The Heartland Global Health Consortium Conference will be held Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the upper level of the Olmsted Center. The theme of the conference is “Healthy water, healthy world: Water sustainability for global health.” Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend the conference. Visit cme.dmu.edu/HGHC2017 to register.
The conference will host a student poster session. Students may present on any topic, experience, or research in the field of global health. Submissions for poster presentations are due Oct. 6. Posters can be submitted online at the time of registration. Cost is $5 for students, $20 for faculty and staff members, and $40 for community members.
Panels and speakers at the conference will address the following topics:
- Dirty water
- Impact of climate change on water
- Lessons from Flint
- Economics of water
- Watershed improvement
- Water issues
- Water projects in Uganda
- Water in the arts
- Professional development workshop on big data and health
For questions, contact Denise Ganpat at denise.ganpat@drake.edu.
—Denise Ganpat, Principal Center for Global Citizenship