Connecting for innovation and impact for all in global health
School-based health centers and wellness centers are key to building health and education equity for California’s children and youth. The California School-Based Health Alliance’s (CSHA) statewide School Health Conference in Anaheim April 28-29 is an opportunity for health practitioners, educators, and advocates to connect and learn how to best support students with increased access to health care at school.
Join Stanford CIGH on April 30th for this Global Health Research Spotlight featuring Ami S. Bhatt, MD, PhD, discussing her collaborative, community-engaged research efforts to map the African gut microbiome.
Rise Up is thrilled to invite you to its Evening of Impact on April 30, 2025, from 6:00–8:00 PM at The Progress. At this unforgettable celebration, you’ll hear directly from visionary Rise Up Leaders who are driving transformative change in their communities—expanding education, improving health care, and creating economic opportunities for women, girls, and gender-nonconforming people worldwide.
Strengthen your team’s outbreak response and prevention capabilities with this interactive, three-week virtual workshop from PHI’s Population Health Innovation Lab. Equip your team with actionable strategies to integrate health equity, optimize data, and foster collaboration.
Join Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign on Tuesday, May 6 for the next session in its Innovation & Health Equity Discussion Series, "The DASON Project: Improving Pediatric Tube-Feeding from Chile to the World."
Imperial College London is at the forefront of AI-powered solutions transforming the healthcare landscape, driving innovation in precision medicine, digital health, and biomedical discovery. In conversation with a panel of experts from Stanford and UCSF, they will explore how the science and research ecosystems in London and the Bay Area are shaping the future of healthcare.
Join PHI’s Population Health Innovation Lab on May 7 for a free, one-hour virtual discussion exploring innovations in community health, featuring Jessica Rothenberg-Aalami, PhD, CEO of Cell-Ed.
In a time of rapid change and shifting ideologies, faculty and institutions committed to expanding worldviews through study abroad, global education, global health, social justice, and related fields must come together. This session creates space for reflection, dialogue, and collaborative problem-solving as we consider how our communities of practice can adapt, support one another, and evolve with purpose.
This webinar will explore what comes next for malaria vaccine development and access. Experts will discuss the future pipeline of malaria vaccines, the challenges and opportunities in integrating vaccines into immunization programs, and the complexities of forecasting and manufacturing supply to meet demand. Join PATH for a dynamic discussion on how these factors shape equitable access and the global effort to reduce malaria’s burden.
Join the Bay Area Global Health Alliance for a timely, off-the-record discussion with Anil Soni, CEO of the WHO Foundation, as we unpack what this shift means for multi-sector partnerships, scientific collaboration, and the future of U.S. competitiveness in global health. This event is exclusive to members of the Alliance.
Join STAT on May 14 for Breakthrough Summit West in San Francisco and online. This event will provide health care leaders a blueprint for separating the AI efforts that will speed innovation and patient care from those that won’t, explore new breakthroughs and the latest emerging technology, and help foster discussion about the most urgent trends in health technology and medical research.
The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (EMTCT) is a cornerstone of global efforts to achieve the triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B. Worldwide, HIV treatment coverage among pregnant women has increased from 48% in 2010 to 82% in 2022. However, progress has stalled over the past seven years, leaving 130,000 children newly infected each year, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Through different country lenses, this webinar will explore cornerstones of HIV testing services delivery to achieve EMTCT, including catch-up testing, re-testing, linkage to prevention or treatment, and network-based testing.
Join ReSurge International on May 17 for an exclusive screening of "Sima" and meet Dr. Shankar Man Rai in person at ReSurge Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA.
Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Global Health's Infectious Diseases Across a Woman's Lifespan Course is a unique, intensive four-day in-person course on sex differences in global infectious diseases, host immunology across the woman's lifespan, treatment, prevention, and social determinants that contribute to poorer health outcomes for women. Apply by January 15; The course is from May 19–22, 2025.
Join Stanford Medicine on May 19 for a Health Policy Forum featuring vaccine experts Dr. Grace Lee and Dr. Heidi Larson, discussing the future of vaccines and public health in an era of distrust.
The 4th annual Rosenkranz Global Health Policy Research Symposium at Stanford University will be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. The Symposium is a day-long event that showcases innovative global health policy research from academics around the world. The keynote speaker will be Sir Peter Piot, a prominent leader in global health policy and practice.
Please join Hesperian Health Guides on Zoom for a virtual Coffee Chat about their new resource Promoting Community Mental Health featuring partners Center for Empowering Refugees & Immigrants (CERI) and Speak Out Sisterhood on May 22 from 11 AM – 12 PM PDT / 2 PM – 3 PM EDT.
On May 22, 2025, join Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health for an inspiring in-person book talk with the lead authors and contributors of Reimagining Health: Inspiring Stories of Innovators at the Intersection of Health and Technology. This book delves into the stories of health technology innovators, exploring the human side of health technology innovation.
Join UCSF on May 28 for a presentation by David McIver, PhD, exploring how land use change has shaped the emergence and spread of Ebola viruses.