Connecting for innovation and impact for all in global health
As part of the Humanitarian Health Series, this 75-minute international panel brings together multidisciplinary experts, which will examine the escalating risk of food insecurity and famine in the Sahel region of Africa and identify concrete policy pathways for response.
Communicating about public and global health has never been more challenging — or more important. Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health is hosting a panel of global health communications experts that will discuss the current challenges, including disinformation, the rise of AI, and declining public trust, and highlight solutions and best practices, based on a new commentary in Nature Health and insights from the Stanford Global Health Media Fellowship.
What can recent hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks tell us about the growing connections between climate change, biodiversity disruption, and infectious disease risk? Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health and Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health invites you to join them for a virtual panel discussion on Friday June 5, 11am-12pm PT featuring experts exploring these recent disease surges as case studies in the growing complexity of managing pathogens in a changing world.
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As part of Stanford Biodesign’s Innovation & Health Equity Discussion Series, Els Torreele, Founding Director of æqua, will discuss how policy influences market forces and why this leaves certain areas in healthcare neglected. She will challenge us with a new paradigm for innovation as a public good and provide a different perspective on how we can use the potential of advances in science to serve all who need it, not just those who can afford it. She is a global health equity and medical innovation expert with over 20 years of combined experience in biomedical research, pharmaceutical R&D, policy analysis and research, and advocacy towards equitable access to health technologies.
New modeling suggests that over the next 25 years there is a 50% probability of a pandemic occurring, with a mortality level similar to or worse than COVID-19. The latest volume of the Disease Control Priorities (DCP-4) series, published by the World Bank, focuses on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. Please join authors of the volume to discuss findings at this special event, co-sponsored by UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, and UC Davis Center for Global Health.
As funding constraints reshape the global health landscape, innovators are facing an urgent question: how do they turn strong ideas and meaningful impact into a clear funding case that resonates with funders and investors? This question shaped a recent Innovation and Health Equity Discussion Series session, ‘Strategies and Pathways for Economic Viability for Scaling Health Innovations in Underserved Settings,’ hosted by Stanford Biodesign, in partnership with the Alliance and Baraka Impact Finance. James Bair, partner and managing director at Baraka Impact Finance, in conversation with Sara Anderson, executive director of the Alliance, offered practical guidance on how founders and innovators can position their ventures for funding, sustainability, and scale in a rapidly changing capital environment.
Join Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign (Stanford Biodesign), Baraka Impact Finance, and the Bay Area Global Health Alliance on March 31, 2026 at 11:00 AM PT for “Strategies and Pathways for Economic Viability for Scaling Health Innovations in Underserved Settings,” as part of Stanford Biodesign’s Innovation and Health Equity Discussion Series. For nonprofit organizations/NGOs, pre-seed and seed-stage healthcare companies working in underserved settings, this session will explore how to build economically viable models and position ventures to attract funding.
Join Stanford CIGH for a Global Health Conversation with Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, on Tuesday, April 14th, from 5-6:00 PM PT. Dr. Ramphele is a world-renowned figure with an outstanding career as an activist, medical doctor, academic, businesswoman, and thought leader. In conversation with Global Health Faculty Fellow and veteran interviewer Paul Costello, Dr. Ramphele will discuss her life, career, and insights on activism and leadership in global health worldwide.
The annual Stanford Global Health Conference brings together students and faculty across Stanford’s seven schools, as well as leaders from non-profits, academia, and industry, to deliver and scale innovative solutions for global health challenges. Highlighting student projects from MED232 – Global Health: Scaling Health Technology Innovations, a joint course offering from the Center for Innovation in Global Health and Mussallem Center for Biodesign, the conference will focus on barriers faced by underserved communities in accessing health technologies.
Join the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health for this Global Health Spring Research Spotlight featuring Nathan Lo, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases and lead writer for the WHO guidelines on control of schistosomiasis (2022), who will present about his work modeling the control and elimination of schistosomiasis to inform policy.
Join the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health and Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health on March 2nd for this Global Health Winter Research Spotlight featuring Jenna Forsyth, PhD, director of Project Unleaded at the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health. Dr. Forsyth will be presenting her research on reducing lead exposure worldwide.
The 2026 Global and Planetary Health Research Convening will take place Wednesday, Jan. 28 from 9am – 3pm at Stanford. The theme will be Reimagining Global and Planetary Health, exploring potential solutions and strategies to help address global and planetary health challenges and build resilience. Keynote Speaker Dr. Mike Reid will present “Seven Principles for Reimagining Global Health.”
Join the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health and the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health for a panel discussion about best practices and pitfalls to avoid when fostering global collaborations in global and planetary health. In this conversation, hear from a range of global scholars, researchers, and funders discussing examples of ineffective and successful global collaborations, as well as strategies for promoting and sustaining such partnerships.
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Join Stanford CIGH’s Director and Senior Associate Dean of Global Health, Dr. Michele Barry, and Fistula Foundation’s CEO, Kate Grant, on September 8 for a conversation on Grant’s book, No Woman Left Behind, where she takes readers inside the fight to restore hope to some of the world’s most vulnerable women.
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