Global Health Seminar Series
The Global Health Institute hosts a monthly seminar during the academic year. The Institute invites researchers and public health professionals from both inside and outside the University to lead state-of-the-art seminars relating to their work. Visit the CPH Event Calendar to learn about upcoming Global Health Seminars and other GHI-sponsored events.
2023-24 Program
Household Air Pollution and Childhood Respiratory Illness in Guatemala
John McCracken, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Global Health Institute, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
Is early detection of tuberculosis the key to ending epidemics?
Emily Kendall, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fiscal Decentralization and the HIV Treatment Cascade in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Identifying opportunities to sustain progress made under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Tobey Nelson Sapiano, DrPH, MPH, Health Scientist, Division of Global HIV & TB, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2022-23 Program
Using Network Science to Understanding TB Transmission Dynamics
Christopher Whalen, M.D., Karen and Jim Holbrook Distinguished Professor in Global Health & Director, Global Health Institute, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
TB vaccines in Children: Past, Present and Future
Lisa Cranmer, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Emory University School of Medicine & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Tuberculosis in young children: Triggers leading to progression from infection to disease in a birth cohort from South Africa
Leo Martinez, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Boston University
“I Thrive Where the Earth is Alive”: Human-Environment Relationships in Iceland and their Implications for Resilience
Michelle Ritchie, PhD, Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management & Institute for Disaster Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
World TB Day Seminar – In Search of Host Directed Therapeutic Targets: Integrating Metabolism and Immunity
Ankita Garg, PhD, Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
2023 Global Health Research Symposium
The Global Health Union at UGA, in collaboration with the Global Health Institute, hosted the annual Global Health Research Symposium virtually on April 27, 2023. The speakers and the titles of their talks are:
- Devan Campbell, PhD student in Environmental Health Sciences: “Determinants of black carbon exposure in the HAPIN trial.”
- Laura Grajeda, PhD student in Epidemiology: “Lung function in children from the HAPIN trial at age 3 years: assessment of reliability”
- Adenike McDonald, MPH student concentrating in Epidemiology; “Prevalence of TB-related symptoms and self-reported disability among adults post-TB treatment in Uganda: A retrospective study”
- Trang Quach, PhD, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Global Health Institute; “Effect of Restrictions for the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Social and Geo-Spatial Networks of Tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda”
2021-22 Program
Using technology to map the spread of tuberculosis in an African city
Christopher Whalen, M.D., Karen and Jim Holbrook Distinguished Professor in Global Health and director of UGA’s Global Health Institute
The whispered word: eradication. Will measles and rubella ever be likely candidates?
Dr. Amy Winter, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
Scaling-up Mental Health Interventions for Violence-Exposed Youth in West Africa
Dr. Nathan Hansen, Professor, Department of Health Promotion & Behavior, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
A Mixed Methods Assessment of Scaling Up a Strengthened Youth-Friendly Service Delivery Model to Include Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives in Ethiopia
Dr. Fariyal F. Fikree, Senior Research Advisor for Evidence to Action/PATH
Can public health be both consequentialist and reductionist?
Dr. Joshua Rosenthal, Senior Scientist in the Division of International Epidemiology & Population Studies at the Fogarty International Center, U.S. National Institutes of Health
Global synergies between tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus: Disease interdependence across the lifespan
Dr. Matthew Magee, associate professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health
2020-21 Program
Host responses to SARS-CoV infection and vaccination
Dr. Mark Tompkins, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
From Tuberculosis to COVID-19: Understanding transmission and the impact of vaccines
Dr. Kristen Batton Nelson, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Air Pollution and COVID-19 in Developing Countries
Dr. John McCracken, Professor, Global Health Institute, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
Studying COVID-19 Spread and Control
Dr. Andreas Handel, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
COVID-19 and Global Food Security
Chase Sova, Ph.D., Senior Director of Public Policy and Thought Leadership, World Food Program USA
Ethics of COVID-19 Response
Jim Thomas, MPH, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, and Director, MEASURE Program, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
COVID-19 and Public Health Systems in China and the US
Adam “Zhuo” Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
Special Event – Global Health Research Symposium
Hosted by the UGA Global Health Union and Global Health Institute
2019-20 Program
Informatics and the future for Global Health
Dave Ross, President & CEO, The Task Force for Global Health
Advancing Parenting Skills: A Feasibility Study for An Early Childhood Intervention Using Text Messages among Low-Income Mothers of Newborns in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China
Dr. Stacy Zhang, Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management, UGA College of Public Health
Practice of Disease Prevention and Control in Pudong New Area, China
Dr. Tao Lin, Deputy Director, Pudong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
The Status of Ebola Virus Disease in 2019: Challenges and Opportunities for Global Health
Dr. Colleen Kraft, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory School of Medicine
TB: What is the Problem? The Disease or the Epidemic / Digital adherence monitoring for TB
Dr. Christopher Whalen, Holbrook Distinguished Professor and Director, Global Health Institute, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
Dr. Juliet Sekandi, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Global Health Institute, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
HPV Vaccination: Implications for Global Health
Dr. Amy Baldwin, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership
2018-19 Program
Georgia’s Role in Building a 21st Century Global Heath Workforce
Maria Thacker-Goethe, Executive Director, Georgia Global Health Alliance
Public Health Challenges in Croatia
Croatian Institute for Public Health in Brod Posavina County, Croatia
Hurricane Maria and lessons on resilience in global field research
Dr. Jose Cordero, Patel Distinguished Professor of Public Health, UGA College of Public Health
Tuberculosis in Emergencies: The Reality for Refugees
Dr. Susan Cookson, Global TB Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Innovative global health research mentoring strategies for low/middle income countries
Dr. Jonathan Stiles, Morehouse School of Medicine
2017-18 Program
Leadership Lessons from the Developing World
Charles R. Evans, President, International Health Services Group
Mapping Infectious Disease Transmission Using Cellphone Network Data and Molecular Techniques
Dr. Christopher C. Whalen, Ernest Corn Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Director of the Global Health Institute
Global Tuberculosis: Challenges and Opportunities in Achieving the UN SDGs
Dr. Kenneth Castro, Emory University/ USAID
Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network (CHAMPS)
Dr. Jeff Koplan, Emory Global Health Institute
World AIDS DAY: Current Topics in Global HIV – Discussion Panel
Drs. Paula Davis-Olwell and Nate Hansen, UGA College of Public Health
Digital Monitoring of Treatment Adherence: A Mobile Health (mHealth) Application
Dr. Juliet Sekandi, Assistant Professor, UGA Global Health Institute
The Ecology of Ebola
Dr. John Drake, Odum School of Ecology
Mental Health and Pregnancy: Intervening in Liberia
Dr. Tamora Callands, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Behavior
Helminth-microbe Coinfection: Insights from the Wild
Dr. Vanessa Ezenwa, Odum School of Ecology
2016-17 Program
The Impact of Tuberculosis on Global Health
Dr. Chris Whalen, Director, Global Health Institute, with epidemiology and global health graduate students Leonardo Martinez-Pantoja and Maria Castellanos-Reynosa
Global Health at UGA: Croatia, Uganda, Puerto Rico, and Nepal
(1) Current Challenges in Global Health; (2) Cancer and Infectious Disease and Global Health; (3) Environment and Global Health
Various faculty
Scaling up HIV Care and Treatment to Achieve Epidemic Control: Priorities and Lesson Learned
Dr. Moses Bateganya, Team Lead, CDC, HIV Care and Treatment Branch
Evaluation of a community-based service learning program in a rural Ecuadorian population
Dr. Phaedra Corso, UGA Foundation Professor and Director of Economic Evaluation Research Group, Department of Health Policy and Management
Simulation modeling of Epidemiological Study Designs: Addressing Biases in HIV Infectivity Estimates and Planning an Ebola Vaccine Trial
Dr. Steven Bellan, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation – What’s the SCORE?
Dr. Ye Shen, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Dr. Dan Colley, Professor and Director of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases
Lessons Learned from Chernobyl and Fukushima Field Research in High Radioactively Contaminated Areas Pertinent to Nuclear War Medical Response
The results of 12 UGA field expeditions to high radiation contaminated areas in Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine due to the Chernobyl disaster and 6 UGA expeditions to the Radiation Exclusion Zone at Fukushima, Japan.
Dr. Cham Dallas, Director, Institute for Disaster Management
