Formerly known as Global Health Work in Progress, the Global Health Seminar Series aims to bring together members of the Washington University global health community to learn about each other’s work. The Global Health Seminar Series occurs on the second Monday of each month throughout the academic year.
This is a hybrid event with the option to attend virtually via Zoom or in person in the Connor Auditorium located in the Farrell Learning & Teaching Center (FLTC). Please register for details.
Featured Presentation
Growing Global Connections to Advance Participatory Action Research in Nigeria
Oliver Chukwujekwu Ezechi, MD, PhD, FNAMed
Professor Ezechi is an OBGYN physician and is the director of research at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Nigerian Ministry of Health, a professor of public health at Lead City University, and an adjunct professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Calabar. He leads NIMR’s HIV treatment center, which has cared for over 25,000 patients since 2002 with support from PEPFAR and is the founding director of the Centre for Reproduction and Population Health Studies. He chairs the Institutional Review Board and serves on both State and National Ethics Committees. Dr. Ezechi specializes in women’s and adolescent health and infectious diseases, particularly HIV, cervical cancer, and Hepatitis B. He pioneered a program to prevent mother-to-child transmission(MTCT) of HIV, achieving zero MTCT in the past five years through a unique public-private partnership approach.
This event is supported in part through funding from the Office of the Provost: Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program.