GlobalHOME lecture series begins
GlobalHOME – a Sydney Medical School medical student-run organisation – has developed a lecture series featuring world-renowned experts discussing current issues in global health. These lectures will be invaluable for those who have an interest in being involved in global health or working in the developing world.
Please refer to our facebook page to get the latest information.
Any questions? Please email Nilru Vitharana (Med 3)
The GlobalHOME lecture Series is supported by the Office for Global Health.
2010 lectures
Introduction to Global Health
Tuesday 9 March, 6 - 7.30pm
Eastern Ave Auditorium
Professor Robert Cumming (Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health)
Simon Moss (Global Poverty Project)
Aid and its effectiveness
Tuesday 16 March, 5.30 - 7.00pm
Eastern Ave Auditorium
Tim Costello (CEO World Vision)
Joel Negin (International Public Health, Menzies Centre for Health Policy)
Conflict and health
Tuesday 23 March, 6 - 7:30pm
Eastern Ave Auditorium
Dr Ben Saul (Director of the Sydney Centre for International Law)
Dr Nick Coatsworth (Médecins Sans Frontières)
Maternal and child health
Saturday 27 March, 9:30am - 3pm
New Law School Theatre 106. Please RSVP to if interested.
Professor Heather Jeffrey (Chair of International Maternal and Child Health)
Managing a humanitarian response
Tuesday 30 March, 6 - 7.30pm
Eastern Ave Auditorium
Captain Dr Duncan Wallace (Navy Reserve medical officer)
Climate change and health
Tuesday 4 May, 6 - 7.30pm
Eastern Ave Auditorium
Dr Ben Ticehurst (Doctors for the Environment)
Dr Paul Beggs (Winner of 2009 Eureka Prize in Medical Research)
Tropical infectious diseases
Tuesday 11 May, 6 - 7.30pm
Eastern Ave Auditorium
Associate Professor Bernie Hudson (Senior staff specialist, Infectious Disease, Medical Director of the Medical Advisory Service for Travellers Abroad)
Malnutrition
Tuesday 18 May, 6 - 7.30pm
Eastern Ave Auditorium
Professor Stewart Truswell AO (world expert in human nutrition)
Indigenous health
Tuesday 25 May, 6 - 7.30pm
Eastern Ave Auditorium
Dr Paul Torzillo (Medical Director of the Nganampa Health Council , member of the National Indigenous Health Equity Council)
Associate Professor Ngaire Brown (Director of the Poche Centre for Indigenous health)