2023 Lineup

"The War in Ukraine: Effects on Health"

Sergiy Yakovenko, PhD - Schools of Medicine and Engineering

Alison Wilson, MD - Department of Surgery

Valerie Gritsenko, PhD - Physical Therapy

"Commencing and Maintaining a Pediatric Heart Surgery Program for Developing Nations of the Caribbean: A Decade in Jamaica"

Vinay Badhwar, MD, FACS, FACC

Executive Chair, WVU Heart and Vascular Institute

Gordon F. Murray Professor and Chair - Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

"Global Aging: How to Sustain our Social, Economic, and Health Systems"

France Weaver, PhD

Associate Professor, School of Public Health

West Virginia University

"Estonian Experience"

Maleah Cline

Junior Nursing Student

West Virginia University

"Equity and Disparity in the South African Healthcare System"

Dixie Shahan, Pharm D.

Acute Care Pharmacy Resident

West Virginia University

"Professional and Personal Experiences with Diversity and Equity in Global Health"

Internal Medicine Global Health Track Residents

Moderator: Josephine Reece, MD, FACP