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Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update for January 6, 2025

January 06, 2025
by Tracy Rabin and Sheela Shenoi

Dear GHEDP Colleagues,

Greetings to all – we hope that you were able to take some time to catch your breath over the holiday season and wish you a happy and healthy 2025!

Open Applications

  • Yogesh Khanal Pilot Award call for applications (deadline January 15th): This funding opportunity provides up to $2500 for a mentored global health/health equity clinical research or medical education project over a 12-month period; all residents in the Department of Internal Medicine are eligible to apply. This award was founded in memory of Dr. Yogesh Khanal (Trad ’15 & Traditional Internal Medicine Chief Resident 2015-2016), a compassionate and dedicated colleague and physician, with a deep commitment to addressing health disparities by working with underserved communities both domestically and internationally.
  • Virtual Global Health Poster Session on Tuesday March 25th, 2025, 12-1pm as part of the lead up to the Department of Internal Medicine’s 14th Annual Global Health Day (Thursday March 27th).  Trainees are eligible for awards. Abstract deadline: January 31st @ 5pm in Microsoft Word to Sheela.Shenoi@yale.edu. Please state in the subject line “Global Health Day 2024 Abstract”. In the body of the email, please list: Title, All authors’ names and affiliations, Please specify the presenting author with email address.  The presenting author will be notified by the end of February.
  • Women's Infectious Diseases Global Scholars Program (WINGS) – Deadline January 31st: https://www.womenglobalhealth.com/female-global-scholars-1
  • Cornell’s Global Health Research Fellowship (rolling application): https://globalhealth.weill.cornell.edu/fellowship

New and Notable

Upcoming Local Events: January

Online Trainings & Recordings of Past Events Available:

Additional Information:

  • The application platform is open for the Department of Internal Medicine’s Cross-Distinction Resident Academic Fund! Through this fund, residents will have the opportunity to apply for awards of up to $500 per year. This money is intended to cover costs associated with presenting your Distinction Pathway-related work at a local, regional, national, or international conference, or other academic activities related to your participation in the Distinction Pathway. All Distinction Pathway residents are encouraged to apply, however, preference will be given to PGY-3s and PGY-4s, as well as (in the future) residents who have not previously received an award from this fund. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis - https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7NEkKKQS5XWEWF0
  • To view prior seminars from the Yale Macmillan Center Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement & Humanitarian Responses, please visit/subscribe to the PRFDHR YouTube channel
  • Missed a great webinar? Take a look at the Physicians for Human Rights online archive of COVID-19-related webinars, and also check out the Partners in Health COVID-19 Webinar series archive
  • Yale Institute for Global Health website: https://medicine.yale.edu/yigh/ - subscribe to their newsletter and follow YIGH on Twitter and Facebook
  • Global Health Journal List blog entry (https://guides.lib.wayne.edu/choosingajournal/globalhealth) - an interesting and fairly comprehensive list of global health journals! Good for folks who are interested in thinking about what to read or where you might like to publish.
  • Sign up for the Global Mental Health Program mailing list: https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/globalmentalhealth/
  • Link to the Macmillan Center calendar -­ Please visit this site for a list of upcoming events:http://calendar.yale.edu/cal/macmillan
  • Subscribe to the daily “Global Health NOW” newsletter: https://globalhealthnow.org/subscribe

Best,

Tracy and Sheela