Events

September 7, 2022
UIC Global Health Colloquium
12:00pm – 1:15pm

Global Tuberculosis Prevention and Management
Lelia H. Chaisson, PhD, MSc
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Infections Disease
College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago

October 5, 2022
UIC Global Health Colloquium
12:00pm – 1:15pm

Ethamputol Optic Neuropathy
Peter MacIntosh, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago
Director Ophthalmology Service & Fellowship
Director Global Opthalmology Fellowship
Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary

November 2, 2022
UIC Global Health Colloquium
12:00pm – 1:15pm

Brian T. Murphy
Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

December 7, 2022
UIC Global Health Colloquium
12:00pm – 1:15pm

LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN
Associate Dean for Global Affairs & Planetary Health
Independence Foundation Professor and Associate Professor of Nursing, Yale School of Nursing

Dr. Nelson co-founded the Central and West Africa Implementation Science Alliance (CAWISA)—a collaboration of implementation scientists and implementing agencies from Cameroon, Congo, Ghana and Nigeria aimed to improve HIV related outcomes among adolescents the region. He is also leading implementation science efforts to reduce racial disparities in HIV incidence, treatment and viral suppression among African, Caribbean, and Black communities in Canada. His work in the US focuses on the use of multi-level (e.g., social/structural, behavioral, and clinical) interventions to reduce HIV infections among Black MSM.