From Local To Global
A Moderated
Discussion on Global Health
Presented by Timmy
Global Health at Indiana University
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Join Timmy Global Health
at IU on Thursday, October 24 at 7:00PM in the Frangipani room in the
Indiana Memorial Union for a moderated discussion on international health care issues
with experts engaged directly in public health initiatives world-wide.
Founded in 2001, Timmy
Global Health at Indiana University is a student organization that supports the
mission of Timmy Global Health, an Indianapolis-based non-profit that expands
access to healthcare while empowering student and volunteers to tackle global
health challenges firsthand. Each March, twenty IU students travel to Guatemala
for one week to volunteer in medical clinics and help provide care to
medically-underserved communities. And for 52 weeks a year, Timmy at IU
students fundraise, advocate, and serve on behalf of Timmy’s local Guatemalan
partner, helping to build their capacity and strengthen their outreach. While
each trip inspires a new group of students, they often return with many
questions: How do we know that the work we support in Guatemala is effective
and impactful? How can we make it better? More sustainable? Are we taking care
to do no harm? And, given the health care issues here in the US, why are we spending
our time working abroad? How do we ensure that our work truly has a
global—local and international—impact?
To answer our questions
Timmy at IU is going straight to the experts. Four global health “celebrities”
engaged directly in international health initiatives will help navigate the
complexities and challenges of the global health world. Our expert panelists
include:
Matt MacGregor – Executive Director of Timmy Global Health; Worked previously on
developmental projects in Hanoi and Guatemala; previously Timmy Global Health’s
Medical Brigade Coordinator in Quito, Ecuador
Cody McSellers-McCray – Executive Director of Health Leads Chicago; previous served as
Director of Health Promotion for Westside Health Authority in Chicago;
previously Director of Programming for the Women’s Health Foundation
Dr. Jackson Williams – Division Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine practice at Baystate
Medical Center; actively implements American physician’s volunteering program
and medical student education program in Liberia
Dr. Gregory Wilson – Richard M. Fairbanks Chair in Community Health and Associate Chair
for Community and Global Health, IU School of Medicine, Department of Public
Health; Founder and previously served as the Medical Director of the Indiana
Poison Control Center; previously President of the Indiana Chapter of the
American Academy of Pediatrics; previously served as the State Health
Commissioner at the Indiana Department of Health
The discussion will be
moderated by Indianapolis’ own Barbara Lewis, host of the IU School
of Medicine’s syndicated NPR radio show “Sound Medicine.”
The event will help
Timmy at IU enhance the dialogue at Indiana University about global health
issues, challenges, and opportunities. With the help of our panelists we hope
to delve into the world of global health, and explore how it affects us all,
and what we can do to support it!
If you would like to
learn more about the discussion, please contact Timmy at IU's Event
Coordinator, Elizabeth Schueth (eschueth@indiana.edu).
Warm Regards,
Timmy Global Health at
IU
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