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New York State Global Health Forum

December 3, 2009

AMSNY, New York University College of Dentistry, and Weill Cornell Medical College hosted a day long Global Health Forum for 94 faculty, staff, and students from medical schools, dental schools, affiliate nursing schools, and public health schools from around the State of New York.  The Forum, held at NYU College of Dentistry, brought together likeminded educators to discuss relevant issues in the delivery of education and implementation of programming of Global Health.

Moderated by Oliver Fein, MD, Associate Dean of Affiliations and Office of Global Health Education at Weill Cornell Medical College, attendees spent the morning hearing panel presentations.

Presenters included:

Richard Deckelbaum, MD, MPH, President GHEC, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
“Global Health Education Consortium (GHEC) and Consortium of University for Global Health (CUGH)"

Charles Bertolami, DDS, DMedSc  Dean, NYU College of Dentistry
“Global Health Program Sustainability”

Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, M Phil, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Health Policy & Management Global Health/ Dept. of Family Medicine, New York Medical College, School of Health Sciences & Practice
“Cultural Competencies and Skills”

Natasha Anandaraja, MD, MPH Director, Global Health Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
“Creating a Comprehensive Global Health Training Program”

Prahbjot Dhadialla, PhD, Director, Health Systems, Center for Global Health and Economic Development, the Earth Institute of Columbia University
“Interdisciplinary health work in the broader context of economic development”

After a networking lunch, participants divided into four breakout sessions to begin discussions on “University Wide Collaborations,” “Curricula Development,” “Basics in International Programming,” and “Funding.”  These breakout sessions sought to determine ways in which the institutions could begin to collaborate on a variety of topics.   After a report back session to the entire group on the work that was accomplished, the Global Health Forum closed with a keynote address by Mr. Navid Hanif from the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) at the United Nations.   Mr. Hanif invited participants to work together in “Uniting for Health” and offered the support of the United Nations ECOSOC body as a place in which to enter into the global conversation on health. 

The Global Health Planning committee will meet in early 2010 to discuss the next steps for Global Health collaborations in the State of New York.  If you are interested in joining the conversation, please contact info@amsny.org