Events

  • Sally Hillman Redman, Associate Director of Admissions at Dartmouth Medical School will be giving a brief overview of Dartmouth and answering any questions about the school and the application process in general. All students are invited to attend, especially those students interested in applying to Dartmouth on Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. in Beaven 125.
  • Unite For Sight Fifth Annual International Health Conference
    Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow
    April 12-13, 2008
    Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
    http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008
  • Join 2,000 conference attendees and 150 speakers for a stimulating conference.
  • Keynote Addresses By: Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Susan Blumenthal, and Dr. Jim Yong Kim
    Plus More Than 150 Featured Speakers
    Register For Conference - EARLY BIRD RATE ( $60 students, $85 all others) http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008
  • Who should attend? Anyone interested in international health, public health, international development, medicine, eye care, nonprofits, philanthropy, microfinance, social entrepreneurship, bioethics, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, environmental health, and public service.
  • Keynote Addresses
    · Susan Blumenthal, MD,MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General; Senior Advisor For Health and Medicine; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center
  • · "Bridging the Implementation Gap in Global Health," Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD,Co-Founder, Partners in Health; Director, Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; Francois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Chair, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Former HIV/AIDS Director at World Health Organization
  • · Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
  • · "Millennium Village Project", Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Villages
  • Plenary Panels (Confirmed Thus Far)
    Brain Drain: The Health, Development, and Economic Effects on African Countries
    Introduction:
    · Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
  • · Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Health Coordinator, Millennium Villages
  • Panelists:
    · Thomas Baah, MD, MSc, Ophthalmologist, Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Ghana
  • · James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
  • · Michael Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist and Director of the Bawku Eye Care Program, Ghana
  • · Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana
  • Building Capacity With Community Health Outreach Workers
    Introduction:
    · Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, Co-Founder, Partners in Health; Director, Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; Francois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Chair, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Former HIV/AIDS Director at World Health Organization
  • Panelists:
    · James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
  • · Margaret Duah-Mensah, RN, ON, Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
  • · Eva Harris, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases,School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley; President,Sustainable Sciences Institute
  • · Harshad Sanghvi, MD, Medical Director, JHPIEGO, Johns Hopkins University
  • Plus 150+ Speakers. Full List at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2008
  • Fudge with Futterman - Tuesday, February 19, 2008

-Stop by Beaven 125 at 6:30pm to visit with Prof. Futterman and the other members of the pre-med committee. This is a relaxed environment designed for you to have your questions answered about the pre-med program, the medical school application process, what you can being doing now to prepare for the next few years, and any other questions you may have. So come by on Tuesday night for some conversation and deserts!

  • Date TBA - Practice MCAT offered by Kaplan

  • If you have any ideas or thoughts on events that you would like to see or ways to enhance the potential events listed above, please feel free to e-mail any of the officers listed on the Contacts Page.