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GlobeMed: Virtual Internship in Global Health Interest Form 2022

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Hello everyone! Hope you’re staying safe and warm amidst all these winter storms!
This Tuesday, February 23rd, from 6-7 pm, GlobeMed will be hosting a gHU about the origins of medical racism, specifically against Black Americans, in honor of Black History Month. We will be learning about and discussing the history of medical racism in the United States, and the effect this history has on the medical field today. If you plan on attending, please RSVP using the link in the linktree in our bio.
Attendees will receive a $5 Amazon gift card.
We hope to (virtually) see you there!

GlobeMed is excited to announce our next gHU about the COVID vaccine on Tuesday, February 9th from 6-7 pm CST! This gHU will be a meeting to learn about and discuss issues surrounding the vaccine, including vaccine basics, vaccine rollout, local and global vaccine equity, and vaccine misconceptions. If you would like to attend, please use this link to register for the zoom meeting: https://uic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEudeqgqjwsGtZpBS538Mjlp1gHV0KfDqDI

Happy New Year! Hope you all are having a wonderful break! To start off the new year, we have some exciting news! GlobeMed and our partner organization in Cameroon, Africa, the Food and Rural Development Foundation (FORUDEF), are excited to announce our Virtual Internship in Global Health for the Summer of 2021!

The internship begins on May 17th and will end in the middle of July. Throughout the course of the internship, interns will be working closely with FORUDEF to improve community health and support internally displaced persons and victims of gender-based violence. Interns will help design and deliver educational workshops, provide mentorship, create teaching aids, and spearhead fundraising efforts. More details about FORUDEF, the internship, and specific intern roles can be found on the flyer. If you are interested in this internship opportunity, please fill out the interest form in our linktree in our bio.

Feel free to email GlobeMed’s Director of Partnerships, Pooja ([email protected]), or the GlobeMed email ([email protected]) if you have any questions about the internship or the application process!

Come join us for our last event of the semester! Partners In Health is joining the Invisible Institute to co-host a special virtual event, Understanding Pathologies of Power in the Age of COVID-19. Featuring PIH Co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer, the Invisible Institute Founder Jamie Kalven, and Dr. Tom Fisher of University of Chicago Medicine, the panel will discuss the systemic conditions affecting the health, safety, and freedom to flourish of those living in marginalized communities, from the Chicago’s South Side to Haiti’s Central Plateau. Please join us for what promises to be an engaging and informative conversation. We will be gathering at 12 p.m. CT (1 p.m. ET) on Wednesday, December 9th, on Zoom. To RSVP, use the link below

https://invisible.institute/chicagotohaiti

GlobeMed at UIC is looking forward to hosting Dr. Richard Novak TODAY (9/23) for a webinar from 4:30 - 5:30pm. Dr. Novak is the head of the Division of Infectious Diseases at UI Health. He is the lead investigator of the UIC clinical trial currently underway to test a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Novak will be discussing his team's work, the timeline for vaccine development, plans for effective distribution, herd immunity, and much more. There have been many misconceptions surrounding the vaccine, and in a time of such chaos & uncertainty, we wanted to create this space for students to hear from Dr. Novak directly & engage in critical discussion. We hope to (virtually) see you there!

Join at the Zoom Link HERE: https://linktr.ee/GlobeMedUIC

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We had such an insightful discussion today about food insecurity and what we can do as global citizens to make every bit of difference that we can! Thank you to the representatives from Food Recovery Network, the UIC Wellness Center, and the UI Health Pilsen Food Pantry. Jacqueline, Jane, and Dr. Figueroa, it was a pleasure to hear all the insights you three had! Thank you to all those that attended as well ♥️

UIC Wellness Center

Happy Halloween everyone!

We are so excited to have Dr. Figueroa—a physician who researches food insecurity— and Jane Escarez— a student who works with Food Recovery Network @ UIC—come speak to us today (10/31). Make sure to come out to the Quiet Study Room of the Commuter Student Center from 5-6:30pm to learn more!

How to get to the Commuter Student Center: walk to the right of Inner Circle In SCE. Walk past the Wellness Center & you’ll be there!

Hope to see y’all there 🙂