Thank you for visiting our Global Health Conversation Series page. We are excited to share best practices and lessons learned from our USF Health Faculty and our international partners. Please feel free to watch the recorded conversations below.

Improving Access to Care: Community-Engaged Needs Assessment for Adults with Mental Neurological and Substance Use (MNS) Disorders in Nigeria
Dr. Noreen Agbapuonwu, Department of Nursing Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Dr. Jane Von Gaudecker, School of Nursing, Indiana University, Dr. Khadija Khaja, School of Social Work, Indiana University, and Dr. Ukamaka Oruche, College of Nursing, USF

Public health consequences of the devastating earthquake in southeastern Turkey
Dr. Wilfred Mbacham, Unit for Life Sciences and Biology of Organisms, University of Yaoundé, Dr. Akindeh Nji, Biotechnology Center, University of Yaoundé, and Dr. Gillian Stresman, College of Public Health, USF

Public health consequences of the devastating earthquake in southeastern Turkey
Dr. Hediye Seval Akgün, Public Health and Medicine, Baskent University and Dr. Amber Mehmood, College of Public Health, USF

Transnational Migration and Health Access
Dr. Roberta Villalón, Sociology and Anthropology Department, St. John's University, Dr. Beatriz Padilla, Department of Sociology, USF, and Dr. Arlene Calvo, College of Public Health, USF

10-Year Follow-up study of Plasmodium vivax DBPII immune response in the Brazilian Amazon
Dr. Luzia Helena Carvalho, FIOCRUZ, Brazil and Dr. Francis Ntumngia, College of Public Health, USF

Infectious diseases cases from Peru
Dr. Oscar Malpartida Tabuchi, National University of San Marcos, Peru and Dr. Ana Paula Vélez, Morsani College of Medicine, USF

Monkeypox virus, vaccines and virulence
Dr. Rachel Roper, East Carolina University and Dr. Christian Bréchot, Morsani College of Medicine, USF

Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil
Dr. Fernando Spilki, Feevale University, Brazil and Dr. Kami Kim, Morsani College of Medicine, USF

Community Agency in Global Health Programs: Importance, Mechanisms, and Effectiveness in Addressing Health Challenges
Dr. Moses Katabarwa, RTI International, Shirin Madon, London School of Economics & Political Science, United Kingdom, and Dr. Edwin Michael, College of Public Health, USF

If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.” - Could Mortality Surveillance Serve asan Entry Point to Reduce Under-five Deaths in Sierra Leone?
Dr. Cheedy Jaja, College of Nursing, USF and Dr. Ikechukwu (Ike) Ogbaunu, CHAMPS, Sierra Leone

Scaling-up and evaluating salt reduction policies and programs in Latin American countries
Dr. Adriana Blanco-Metzler, Costa Rican Institute for Research and Teaching in Nutrition and Health, Costa Rica and Dr. Mahmooda Khaliq Pasha, College of Public Health, USF

De la clínica al entorno comunitario
Dr. Margarita Arboleda Naranjo, Universidad CES, Colombia and Dr. Ana Paula Vélez, Morsani College of Medicine, USF

El cuidado de pacientes con tuberculosis con un enfoque de justicia social y los determinantes de salud
Dr. Leonid Lecca, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical, Dr. Jerome Galea, College of Community and Behavioral Sciences, USF, and Dr. Miguel Reina Ortiz, College of Public Health, USF

Research as a Catalyst for Equitable International Collaboration
Dr. Lindokuhle Andile Sibiya, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Dr. Julia Toman, Morsani College of Medicine, USF, and Dr. James Porterfield, Morsani College of Medicine, USF

Advancing Neglected Tropical Diseases Control in Africa: Integrating Social Development with Biomedical Approaches
Dr. Amadou SALL, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal, Dr. Edwin Michael, College of Public Health, USF, and Dr. Lynette Menezes, Morsani College of Medicine, USF

A case study: diabetes among Māori and Pacific people in New Zealand
Dr. David Simmons, Western Sydney University, Australia, Dr. Janice Zgibor, College of Public Health, USF, and Dr. Claudia Cooperman, College of Public Health, USF

The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Research in Rwanda and at USF
Dr. Monica Uddin, College of Public Health, USF, Dr. Derek Wildman, College of Public Health, USF, and Dr. Rays H.Y. Jiang, College of Public Health, USF

Role of Mathematical Models in Forecasting and Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr. Edwin Michael, College of Public Health, USF

COVID-19 and the Healthcare System in Thailand: Perspective from a Medical School Hospital
Dr. Suttipong Wacharasindhu, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and Dr. Panida Sriaroon, Morsani College of Medicine, USF

The Impact of the Pandemic on Pharmacy Practice in the U.S and Nigeria
Dr. Angela Hill, Taneja College of Pharmacy, USF and Dr. Bao Anh Tran, Taneja College of Pharmacy, USF

Public-Private Partnership During a Pandemic — Experience in Udupi District of India
Dr. Shashikiran Umakanth, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India and Dr. Lynette Menezes, Morsani College of Medicine, USF

The Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers Globally
Dr. Barbara Smith, College of Nursing, USF and Dr. Yolanda Torres, College of Nursing, USF

The Merging of Two Crises: The Impact of Covid 19 on the Global Refugee Crisis
Dr. Minal Ahson, Morsani College of Medicine, USF and Dr. Miguel Reina Ortiz, College of Public Health, USF

COVID-19: Lessons to be Learned and the Role of the Global Virus Network
Dr. Christian Bréchot, Morsani College of Medicine, USF and Dr. Andrew Myers, Morsani College of Medicine, USF

COVID-19 Response in Mexico and the Social Determinants of Health
Dr. Guadalupe Silvia García De La Torre,UNAM, Mexico and Dr. Lynette Menezes, Morsani College of Medicine, USF

COVID-19 Diagnostics and Surveillance
Dr. Kami Kim, Morsani College of Medicine, USF and Dr. Thomas Unnasch, College of Public Health, USF

Public Health Response to COVID-19 in Uganda
Dr. Pontiano Kaleebu, Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Uganda and Dr. Muwanga Moses, Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda

Managing COVID-19 Patients in an Outpatient Setting
Dr. Asa Oxner, Morsani College of Medicine, USF

Don’t Just Sit There- Adapt and Optimize in a Post-COVID World
Dr. Kristopher Kaliebe, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, USF