Global Health Research Day Event & Exhibit, Sept. 5, 2024
The College of Medicine-Tucson Global & Border Health and Health Sciences Library hosted an exhibit featuring a series of select research posters created by students, residents, and faculty of the COM-T Global & Border Health program. This program exposes students to high-quality, evidence-based, interdisciplinary clinical and public health care under the resource constraints typically found in developing nations.
The exhibit kicked-off with an inaugural Global Health Research Day event at the Health Sciences Library on September 5, 2024. On display through October, scholarly posters showcase the participants’ global health work and research achievements. The event promoted global health work, created networking opportunities within the global health community, and inspired more interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaborations.
Keynote Speaker
Theresa Cullen, MD, MS is currently the Public Health Director of Pima County, Arizona. While guiding the county of over one million residents through COVID-19, she developed a strategic approach to emergency preparedness and response, resiliency, and transformational health status change with a goal of health equity. She continues to work closely with Tribal, federal, state and local partners to ensure that community needs are integrated with the goal of health justice. Dr. Cullen, RADM (retired) USPHS, began her family medicine clinical career with Indian Health Service (IHS) and worked in leadership positions for 25 years with American Indian/Alaska Native communities with a goal of improving health status through innovation and data informatics. Dr. Cullen worked as the Chief Medical Information Officer for the Veterans Health Administration from 2012-2015 and Associate Director of Global Health Informatics at the Regenstrief Institute. She has been honored with multiple local, state and national awards including the Distinguished Service Medal, the University of Arizona Medical College Alumni Award, and the AMIA Don Detmer Award for informatics health policy contributions.
Poster Awards
Faculty Award:
Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Adults and Pediatric Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury in a Kenyan Hospital
Authors: Leahcaren N. Oundoh, B. Jason Brotherton, Moses Odiambo, Benjamin Thairu, Beryl Akinyi, and Kristina E. Rudd.
Resident Award:
Empowering Obstetric Providers Through Education in Ghana: A Pathway to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Authors: Amanda McWhirter, MD, PGY2, Alyssa Tigner, MD, chief resident, and Lynn Coppola, MD.
Student Award:
MexZona: A University of Arizona Student-Led Non-Profit to Combat Healthcare Disparities in Mexico
Authors: Max Coffeen MS4, Ahmed Al-Shamari MS4, and Cameron Mortazavi MS1.
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