The Claremont School for Community and Global Health
& its NIH-funded Fogarty Pacific Rim Global Health Framework
Hosts the
Global Health Symposium
Global Health for the 21st Century:
Interdisciplinary Research and Training at the Claremont Colleges
“Global health…the goal of improving health for all people by reducing avoidable disease, disabilities, and deaths”
—Institute of Medicine (IOM), 2008
Friday, April 17, 2009
8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Drucker School of Management
Burkle Building, Room 16
Format
- Invited presentations
- Discussion groups for faculty and students (sign up at registration on day of symposium)
The symposium will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of ongoing global health research and training activities across the colleges and provide an opportunity for discussion leading to cross-college collaborations to generate future solutions to improve health and well-being for communities worldwide.
Specific objectives
- Present trends and emerging issues associated with economic transition and lifestyle
- Share recent findings in prevention research and practice
- Inform public health practice
- Present innovative models of training
- Facilitate interdisciplinary cross-college collaborations
Seating is limited so please RSVP online at http://rsvp.localtoglobal.net
Continental breakfast and lunch will be served
For further information please contact:
Cevadne Lee: cevadne.lee@cgu.edu, (909) 607-3433
2013 Claremont Graduate University 
1021 North Dartmouth Ave., Claremont, CA 91711 