Featured Speaker: Andrea Beaton, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University Cardiology, CNHS In the late 19th and early 20th century, acute rheumatic fever was considered “childhood’s greatest enemy” in the United States. Now, the disease is nearly eliminated in high-income settings. But, rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease remain prominent in many parts of […]
Dr. Paul Farmer, Dr. Jim Kim, Ophelia Dahl, Todd McCormack and Thomas White began a movement in the 1980s that changed global health forever. Bending the Arc tells their story.
Dr. Nathalie Quion and Dr. Lanre Falusi, Attendings at the Immigrant Health Clinic in Adams Morgan, talks about her visit to the Border with the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) President, Colleen Kraft. View their conversation here. From Brave New Films: "Childhood trauma, like imprisonment and family separation, provokes long-lasting implications caused by high levels […]
Mentorship Awards Latino Youth and Families Need Assessment, Dr. Nathalie Quion, Adams Morgan Clinic, DC The Handheld Ultrasound Machine of the Future: Assessment of Automated Intelligence Training Tools to Enhance Task Shifting of Echocardiographic Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Endemic Regions, Dr. Sonia Voleti, Micronesia The Impact of a Designated Resuscitation Team on Decreasing […]
Featured Speaker: Margaret M. Plack, PT, DPT, EdD, Professor, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, Department of Health, Human Function and Rehabilitation Sciences, George Washington University In a busy day, medical professionals can rely on pattern recognition and heuristics to make quick decisions. While these techniques are often effective, they can be inherently biased. In her […]
Featured Speaker: Stephen B. Thomas, PhD, Professor, Health Services Administration; Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity; PI, NIH-NIMHD Center of Excellence on Race, Ethnicity & Health Disparities Research, School of Public Health University of Maryland There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating unconscious bias has infected healthcare professionals. In his lecture, Stephen B. Thomas, PhD, asserts the medical […]
Featured Speaker: Peter A. Meaney, MD MPH, Associate Professor, Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pediatrics at Perelman School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Director, Center for Global Pediatric Clinical Care Public health measures improve the wellbeing of communities. Vaccination campaigns and the promotion of family planning are two examples. However, sustainable health initiatives are sparse in low and […]
For anyone interested in global health, public health, or diversity training. Livestream the conference at the link below. As described by Duke: "Global health as we know it today – in our research, our practice, and our programming – is the newest configuration of what was once ‘tropical health’ and ‘colonial medicine’. Yet in most […]
Each year, Children’s National Research Institute (CNRI) hosts Research, Education and Innovation (REI) Week to showcase the wide array of research and education programs occurring throughout the institution. This week-long celebration includes over 300 poster presentations, guest lectures, educational workshops and panel discussions. REI Week began in 2000 as a Research Day in order to […]
“Zero malaria starts with me” After more than a decade of steady advances in fighting malaria, progress has levelled off. According to WHO’s latest World malaria report, no significant gains were made in reducing malaria cases in the period 2015 to 2017. The estimated number of malaria deaths in 2017, at 435 000, remained virtually unchanged over […]