Global Health Program Annual Report 2021

Our panel proposal for the annual conference has also been accepted. The details of the panel proposal
are:
Title: Decolonizing Global Health: The Path from Overshadowing to Illuminating at the Nuvance Health
Global Health Program.
Panelists: Mariah McNamara, Rati Ndhlovu, Noeline Nakasujja, Mitra Sadigh
Organizer: Mitra Sadigh
Moderator: Mariah McNamara
Meanwhile, six submitted abstracts have been accepted and invited for poster presentation. I am
equally delighted to share that one of the abstracts (Irene Sue, Andrea Green) along with a handful of
other selected abstracts will be published in the supplement of the prestigious journal The Lancet.
List of accepted abstracts:
1. Dynamic Nature of Medical Students’ Challenges During Clinical Global Health Elective Based on
Students’ Weekly Reflections
Authors: Svanjita Berry, Salwa Sadiq-Ali, Dilyara Nurkhametova, Majid Sadigh
2. The Impact of COVID-19 on Vermont’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Population
Authors: Katie Wells, et al.
3. The History of Colonization and its Impact on Global Health Practice: An Educational Session
Authors: Mitra Sadigh, Dilyara Nurkhametova, Majid Sadigh
4. Transformation of Global Health Electives for Medical Students Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Dilyara Nurkhametova, Bulat A. Ziganshin, Majid Sadigh
5. Global Health Narrative Medicine Elective as a Tool for Improving Cultural Competency
Authors: Irene Sue, Andrea Green, et al.
6. The Use of Simulation in the Training of Participants in Short-Term Global Health Electives
Authors: Mitra Sadigh, Molly Moore, et al.
And lastly the following essays have received awards:
“A Radical Act” by Mitra Sadigh has been selected as a winner in the global health practitioner category.
“Human Experience Shaping Medical Needs” by Jett Choquette was selected for an honorable mention
in the global health student category.
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