Lecture series

The GlobalHOME lecture series is an annual event that runs from March to May. The aim of the lecture series is to educate and promote important global and local public health issues and the millenium development goals. Distinguished speakers whom are experts in their field of public health will come to the University of Sydney to share their personal experiences in working with communities, research, and what we can do as students to work towards improving these issues.

The 2011 lecture series consisted of the following topics and speakers:

Date	Topic
Tuesday 15th March	Global Health – We Know What It Takes! Nick Allardice (General manager, Oaktree Foundation)
Tuesday 22nd March	Health and Human Rights: the confrontation between ideals and practice on the ground Prof David Kinley (Chair of Human Rights Law, Sydney University)
Tuesday 29th March	Chronic disease in Africa: Neglected diseases and the health systems we need to alleviate them Mr Joel Negin (Senior lecturer in International Public Health) and Prof Bob Cumming (Professor of Epidemiology and Geriatrics, Sydney University)
Tuesday 5th April	Emergency Medicine: stories of disaster relief from in the field Dr Michael Campion (former Defence Force)
Tuesday 10th May	Indigenous Health Dr Alyssa Vass (Consultant health educator at the Aboriginal Resources and Development Services)
Tuesday 17th May	Can we eradicate Malaria? + Career Talk Prof Graham Brown (Director of Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne)
Tuesday 24th May	Women’s Rights and Health: the importance of Women’s rights for health with a focus on FGC Dr Nesrin Varol (African Partnership and Centre for Elimination of Female Genital Cutting, WHO)
Tuesday 31st May	Health and the Environment Dr Ben Ticehurst

 

Maternal health workshop

The aim of the maternal health workshop is to educate students about the Millenium Development Goal number 5, to improve maternal health in developing countries. This workshop consists of talks and an interactive SCORPIO with leading professors and doctors in maternal health, and the assembly of birthing kits to send to developing countries via Birthing Kit Foundation Australia.

The 2011 maternal health workshop was held on the 19th of April, and welcomed speakers Prof Heather Jeffery and Dr Jane Hirst. The birthing kits assembled were sent to India.

 

Child health workshop

The aim of the child health workshop is to educate students about clinical paediatrics in developing nations, and to promote the MDG number 4, the improvement of children’s health worldwide.

The 2011 child health workshop was held on 28th of May. We welcomed speakers Dr Ben Marais, who spoke about tuberculosis and how the disease affects children in endemic countries, and Prof Kathryn Currow, who gave a talk on the impact of education in clinical paediatric healthcare, with a focus on case studies.