Division of Biology and Medicine
Center for Global Health Equity

2024-25 Grand Rounds

We are happy to announce that the Center for Global Health Equity will be launching a series of 8 Global Health Grand Round (GR) lectures for the academic year 2024-2025, kicking off on August 27, 2024 at the Warren Alpert Medical School.

The main objective of our monthly GR lecture series is to highlight the outstanding global health work and research that our faculty members have been doing with their international partners and academic institutions globally. The GR lectures will be attended by our faculty members, students, residents, fellows and trainees.

Tues, Aug 27, 2024, 5pm to 7pm - Susan Cu-Uvin, MD and Nabila Hossain Purno, MPH

  • Lecture Title:  "UNFPA's role in improving SRHR in Bangladesh: Spotlight on cervical cancer management in Kurigram" 
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • Location: Warren Alpert Medical School, 222 Richmond St, Room 280, Providence, RI
  • A/V Recording: 08/27/2024 Grand Rounds

Tues, Sep 17, 2024, 5pm to 7pm - Alethea Desrosiers, PhD and Andrés Moya, PhD 

  • Lecture Title: "Prioritizing Mental Health for Mothers, Children, and Adolescents for Communities Affected by Conflict and Displacement in Colombia" 
  • Country: Colombia
  • Location: Warren Alpert Medical School, 222 Richmond St, Room 280, Providence, RI
  • A/V Recording: 09/17/2024 Grand Rounds

Tues, Oct 22, 2024, 5pm to 7pm - Ruhul Abid, MD, PhD and Bushra Binte Alam, MD, M.Phil

  • Lecture Title:  “Healthcare Delivery in Humanitarian Crisis and Resource-limited Setting: Management of Chronic Diseases”
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • A/V Recording: 10/22/2024 Grand Rounds

Tues, Nov 19, 2024, 5pm to 7pm - Naz Karim, MD, MSc, MHA, MPH;  Appolinaire Manirafasha MD, Mmed; and Kyle Denison Martin, DO, MA, MPH.  

Tues, Jan 28, 2025, 5pm to 7pm - Ramu Kharel, MD, MPH and Mirza Noor Ali Baig, MBBS, M.S, FCPS

  • Lecture Title:  "Empowering Communities, Saving Lives: Lessons from the Pakistan Life Savers Programme – A Blueprint for Global Action and Collaboration"
  • Countries: Pakistan and Nepal
  • Location: Warren Alpert Medical School, 222 Richmond St, Room 280, Providence, RI
  • A/V Recording: 01/28/2025 Grand rounds

Wednesday, Jan 29th, 12 to 1pm -  Dr. Baig Pizza Lunch with students, residents, fellows, & trainees. Email sandra_hinthorn@brown.edu to sign up.   Warren Alpert Medical School, Room 346

Tues, Feb 18, 2025, 5pm to 7pm - Andrea Parker, MD, FACS, FCS (ECSA) and Robert Parker, MD MPH, FACS, FCS (ECSA) 

Tues, Mar 18, 2025, 5pm to 7pm -  Anne CC Lee, MD, MPH and Firehiwot Workneh Abate, PhD, MPH

  • Lecture Title: "The First 1,000 Days: Impacts of Prenatal Nutrition and Infection on Birth outcomes and Child development  in Rural Ethiopia"
  • Country: Ethiopia
  • Location: Warren Alpert Medical School, 222 Richmond St, Room 160, Providence, RI

Tues, Apr 29, 2025, 5pm to 7:45 pm - Prof Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD, FRSC

Chair, Department of Global & Public Health, McGill University

                       Funding support provided by the Arnold T. Galkin Fund in memory of Paul J. Galkin.