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2025-2026
2025-2026
Global Grand Rounds
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Topic: TBD
Location: Wilf
Memorial Lecture
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Topic: "The Conquest of Rubella: A Prelude to Vaccination against CMV?" with Dr. Stanley A. Plotkin
Location: McNamara Alumni Center
Health Equity Rounds
Friday, September 5, 2025 | 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Topic: RSV immunization guidelines: Moving from a race-based to race-conscious approach with Drs. Beth Thielen, Charlie Billington, and Kaitlin Weisshappel
Location: Wilf
Masonic Noon Report - Visiting Residents from Uganda Presenting
Tuesday, July 22, 2025| 12:30 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Masonic 4th floor conference room
Global Pediatrics Welcome Picnic
Monday, July 7, 2025 | 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Masonic 4th floor conference room
2024-2025
2024-2025
Fogarty Global Health Fellow Lecture
Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 | 12:15 - 1:00 p.m.
Topic: Oral Health Status and Quality of Life for Adolescents & Adults with HIV in Ghana: A Fogarty Fellowship Study by Olive Asafu-Adjaye
Location: Malcom Moos Tower, Room 2-520
Contact sodresearch@umn.edu to join this lecture virtually.
Grand Rounds
Wednesday, June 4, 2025| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Topic: Michael Taylor, MD, MPH, CTropMed®, Mark Gormley, MD - Cambodia, Haley Zweber, MD - Uganda, Ronke Gbadebo, MBBS - Jos, Nigeria
Location: Wilf
Health Equity Rounds
Friday, May 30, 2025 | 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Topic: How Do You Eat An Elephant? Providing Care for Native American Pediatric Patients and their Families, Mary J Owen, MD
Location: Wilf
Global Block Ed
Friday, May 2, 2025 | 2:00 p.m.
Topic: Native American Health and History
Location: Thomas C. Savage Visitor Center parking lot (see map)
If you don’t have a park pass, email Emily Danich at edanich@umn.edu by Friday April 25 and she will purchase a one day pass for you. If you pay when you arrive, you will need to pay $5 on the way in.
GEMS: Global Experiences and Memorable Stories
Monday, May 5, 2025 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Topic: Perspectives with Dr. Sreyleak Luch from Cambodia
Location: Wilf
Global Talk
Wednesday, May 6, 2025 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Topic: Brain and Mental Health Impacts of Living with HIV in South African Youth with Dr. Jackie Hoare, from the University of Cape Town, South Africa
Location: Academic Office Building Room 133 or virtually (please provide email in your RSVP to receive the link)
Global Gathering: Dinner with Dr. Sreyleak Luch
Wednesday, May 6, 2025 | 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Topic: Global Gathering
Location: The Market At Malcolm Yards
Note: Food and beverages are on your own
Global Health Day 2025 | Addressing Stigma in Global Health: An Ethical Approach to Research
Thursday, April 10, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Topic: Addressing Stigma in Global Health: An Ethical Approach to Research with Dr. Kathryn Cullen, Dr. Nadia Sam-Agudu, and Dr. Kumi Smith
Location: Via Zoom
GEMS: Global Experiences and Memorable Stories
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Topic: Mobile Health Clinic with Drs. Anisha Rimal, Bilal Jawed, and Sheyanga Beecher
Location: Dr. Anisha Ramal's House
GEMS: Global Experiences and Memorable Stories
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Topic: Perspectives with Dr. Ronke Gbadebo
Location: Dr. Brandon Tomlin's House
From Guidance to Growth: Cultivating Effective Mentorship in Pediatric Global Health
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.
Topic: This interactive Q&A webinar, featuring panelists Drs. Cindy Howard, Adelaide Barnes, Tina Slusher, and Heather Crouse, aims to explore best practices for cultivating meaningful and effective mentorship in pediatric global health. Panelists will share insights on building strong mentor-mentee relationships and navigating common challenges. This session is part of the AAP Section on Global Health's mentorship program, GCHAMP, but is open to trainees and pediatricians of all levels.
Location: Via Webex
GEMS: Global Experiences and Memorable Stories
Monday, December 9, 2024 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Topic: Perspectives from Uganda with Dr. Haley Zweber
Location: Dr. Tina Slusher's House
Block Ed
Friday, November 15, 2024| 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Topic: TBD
Location: Wilf
GEMS: Global Experiences and Memorable Stories
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Topic: Perspectives from Cambodia with Dr. Nathan Ostlie
Location: Dr. Viviane Leuche's House
Guest Speaker
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Topic: Preventing Limb Amputations for Diabetics: Cuba’s Experience Integrating Novel Biotech treatments into Comprehensive Care with Manuel Raices Perez-Castaneda, PhD
Location: Bentson Center - Weaver-Densford Hall, 308 SE Harvard St, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
GEMS: Global Experiences and Memorable Stories
Monday, October 7, 2024 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Topic: Perspectives from Lagos, Nigeria with Dr. Aisha Kasali
Location: Dr. Michael Taylor's House
Welcome Picnic
Tuesday, July 9| 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Topic: Welcome interns & international visitors and introduce the Global Pediatrics Program and the Track.
Location: Como Picnic Shelter: Midway Parkway near Hamline Avenue, 55103 (West Picnic Grounds)
2023-2024
2023-2024
Global Pediatrics Block ED
Friday, May 31, 2024
Topic: Refugees and Immigrant Health with Sheyanga Beecher and Jackelyn Santiago-Toledano from Hennepin Healthcare Mobile Health Clinic
Passport #: 36 - Healthcare for Immigrants and Refugees
Global Resident Acquiring Pediatrics Education Series (GRAPES)
Monday, May 13, 2024
Topic: Supporting Health for Indigenous Children in Minnesota with Dr. Valerie Norris, Dr. Donovan Williams, and Dr. Michael Sundberg
Passport #: 40 - Native American Health
Location: Wilf 1 & 2
Global Resident Acquiring Pediatrics Education Series (GRAPES)
Monday, April 29, 2024
Topic: No laughing matter: The serious consequences of Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis - vaccine preventable diseases still prevalent worldwide.
Passport #: 8 - Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Location: Wilf 1 & 2
Global Resident Acquiring Pediatrics Education Series (GRAPES)
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Topic: Measles
Passport #: 21 - Measles
Location: Wilf 1 & 2
Global Pediatrics Program Lunch and Open House
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Topic: This open house is an opportunity to connect with the Global Pediatrics Program and Dr. Chandy John. Feel free to ask us about our current global pediatrics projects.
Location: Heritage Room, AOB
Global Medicine Lecture Series
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Topic: Hennepin Healthcare Mobile Health: Meeting Patients (and Community) Where They Are
Speaker: Sheyanga Beecher, APRN CNP, MSN MPH
Location: Health Sciences Education Center, Room 3-150
Global Resident Acquiring Pediatrics Education Series (GRAPES)
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Topic: Global Hematology: Exercises in Practical Optimization with Dr. Alex Boucher
Passport #: 25 - Global Hematology
Location: Wilf 1 & 2
Global Resident Acquiring Pediatrics Education Series (GRAPES)
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Topic: Rheumatic Heart Disease with Dr. Dan Peck
Passport #: 26 - Acute Rheumatic Fever
Location: Wilf 1 & 2
Global Resident Acquiring Pediatrics Education Series (GRAPES)
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Topic: Pediatric Respiratory Infections in a Global Context with Dr. Beth Thielen
Passport #: 16 - Pneumonia, #1 Cause of Under 5 Mortality
Location: Wilf 1 & 2
Global Pediatrics Block ED
Friday, December 1, 2023
Topic: GHEARD: Persistence of Colonialism by Another Name: The Climate Crisis
Location: Wilf
Global Resident Acquiring Pediatrics Education Series (GRAPES)
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Topic: Vector-Borne Disease in a Changing Climate: Implications for Global Child Healthcare with Dr. Kristen Bastug
Passport #: 19 - Vector Borne Disease
Location: Wilf 1 & 2
Global Resident Acquiring Pediatrics Education Series (GRAPES)
Monday, October 16, 2023
Topic: Metagenomics diagnosis in children with undifferentiated febrile illnesses: a case for application in neonatal sepsis diagnosis with Dr. Judith Oguzie
Passport # 3: Neonatal Survival
Location: Dr. Thielen's House
Global Resident Acquiring Pediatrics Education Series (GRAPES)
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Topic: Diabetes with Dr. Toni Moran and team
Special presenters from Uganda:
Cathy Nyangabyaki, Site PI at Nsambya Hospital
Jemima Nambooze, medical officer who is the primary coordinator
Jane Nakyejjwe-Nsambya, nurse coordinator
Passport #: 33 - Diabetes
Location: Wilf 1 & 2
Global Resident Acquiring Pediatrics Education Series (GRAPES)
Monday, September 11, 2023
Topic: Malnutrition with Dr. Cassidy Huun
Passport #: 18 - Micro and macro Malnutrition
Location: Wilf 1 & 2
Global Pediatrics Program Picnic
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Topic: Meet global pediatrics faculty, staff, residents, and interns.
Location: Dr. Tina Slusher's house
Global Noon Report
Thursday, July 27
Topic: Research Presentation from Dr. Irene Kinera, visiting pediatrician from Uganda
Location: 4th Floor Conference Room (C4140)
Global Pediatrics Track Night
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Topic: How to review a journal article: are the results diamonds or rhinestones - understanding scientific numeracy with Dr. Burt Lee
Location: Dr. Tina Slusher's House
Global Noon Report
Monday, July 10, 2023
Topic: Research Presentation from Dr. Sharon Achen, visiting pediatrician from Uganda
Location: 4th Floor Conference Room (C4140)
2022-2023
2022-2023
Lunch and Learn
Monday, June 12, 2023
Topic: Time with visiting residents with Dr. Margaret Nakuya and Dr. Racheal Owomuhangi
Location: TBD
Global Block Ed
Friday, May 19, 2023
Topic: Global Health Education in Equity, Anti-Racism and Decolonization in the United State
Transdisciplinary Journal Club
Monday, April 10, 2023
Topic: Pelvic Floor Surgical Tool Redesign Project
Hosted by: Dr. Rahel Nardos, Urogynecology
Article: Rodriguez MI, Bullard M, Jensen JT, Gregory K, Vwalika B, Barofsky AD, Marts T, Edelman AB. Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage With a Mini-Sponge Tamponade Device. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Nov;136(5):876-881. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004135. PMID: 33030862; PMCID: PMC7575022.
Location: 8317 West Franklin Avenue, St. Louis Park, MN
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Global Pediatrics Track Dinner
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Topic: Alaska Native Medical Center: Unique Illnesses and Ailments
Location: Dr. Howard's House
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Global Pediatrics Track Night
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Topic: Global Peds Careers: An Evening With Our Track Grads
Lunch and Learn: Cancer Care in Haiti
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Guest Speakers: Dr. Pascale Gassant, Oncologist and National Director of St. Damien Pediatric Hospital & Dr. Joelle Denis, Vice President of Fondation Haïtienne Anti-Cancer Infantile
Global Pediatrics Track Dinner
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Topic: Introduction to UMN partnerships in Cuba
Location: Dr. Thielen's House; 2704 Arthur St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
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Global Pediatrics Track Dinner
Monday, November 28, 2022
Topic: Global Pediatrics Track Event: Working with Ukrainian Refugees in Poland with Dr. Stacene Maroushek
Log-It! Passport number 36
Global Pediatrics Track Gathering
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Topic: PARTY for PEARLS - come help create PEARLS packets for the GPEDS Clerkship course happening in November and enjoy delicious snacks.
Transdisciplinary Journal Club - Pediatrics
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Topic: John SC, John AV, Moss AW, Gustafson PA, Fernando-Silva L, John SP. Bench Testing of a Bubble Noninvasive Ventilation Device in an Infant Lung Simulator. Respir Care. 2020 Sep;65(9):1339-1345. doi: 10.4187/respcare.07346. Epub 2020 Mar 24. PMID: 32209707.
Log-It! Passport number 3
2021-2022
2021-2022
2020-2021
2020-2021
Virtual Lunch Session
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Topic: Infant Mortality, Tean Moms and Black Lives with Dr. Elena Galindo
Global Medicine Lecture Series
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Location: Via Zoom
Topic: Travel in the Time of COVID-19 with Dr. John Alpern and Dr. Megan Shaughnessy
Virtual Lunch Session
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Topic: Introduction to Child Rights with Dr. Chuck Oberg
Resident Monthly Global Pediatrics Track Meeting
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Topic: Racism and Health with Dr. Rhea Boyd
Global Pediatrics Grand Rounds
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Topic: Pandemics, Policing and Protest: On Racism, Adversity and Child Health with Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Location: View the recording
Topic: Understudied but Urgent: Childhood cancer in LMIC's with Dr. Logan Spector
Resident Monthly Global Pediatrics Track Meeting
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Topic: Vote Like Children's Futures Depend on It Presentation and Discussion with Mandy Slutsker
Date & Time: Friday, October 23, 2020 — 12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.
Topic: Microbiological Surveillance in a Resource-Limited Setting with Dr. Beth Thielen
Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Info Session
Date & Time: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 — 5:00 p.m.—5:30 p.m.
Topic: Learn how to apply for 12-month fellowships that support mentored health research at partner sites in Kenya, Cameroon, Uganda, Ghana, Liberia, Peru, Thailand, Nepal and India. This program is open to PhD students and postdocs (within 5 years of completing a terminal degree) in any discipline. Deadline is November 2.
Monthly Global Pediatric Track Meeting
Date & Time: Thursday, August 6, 2020 — 6:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m.
Topic: Black Lives Matter and White Coats for Black Lives
Date & Time: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 — 12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.
Topic: USAID Grants 101 by Dr. Lindy Finlason
2019-2020
2019-2020
Date & Time: Monday, June 1, 2020 — 12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.
Topic: Rickets and Beriberi - Current Research with Phil Fischer
Global Pediatrics Grand Rounds
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 — 7:30 a.m.—8:30 p.m.
Location: Wilf Auditorium
Topic: Pediatric Global Health
Presenting:
Margaret Tierney & Pooja Mishra
Andrew Wu
Kendra Martinez
Date & Time: Thursday, May 7, 2020 — 12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.
Topic: "Introduction to Numeracy: Apophenia, Human Nature & Scientific Evidence" by Burton W. Lee, MD
Resident Monthly Global Pediatrics Track Meeting
Date & Time: Monday, May 11, 2020 — 7:00 p.m.—8:15 p.m.
Topic: Pneumonia & Vaccine and Global Child Health
GPEDS Presentation: Pneumonia (Acute Respiratory Infections) in Children in LMICs & Vaccine and Global Child Health
Before attending this event, please log into Canvas.umn.edu, click on the Global Pediatrics Education Series 2.0 course, take the pre-test, then click on A. Fundamentals of Global Child Health, click on Vaccine and Global Child Health. Watch the video, the quiz, and come prepared to discuss. Then click on B. Disease Identification Management, click on Pneumonia (Acute Respiratory Infections) in Children in LMICs. Watch the video, take the quiz, and come prepared to discuss.
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 — 6:00 p.m.—7:30 p.m.
Topic: Health Equity
Pediatric Block Ed - Global Health Day
Date & Time: Friday, March 6, 2020 — 1:00 p.m. —5:00 p.m.
Location: Wilf Auditorium
Topic: Global Adolescent Health
Post Block Ed - Pediatric Global Health Track Gathering
Date & Time: Friday, March 6, 2020 — 5:00 p.m.
Location: Seward Co-op Creamery Café, 2601 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406, USA
Resident Monthly Global Pediatrics Track Dinner
Date & Time: Monday, March 9, 2020 — 6:30 p.m.—8:00 p.m.
Topic: Global Adolescent Health
GPEDS Presentation: Global Adolescent Health with Dr. Sabrina Kitaka
Before attending this event, please log into Canvas.umn.edu, click on the Global Pediatrics Education Series 2.0 course, take the pre-test, then click on A. Fundamentals of Global Child Health, click on Global Adolescent Health. Watch the video, take the quiz, and come prepared to discuss.
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 — 12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.
Topic: NIH grants with Dr. Micheal Georgieff
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 — 6:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m.
Location: Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building, Room 1-125
Topic: Global Surgery
Resident Monthly Global Pediatrics Track Meeting
Date & Time: Thursday, February 6, 2020 — 6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.
Topic: Neonatal Survival and Maternal Health
GPEDS Presentations: Markers of Child and Neonatal Mortality & Maternal Mortality
Before attending this event, please log into Canvas.umn.edu, click on the Global Pediatrics Education Series 2.0 course, take the pre-test, then click on A. Fundamentals of Global Child Health, click on Markers of Child and Neonatal Mortality. Watch the video, take the quiz, and come prepared to discuss.
Before attending this event, please log into Canvas.umn.edu, click on the Global Pediatrics Education Series 2.0 course, take the pre-test, then click on A. Fundamentals of Global Child Health, click on Maternal Mortality: The Promise of Progress. Watch the video, take the quiz, and come prepared to discuss.
Global Pediatrics Grand Rounds
Date & Time: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 — 7:30 a.m.—8:30 a.m.
Topic: Global Burden of Childhood Cancer presented by Dr. Scott Howard
Resident Monthly Global Pediatrics Track Meeting
Date & Time: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 — 6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.
Topic: Global Burden of Childhood Cancer presented by Dr. Scott Howard
GPEDS Presentation: Pediatric Oncology: A Global Health Priority
Before attending this event, please log into Canvas.umn.edu, click on the Global Pediatrics Education Series 2.0 course, take the pre-test, then click on A. Fundamentals of Global Child Health, click on Pediatric Oncology: A Global Health Priority. Watch the video, take the quiz, and come prepared to discuss.
Screening of Mortality of Dreams W/ creator Angela Snow
Date and Time: December 18, 2019 - 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Resident Monthly Global Pediatrics Track Meeting
Date & Time: Thursday, December 12, 2019 — 6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.
Topic: Global Health Careers and Mentorship
Screening of The Land of High Mountains
Date & Time: Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Wilf Auditorium
Date & Time: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 — 12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.
Topic: Type 1 diabetes-the challenges of chronic illness in a low-resource setting
Global Medicine Lecture Series
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 — 6:00 p.m.—7:30 p.m.
Topic: Food Disparities in the Twin Cities
Resident Monthly Global Pediatrics Track Meeting
Date & Time: Monday, November 11, 2019 — 6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.
Topic: Global Burden of Disease (SDGs, Global indicators, epidemiology, top causes of under 5 mortality, global indicators)
GPEDS Presentation: Markers of Child and Neonatal Mortality
Before attending this event, please log into Canvas.umn.edu, click on the Global Pediatrics Education Series 2.0 course, take the pre-test, then click on A. Fundamentals of Global Child Health, click on Markers of Child and Neonatal Mortality. Watch the video, take the quiz, and come prepared to discuss.
Global Medicine Lecture Series
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 — 6:00 p.m.—7:30 p.m.
Topic: Oncology in East Africa
Resident Monthly Global Pediatrics Track Meeting
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 — 6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.
Topic: Native American Health
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 — 12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.
Topic: Specific Aims Part 2
Social Public Health & Ghana's National Response to HIV
Date & Time: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 12:15-1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Amos Laar, PhD
Global Medicine Lecture Series
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Topic: OB: Malaria, HIV, and TB in Pregnancy
Speaker: Freddy Mbise, MD
Date & Time: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 — 12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.
Topic: Specific Aims Part 1
Resident Monthly Pediatric lobal Pediatrics Track Meeting
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 — 6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.
Topic: Immigrant Cultures in Minnesota
Resident Monthly Pediatric lobal Pediatrics Track Meeting
Date & Time: Thursday, August 8, 2019
Topic: Overview of the Track
Resident Monthly Pediatric lobal Pediatrics Track Meeting
Date & Time: Friday, July 12, 2019
Topic: Welcome Interns & Visitors
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