How to leverage implementation research for equity in global health
Name: Kunle Alonge
Date: 11-12-2024
Global Health Research Speaker Series
Learn about a new global health topic at our quarterly Research Speaker Series.
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Mark your calendars now to hear from these global health affiliated faculty members in 2025!
The Global Health Research Speaker series welcomes four IU Center for Global Health Equity affiliated faculty members for our quarterly events at the Regenstrief Institute.
- In-Person Location: Regenstrief Institute, 1101 W. 10th Street, Indianapolis (corner of 10th Street and Wilson Street)
- Parking: Public (for fee) parking is available in the Wilson Street Garage which is adjacent to the building.
- Building Security: Regenstrief maintains a secure building entrance. Event support from the Center for Global Health Equity and the Center for Health Services Research will be onsite to assist with entry and other event logistics.
March 11, 2025
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine
"Breaking down silos: a story of how cross-disciplinary collaboration transformed our understanding of severe malaria"
In this session, Dr. Conroy will discuss how interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary collaboration has transformed the field of severe malaria, leading to the recognition of acute kidney injury as an important clinical complication associated with increased mortality. These findings led to a call to update World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines formally recognizing kidney injury using definitions appropriate for children. Finally, we will discuss new biomarkers on the horizon and how they can be implemented in resource-limited settings.
Dr. Conroy is associate professor of pediatric infectious disease and global health in the Department of Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Conroy's research centers on understanding the impact of infections on global women’s and children’s health. Her goal is to develop new tools to identify patients at risk of adverse clinical outcomes who may benefit from targeted therapies. She received her training at the University of Toronto in a translational global health research environment focusing on malaria pathogenesis and the development of new therapeutics for severe malaria. Dr. Conroy has been leading research projects in Uganda since 2011 and is the director of the CHILD laboratory in Kampala, Uganda, which is an Indiana University-Makerere University-Global Health Uganda biomedical research lab.
This session is being held both virtually (via Teams webinar) and in-person. If you plan to attend the session in-person at the Regenstrief Institute you must register by Friday, March 7th at 10 am Eastern Time and indicate this choice when you register. Please note that Dr. Conroy will be presenting the session virtually.
Register today to attend virtually or in-person
May 13, 2025
Miguel Reina Ortiz, MD, PhD, CPH, FAIM, FASTMH
Associate Professor, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
Global health scientist and practitioner with expertise in the application of behavioral economics, community-engaged research for the development of culturally appropriate, effective, and efficient HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease prevention strategies, with a focus on vulnerable and minoritized populations.
His research expertise also includes the survey of post-disaster and post-pandemic health outcomes, including infectious disease dynamics. As such, his research contributes to the broader field of Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats (i.e., pandemic preparedness, resilience, mitigation, response and recovery).
September 9, 2025
Vinita Sharma, PhD, MPH, BPH, CHES
Assistant Professor, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
Dr. Sharma is an assistant professor in the Department of Community and Global Health. Her research interests include behavioral health, infectious diseases, opioid and substance misuse and public health surveillance.
November 11, 2025
Jane R. Cheriyattil von Gaudecker, PhD, RN, AGCNS, FAES, CGNC
Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Nursing
Dr. von Gaudecker’s program of research focuses on generating knowledge to improve epilepsy care outcomes and the quality of life of people living with epilepsy in resource-limited settings. Specifically, her research focuses on behavioral mechanisms and health disparities that contribute to epilepsy treatment-seeking behaviors, access to care, treatment adherence, and efficacy. She teaches Nursing Theory and Measurement and Data Analysis courses in the master’s program. She is a certified global nurse consultant through the International Council for Nurses. She is the US-based lead for the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) nursing working group and the Vice Chair of the International League against Epilepsy Nursing Section.
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Global Health Engagements, Kenyan Healthcare Systems, and the COVID-1 Pandemic: Perspectives from Kenyan Healthcare Professionals
Name: Eric Amick, PhD, MPH, MA
Date: 05-14-2024
US Health Equity--The role of racial sorting in healthcare consumption
Name: Kosali Simon, Ph.D.
Date: 02-13-2024
Challenges in the delivery of respiratory care in West Africa
Name: Michael Davis, PhD, RRT, FAARC
Date: 12-12-2023
Social Determinants of Health: Experience Collecting Patient Reported Outcomes Data and Opportunities in Resource Limited Settings
Name: Scott Coven, DO, MPH
Date: 11-14-2023
Collaborative transnational research: The case of fluoride research in pregnant women and their offspring
Name: E Angeles Martinez-Mier, DDS, MSD, PhD
Date: 10-10-2023
Applying critical race theoretical frameworks and trauma-informed practices to global health research
Name: Niki Messmore, M.S.Ed
Date: 09-12-2023
Global Health Education to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Department of Pediatrics
Name: Palka Patel Shaina Hecht
Date: 08-08-2023
Communication and response to the malaria vaccine trials in the Assin Foso sub-district of Ghana
Name: Esi Thompson
Date: 06-13-2023
Cash transfers to promote healthy aging in low-income settings: Triangulating evidence from rural South Africa
Name: Molly Rosenberg
Date: 05-09-2023
Implementing and evaluating interventions to prevent and treat HIV among street-connected youth: preliminary results from the Peer Navigator Project
Name: Dorothy Apedaile
Date: 03-14-2023
Intervening on the social determinants of health to improve HIV treatment outcomes: Preliminary findings from the Harambee Study.
Name: Becky Genberg
Date: 02-14-2023
Engaging underserved and marginalized adolescents in health services in Kenya: how are we doing?
Name: Lonnie Embleton
Date: 01-10-2023
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Name: Jepchirchir (Chiri) Kiplagat
Date: 12-13-2022
Strategies for Building a Long-Term Transnational Global Partnership in Mexico
Name: Ricardo Ainslie
Date: 10-11-2022
Community-based strategies to accelerate chronic disease management
Name: Tina Tran
Date: 09-13-2022
The sweetness of participants' stories: AMPATH support for mixed methods in Kenya
Name: Violet Naanyu
Date: 08-23-2022
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health Nursing Program
Name: Mary Sebert
Date: 06-14-2022
An Ethnographic Study into the Feasibility and Acceptability of Self Sampling for HPV Screening in Western Kenya
Name: Lydia Mwanzia Victoria Champion
Date: 12-14-2021
Labor Relations and Strikes in the Kenyan Public Health Sector
Name: Michael Scanlon
Date: 10-12-2021
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Name: Rachel Umoren
Date: 09-07-2021
Ethics and Best Practice Guidelines for Training Experiences in Global Health
Name: Ruben Hernandez
Date: 08-10-2021
Human Rights Approaches to Adolescent Reproductive Health, United States and Kenya
Name: Mary Ott
Date: 03-09-2021
Toward a New Science of Global Health: Analytics, Action, Ambience
Name: Rajesh Vedanthan
Date: 01-12-2021
Developing a Framework for Health System Strengthening in Kenya
Name: Matthew Turissini
Date: 10-13-2020
Informing HIV Policy Through Model-Based Analyses: The Case of Drug Resistance in Resource-Limited Settings
Name: Horacio Duarte
Date: 08-11-2020
Improving Access and Quality of Chronic Disease Management in Rural Southeastern Nigeria
Name: Ukamaka Oruche
Date: 07-14-2020
Got Fakes? Paper Analytical Devices for Finding Falsified Medicines
Name: Marya Lieberman
Date: 06-09-2020
A Fair Share of Global Health: Reciprocal Innovation in Action
Name: Rishika O'Brien and Deb Litzelman
Date: 04-14-2020
Disruptive Public Health Strategies for Transformative Change in Kenya's Health Outcomes
Name: Mabel Nangami
Date: 02-20-2020
Baby I want you Back... Improving Retention in HIV Early Infant Diagnosis Services in Resource-Limited Settings
Name: Jimmy Carlucci
Date: 02-11-2020
Primary Prevention Research for Breast Cancer on a Global Scale
Name: Sophie Lelièvre
Date: 12-10-2019
The East African International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (EA-IeDEA) – Who are we and what do we do?
Name: Kara Wools-Kaloustian
Date: 10-08-2019
How we share health behaviors and social norms when health resources aren’t abundant
Name: Gerardo Maupome
Date: 08-13-2019
Understanding the Epidemiology of HPV in Women in Western Kenya and How Biobanking May Further This Endeavor
Name: Aaron Ermel
Date: 06-11-2019
Part A: Cofactors of Oncogenic HPV Detection and Persistence in Kenyan Women Part B: Cervical Cancer Prevention in Kenya
Name: Darron Brown
Date: 03-12-2019
Institutional Capacity Development and Problem-solving through Higher Education Collaboration
Name: Teshome Alemneh
Date: 10-09-2018
Measuring Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Outcomes in Kenya
Name: John Humphrey
Date: 09-11-2018
Adolescent Participation in HIV Research: A Discussion of Relevant Ethical Frameworks
Name: Leslie Enane
Date: 06-12-2018
Lessons Learned :Conducting Research in Mexico
Name: Esperanza Angeles Martinez-Mier
Date: 05-08-2018
Creating Contextualized Films to Address HIV-Stigma in western kenya: A Participating Model
Name: Thomas Lewis
Date: 04-10-2018
Human subjects Protections Across Borders: What the IRB/EC Needs to Review/Approve Your Study
Name: John Baumann
Date: 02-13-2018
The Global Health Services Partnership:Working as a Peace Corps Physician/Educator in Africa
Name: Darron Brown
Date: 12-12-2017
Little by Little: Lessons from a Global Health Administrative Research Partnership
Name: Jepchirchir Kiplagat and David Plater
Date: 10-10-2017
How will we train tomorrow's health leaders? Introducing the new Doctoral Program in Global Health Leadership(DrPH)
Name: Suzanne Babich
Date: 08-08-2017
Applying systems biology approaches to studies of acquired immunity to malaria in African children
Name: Tuan Tran
Date: 07-11-2017
Medical Practice at Albert Schweitzer’s Hospital in Lambarene (Gabon) 1913-1965: An Early Model of Global Health
Name: Tizian Zumthum
Date: 05-30-2017
Developing and assessing a community-based model of antiretroviral care (“ART Co-ops”)
Name: Kara Wools-Kaloustian
Date: 05-09-2017
Research Ethics in International Clinical Trials
Name: Chandy John
Date: 03-14-2017
Implementation Research in Developing Countries: Sometimes the results are unexpected. The Global Network Prenatal Steriod Trial
Name: Ed Liechty
Date: 01-10-2017
