- GHIG meeting feat. UAEM.
Thursday May 14, 1pm. AMEB 470.
We constantly hear from our lecturers about how prolific Hopkins researchers of the past and present have been in making groundbreaking discoveries in medicine, but we still have a long way to go in ensuring that the end products of these discoveries help those who need them the most. Global access to medicines is an exquisitely complicated issue that spans many academic fields, from biomedical research to intellectual property law, but it is one on which we can take action and have tangible impact as students. How, you ask? Well, first off, by coming to this Thursday’s GHIG meeting, featuring super-duper-special guests from the Hopkins chapter of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines. I hope you’ll all be able to make it, but if not, be sure to check out their website to learn a bit about their current campaign to improve our university’s access policies.
- Carl Taylor Memorial Lecture: A Special Celebration of Carl Taylor’s Life and Work
Friday, May 14, 2010, 1:30. Wolfe St. building, W1214.
As we begin our careers in medicine/global health, we must remember that we stand on the shoulders of giants. Born in the Himalayas to medical missionaries, Carl Taylor was immersed in the health and social challenges of the neglected peoples of the world from his youngest days. He went on to become the founder of International Health as an academic discipline as well as the founding chair of what is now the largest department at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he was still teaching until shortly before passing away in February at the tender age of 93. He was a pioneer, a dedicated teacher, and spent his life helping communities empower themselves to shape their own fates. The School of Public Health will be holding a memorial lecture in his honor this Friday, which will be a great opportunity to learn about his life and his work, and why, as global health aficionados, we all owe him a big one! If you can’t make it, his latest book Just and Lasting Change gives a great overview of his approach to social justice and health.
