MAHE To Host International Global Health Advisory Board meeting and Global Health Symposium 2023
Manipal, April 14, 2023: Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), India, is set to host the International Advisory Board of the Global Health program in partnership with the Global Learning Symposium.
The event will be held on April 15 and 16.
The board, consisting of experts from diverse backgrounds, will oversee the consortium of seven partnership universities, with Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of The Netherlands as Honorary Chair. the Board includes Dr Thijs Teeling Chair of the Advisory Board, (Netherlands), Dr Luis Barreto (Canada), Mary Heersink (USA), Dr Priscilla Reddy (South Africa), Jeff Mainland (Canada), and Elizabeth Witmer (Canada).
The two-day international advisory board meeting will take place at MAHE in Manipal, and will also see the launch of the Global Health International Consortium website and logo on April 15th, 2023. Esteemed dignitaries of MAHE, including the Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen. MD Venkatesh, will be present, along with academic delegates from partner universities across the globe.
Maj Gen (Prof) Atul Kotwal, SM, VSM (Retd.) Executive Director, National Health Systems Resource Centre, Government of India will be the guest speaker, while the attendees will discuss action-oriented research taking place across the partner universities and deliberate the program’s continued expansion. The alumni will further explain the relevance of the Global Health Program’s competencies in their current careers.
According to Lt. Gen. MD Venkatesh, the annual Global Health Learning Symposium will take place in MAHE, India from 16th-28th April 2023, bringing together over 350 students and 37 faculty from various partner institutions in Canada, Netherlands, Norway, Colombia, Thailand and Sudan. The symposium will use innovative educational modalities, such as learning pods, cluster interaction, and transcontinental faculty to facilitate system mapping exercise, designed to introduce students to varying systems while working in collaboration with a diversity of backgrounds, knowledge, and skills.
Dr. Sharath Kumar Rao K, Pro Vice Chancellor of MAHE, emphasizes that working in international teams will allow students to engage in a system mapping exercise, introducing them to varying systems while working in collaboration with a diversity of backgrounds, knowledge, and skills.
