Events and Activities
Center for Global Health
The Center for Global Health is a community of learning and service that brings together Oregon State and partners around the world to address current and future global health challenges.
Upcoming events
Previous events
2025
Grand Challenges Impact Lab: Lessons Learned from Global Problem-Solving
Dr. Julian Marshall" founded the Grand Challenges Impact Lab (GCIL), based in Bengaluru, India. This unique UW program operates like a startup incubator but focuses on environmental health and social issues. It offers students hands-on opportunities to tackle global challenges and witness the tangible impact of their ideas. In 2024 he was awarded the UW’s Boeing International Endowed Professorship in recognition of his work in air pollution and environmental justice. Dr. Marshall’s research focuses on understanding and mitigating pollution impacts in diverse environments, from urban centers to rural areas in both developed and developing countries. His work places a strong emphasis on environmental justice, specifically exploring how racial and ethnic demographics influence disparities in air pollution exposure. His extensive collaborations with non-governmental organizations, governments, other academics and industries highlight the global and interdisciplinary focus.
2023
Seminars
2022
Seminars
- February 10: Determinants of Occupational Stress Among Nurses in Serowe, Botswana
- January 26: Maternal Health and Mortality among Female Sex Workers in Low-to-Middle-Income Countries
- January 20: Socio-Technical Context for the Implementation of New ICU Innovations
2021
International Symposium
-
June 18, 19 & 24: Towards the Post-Pandemic Era
Seminars
- December 1: Who pays for healthcare in Bangladesh? An analysis of progressivity in health systems financing
- November 19: Navigating Endemic COVID-19 -- The Singapore Experience
- November 17: When do epidemics end?
- November 10: Malaria: Lessons from adapting vector control activities in Africa during COVID-19
- November 8: World’s Children – Comfort after Crisis
- October 28: Improving Adolescent and Maternal Health in The Gambia and Ghana through Gender Transformative Approach (GTA)
- June 4: The Covid-19 pandemic in Norway: Creating safe workplaces
- May 19: How does Taiwan combat COVID-19 and revive its economy?
- April 22: Public Health Vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean and implications for Sustainable Development
- March 10: Working toward improving maternal and child health when facing a crisis: Short and long-term responses after the nuclear accident in 2011
- February 25: Preventive Health Programs, Singapore Experience
- February 24: New insights into urban air pollution and public health in Latin America
- February 3: How does a European small state deal with COVID-19? Personal experiences of a family in Iceland
- January 28: Health Workers’ Strike and its Impact on COVID-19 in Kenya
- January 20: Bridging International Human Rights Norms to Taiwan: The Role of NGOs
2020
Seminars
- November 5: COVID-19 Challenges and Opportunities for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Outreach and Access
- October 29: Designing and testing an intervention for preventing early marriage in rural Gambia
- October 22: Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting for International Health Program Effectiveness ¾ An Example from Ethiopia
- October 15: Cervical cancer screening and HIV testing among homeless migrant women in France
- October 14: Investigating Public Values in Health Care Priority ¾ Chileans’ Preference for National Health Care
- March 1: COVID-19 pandemic and its global impacts
- February 25: Fighting the Bite - An Implementer’s Perspective on Malaria Prevention, Control and Pre-Elimination Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa
