2026 eVENTS

April 2026: Spring 2026 Universitas 21 International

Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) In-Person Symposium

Location: In-person at University of Birmingham, UK with select Virtual talks and activities.

SESSION DETAILS

Monday, April 27th, 2026:

Session 1: HSMC Research Spotlight

Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm GMT+1 (UK Time)

Zahra Nabizadeh, PhD student, HSMC

• Evaluating the NHS at Home program

Dr. Alkim Karaagac, HSMC:

• Unprofessional behavior in health care

Prof. Mark Exworthy, HSMC: 

• Discretionary effort in health care

Session 2: Health Policy Seminar

Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm GMT+1 (UK Time); 9:00 am - 11:00 am EST (US Time)

Delegate Heather Bagnall (chair, Health Committee, State of Maryland, USA): 

• • Healthcare in Maryland: long-term efforts to address population health

Delegate Deni Taveras (member, Health Committee, State of Maryland, USA): 

• • Policies on food availability and safety of children in Maryland

Join Virtually on Zoom: https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/89799277371?pwd=US5GFNPQKD0n8xAbe6N9k7ceat6zCg.1

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026

Session 1: MSc class: Strategic Planning & Decision Making

Time: 1:30 pm GMT+1 (UK Time)

• Online MPH-Practice and Policy and MHA students present MedStar (Washington DC) case-study as part of Global Classroom

Session 2: MSc class: Strategic Planning  & Decision Making 

Time: 3:00 pm GMT+1 (UK Time)

• Guest speaker: Dr. Claire Lemer (Chief Strategy Officer, Birmingham Women and Children’s Hospital; former Harkness Fellow at Harvard University

Wednesday, April 29th, 2026

Session 1: Workshop for Post-Graduate students 

Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm GMT+1 (UK Time)

• Academic podcasting: Dr. Julia Gauly (UoB)

• Academic publishing: Dr Oliver Chan (UoB)

Session 2: Career Development Workshop for Master students (UoB & UMD)

Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm GMT+1 (UK Time)

• Presented by PhD student Phil Gordon and Online MPH - Practice and Policy and MHA students (UMD).