May 2023 Symposium at University of Maryland, USA
U21HREx held it’s first research symposium at the University of Maryland School Health where faculty members and students from UMD, UoB, and UCD spent one week discussing global healthcare challenges, swapping experiences, sharing research, and touring the University of Maryland and University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. During the symposium, leaders also laid the groundwork for joint academic initiatives between the University of Maryland and University of Birmingham and comparative health systems projects to improve the performance and quality of healthcare care in Maryland, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Session 1: Panel on Health System Challenges in the US, UK and Ireland/Canada
Topics: Population Health Management, Health Equity, Post-COVID, and Workforce Challenges Across Nations
Session 2: Student/Early Career Researcher (ECR) Seminar
Topics: Preparing for/Navigating Doctoral Programs, Navigating Research Challenges, and Professional Development
Session 3: Special Topic Seminar
Topic: Health Equity in the UK Health System
September 2023 Symposium at University of Birmingham, UK
U21HREx held its second research symposium at the University of Birmingham, UK where once more faculty members and students from UMD, UoB, and UCD spent a week discussing global healthcare issues, sharing professional development experiences and research, toured UoB. They also met with UoB leaders and health system leadership of one of the largest teaching hospitals and General Practitioner partnerships in the UK, Queen Elizabeth Hospital (NHS University Hospitals Birmingham) and Our Health Partnership to continue developing academic and health system partnerships to address the grand challenges of out time.
Panel on National Health Systems Across the Globe
PhD and Early Career Researcher Networking Enrichment Workshop
Research Seminar: Impact of US Abortion Laws on Women's Health and Healthcare
Change Management and Health Services Implementation