Northwestern University Program in Global Health Studies

Rama Darayyad (GHS grad; MPH-Global Health student) received the Best Poster Award for her poster, "Strengthening Continuity of Care for Deaf Refugee Children in Lebanon: A Program Evaluation Initiative with Deaf Defy", at Northwestern's Program of Public Health Poster Session on May 8th. Congratulations, Rama!

Last week, Northwestern University proudly welcomed Dr. Tom Frieden, former CDC Director and current President of Resolve to Save Lives, to Dr. Daniel Wozniczka’s Disease Outbreak Investigations course.

The discussion focused on pandemic preparedness and preventing the next global health crisis, and featured Dr Frieden’s new book The Formula for Better Health.

A big congratulations to our very own Professor Sarah Rodriguez for winning the 2026 Charles Deering McCormick University Professorship of Teaching Excellence, Northwestern's highest honor for teaching line faculty! https://loom.ly/IwHS1fw

Seven honored with University Teaching Awards Seven Northwestern faculty members — Elisa Baena, Connor Bain, David O’Neill, Sarah Rodriguez, Scott Sowerby, Aravindan Vijayaraghavan and Sadie Wignall — will be honored with 2026 University Teaching Awards. The annual recognition is given to professors who demonstrate excellence and innovati...

An inspiring GHS alum!

Please join Global Health Studies in welcoming Dr. Shailey Prasad for his guest lecture, Where you stand matters: Global Health, Rural Realities and Social Responsibility, on Friday April 17th. This is open to the public. Lunch provided. Hope to see you there!

Congratulations to GHS faculty member Elham Hoominfar for being published in Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability! Her article is titled, Environmental injustice, marginalization and resistance: an intersectional analysis from Iran. https://loom.ly/3pMwc6M

Environmental injustice, marginalization and resistance: an intersectional analysis from Iran This article examines the multi-layered and intersectional dimensions of environmental injustice in Iran through a “critical environmental justice” lens. I show that environmental injustice in Iran...

Another important commentary on events in Iran from Global Health Studies Professor, Dr. Elham Hoominfar. https://loom.ly/3CO-8lY

When Hope Outpaces Calculation, Mechanisms of Collective Perceptual Error in a Moment of Protest On 8–9 January 2026, nationwide protests in Iran culminated in one of the deadliest crackdowns in recent history. This essay explores how symbolic power, media framing, and distorted risk perception shaped a collective perceptual error.

Please join Global Health Studies in welcoming Claire Wendland, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for a guest lecture next Friday, Feb. 20th at noon. Lunch provided. Click to register. https://loom.ly/3JvFSp0

Dr. Kelly Hunter's lecture, Global Health Politics in the post-USAID Era, has been rescheduled due to the cold weather to January 30th at noon. Please RSVP for the new date and time!

Two excellent and timely events to share. Please consider attending!