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Applications are still open! The Harvard LEAD Fellowship invites mid-career global health leaders based in LMICs to strengthen leadership, expand impact & mentor future leaders.
📅 Deadline: Nov. 15th @ 11:59 PM EST
Apply here: bit.ly/3Vjugsm
HGHI's 2025–2026 Annual Report is now available! Discover how our faculty, fellows, students, and partners are advancing research, education, and collaboration to address today’s most pressing global health challenges.
📖 Read the report: bit.ly/HGHI-Annual-Reports
📣 TIME CHANGE: Our virtual Coffee Session on Responding to Ebola is tomorrow, Oct. 30, 11 AM–12 PM ET (new time!).
Hear from Marie Roseline Belizaire (@WHOAFRO) & Yap Boum II (@AfricaCDC), followed by Q&A.
Register here: bit.ly/4zl24qw
🔬 #FridayFellowSpotlight: Meet Thalia Viveros-Uehara, 2025 HGHI–Salata Burke Fellow, whose work explores climate change, health, and human rights.
On Oct. 29, she will moderate a panel on climate-health litigation at Harvard Law School.
📅 Register: bit.ly/4ynociQ
What does it take to build a career in global health? At a recent panel co-hosted by HGHI and @HarvardMCS, four professionals shared advice on building relationships, developing transferable skills, and finding your path.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4ySLvCx
🔬 #ICYMI: The recording & resources from our Research and Innovation Series are now available!
Dr. @AzzaIdris_1 explores how protective antibodies can guide next-generation malaria vaccine design.
🎥 Watch here: bit.ly/4jpNTf8
JOIN US TODAY @ 12 PM Eastern Time for a presentation by Azza Idris on Leveraging Protective Antibodies to Guide Next-Generation Malaria Vaccine Design.
This webinar is free and open to the public and will include time for audience Q&A.
👉 Register here: bit.ly/4dTPl5F
Join Azza Idris, MD, PhD for HGHI’s Fall 2026 Research & Innovation Speaker Series as she explores how insights from human monoclonal antibodies are informing new approaches to malaria vaccine design.
📅 Oct. 13 | 12–12:45 PM ET | Virtual
👉 Register: bit.ly/4dTPl5F
🔬 #FridayFellowsSpotlight: We are excited to welcome 8 new fellows across our 3 fellowship programs, with expertise spanning AI, child health, climate and health, digital health, medical education, and health systems leadership.
Read the announcement: bit.ly/4zt3jnI
What can the current Ebola response teach us about today’s global health emergency systems?
Join HGHI Oct. 30, 9–10 a.m. ET for a virtual Coffee Session with Dr. Marie Roseline Darnycka Belizaire (WHO Africa) and Prof. Yap Boum II (Africa CDC).
Register: bit.ly/4zl24qw
🚨 Applications are NOW OPEN for the 2027–2028 Harvard LEAD Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health!
A fully funded one-year fellowship for experienced global health professionals from low- and middle-income countries. Apply by Nov. 15: bit.ly/4hH1L1M
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Join us Oct. 29 to explore how international courts are shaping climate justice petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/e…
The second panel explores how domestic courts are shaping the constitutional architecture of climate governance.
@HarvardSalata @HarvardWCFIA @FXBHarvard @HarvardGH
🔬 #FridayFacultySpotlight: Meet new HGHI Affiliated Faculty Dr. Azza Idris, whose research focuses on malaria immunity and next-generation vaccines.
📅 Join Dr. Idris Oct. 13 for our Research & Innovation Series on next-generation malaria vaccines.
🔗 bit.ly/4dTPl5F
🌍 HGHI #FridayFellowSpotlight: Dr. @DrJalika,2024–2025 Harvard LEAD Fellow and Deputy Minister of Health II in Sierra Leone. 🇸🇱
🎥 Hear from Dr. Mustapha on sustaining momentum toward #TripleZero: facebook.com/share/v/1EuNu9L…
Join Azza Idris, MD, PhD for HGHI’s Fall 2026 Research & Innovation Speaker Series as she explores how insights from human monoclonal antibodies are informing new approaches to malaria vaccine design.
📅 Oct. 13 | 12–12:45 PM ET | Virtual
👉 Register: bit.ly/4dTPl5F
🔬 HGHI #FridayFacultySpotlight: Shriya Srinivasan, PhD
HGHI Affiliated Faculty Member, whose work bridges bioengineering, neuroscience, medical technology & global health.
Read more about her recent award: bit.ly/475PQWr
What does it take to build health systems that are resilient and sustainable for a changing world?
Explore the latest Global Health in Focus and subscribe, featuring analysis on governance, geopolitics, financing, infrastructure & AI in global health: bit.ly/4hqyZUm
🔬 HGHI #FridayFacultySpotlight: Daniel Palazuelos, an Affiliated Faculty Member advancing global health equity, community health & medical education.
🎥 Learn more by watching “Lessons in Global Health Equity” on our YouTube channel: bit.ly/4cBElJJ
Burke Fellow Dr. David Roach is developing low-cost, gene-based diagnostics to detect antimicrobial-resistant bloodstream infections in low-resource settings.
Read his latest research here: go.nature.com/4ymxagR
This June, our Scholarly Working Group led by @wafaie_fawzi co-sponsored #CAHSSA2026 in Dar es Salaam, convening a session on school feeding, food systems, and adolescent nutrition across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Learn more + read the BMJ Open protocol: bit.ly/45NXbcT
How can global health leaders create lasting change?
At a recent HGHI LEAD Fellowship workshop, 16 women leaders explored power, influence & leadership with Prof. @julie_battilana of @SICIHarvard.
Read more → bit.ly/4xkD6ad
