent 10 years, and is fellowship trained in Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Critical Care.
Sadie Odem, BS

Sadie Odem, BS

Administrative Coordinator
School of Public and Population Health
Sadie Odem currently serves as the Administrative Coordinator in the School of Public and Population Health supporting the Departments of Global Health and Epidemiology where she excels in personnel management, including recruitment, interviewing, and onboarding, alongside coordinating high-level administrative duties and managing departmental budgets. Sadie earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration, graduating cum laude from Sam Houston State University in July 2021 and also holds an Associate of Applied Science in Business with certificates in both Management and Marketing from College of the Mainland. When Sadie is not at the office, she is busy holding officer positions on multiple boards surrounding her children’s activities and for her personal time, she likes to bowl with her family and friends and travel.
Cara Pennel, DrPH, MPH

Cara Pennel, DrPH, MPH

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Public and Population Health
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health and Health Disparities
Dr. Pennel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Population Health, the Director of the Public Health Program, and the Director of Public Health Practice at UTMB. Broadly, her interests and expertise include community health assessment, program planning and evaluation, community engagement, and improved integration of research/scholarship, teaching, and practice. Her educational development and scholarship goals include innovation in practice-based teaching, application of public health knowledge and skills into practice, and engagement in community- and service-based learning. Her research areas are community health assessment and community health improvement planning, particularly as they relate to nonprofit hospitals’ requirements, and projects that build community and academic partnerships using Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approaches. Dr. Pennel and her community partner were selected as members for the 2017-2018 cohort of the CBPR Partnership Academy through University of Michigan and the Detroit Urban Research Center.
Robert Rodriguez, PhD, MPH

Robert Rodriguez, PhD, MPH

Program Manager
Global Health & Emerging Diseases
Robert A. Rodriguez, PhD, MPH, is the program manager for the Department of Global Health for the School of Public Health and Population Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas.
Dr. Rodriguez received both his doctorate in Population Health Science and a Master's in Public Health in Epidemiology at the UTMB School of Public and Population Health, and a Bachelor's in Biology from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. He was awarded a T32 Pre-Doctoral fellowship from the National Institute on Aging, where he worked on investigating the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors among sexual and gender minorities in Texas. His research also includes educational topics on HIV prevention, epidemiological surveillance, and health disparities experienced by minority populations.
He is a member of various scientific societies and professional organizations such as GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality, Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences (IAPHS), The Gerontological Society of America, The American Public Health Association, and the International AIDS Society (IAS). In addition, he is an executive Board Director for the non-profit organization Access Care of Coastal Texas (ACCT).
Before joining the Department of Global Health, Dr. Rodriguez worked in healthcare administration and clinical research at Shriners Hospital for Children – Texas. He has experience in performance and quality
improvement, risk management, and health outcomes monitoring utilizing patient-reported outcome measures. His research in pediatric burn care includes qualitative perspectives on psychosocial recovery and community reintegration, recovery of hypermetabolism and the association of Insulin Resistance, and the use of immersive virtual reality as a non-opioid analgesic for pain management during burn wound debridement.
Hani Serag, MD, MPH

Hani Serag, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine
Dr. Serag is a physician a public health researcher. His previous work includes serving as global coordinator of the People's Health Movement (PHM is a global network of civil society organizations, academic institutes and health activists) and as the director of Health Policy and Systems Program of the Association Health and Environmental Development (a leading civil society organizations in Egypt). Dr. Serag has participated in designing and setting methodologies for several research projects (including surveys at national levels and comparative studies across countries). He has been involved in a wide range of educational and training activities in both the public and global health fields. He has planned, developed curricula for, and taught more than 30 training courses. Most of these courses target public health practitioners, especially from the nonprofit sector, and focus on health system research (regional and national training courses) and global health (on regional and global levels). He is also an experienced leader in fundraising and resource mobilization.

Registration

Registration is NOW OPEN and will remain open until the day before the conference.

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Enjoy complimentary breakfast and lunch, as well as refreshments during breaks throughout the day.

Agenda

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Parking

UTMB faculty and students with existing parking on-campus can park in the regularly designated area.

Non-UTMB guests/participants can park in Lot E (circled on the map)

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Co‐sponsored by UTMB’s School for Public and Population Health (SPPH), School of Nursing (SON),
School of Health Professions (SHP), Texas Area Health Education Center (AHEC) East, and The Institute for Collaboration in Health (ICH)

Organizing Committee
Bradley Brock, Matthew Dacso, Laurie Farroni, Tomiko Fisher, Ahmar Hashmi, Joshua Jordan, Abbas Karim, Philip Keiser, Kathleen Murphy, Bindi Naik-Mathuria, Sadie Odem, Cara Pennel, Robert Rodriguez, Hani Serag

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2024 UTMB Global Health Symposium

"Building Bridges in Turbulent Times: Interprofessional Collaboration in Action"

Abstract Submission Guidelines

2024 Global Health Symposium

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Keynote Speaker

2024 Global Health Symposium

Keynote Speaker (Dr. Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH)

Moderator, Panelists, & Oral Presenters - Lab/Clinical-Based Projects

2024 Global Health Symposium

Loice Achieng Ombajo, MBChB, MMED - Moderator

Alan Landay, PhD - Panelist

Moderator, Panelists, & Oral Presenters - Community-Based Projects

2024 Global Health Symposium

Michael Goodman, MDiv MPH DrPH - Moderator

Paula Tobon - Panelist

Michael Gienger - Panelist

Conference Team

2024 Global Health Symposium

Bradley Brock

Matthew Dacso, MD, MSc

Laurie Farroni, DPT, PT, PCS

Tomiko Fisher, MBA

Ahmar Hashmi, MD, MPH

Joshua Jordan

Abbas Karim, MS3

Philip Keiser, MD

Kathleen Murphy DNP, RN

Bindi Naik-Mathuria, MD, MPH

Sadie Odem, BS

Cara Pennel, DrPH, MPH

Robert Rodriguez, PhD, MPH

Hani Serag, MD, MPH

Registration

Agenda

Parking

Hotel Options(regular rates apply)

2024 Global Health Symposium

The Tremont House

Grand Galvez

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