Global Health Academy Events

A list of upcoming and past events hosted or supported by the Global Health Academy.

Scottish and Palestinian partnerships for global and local health and wellbeing – including the Runa Mackay Annual Lecture which this year will be given by Professor Ghassan Abu-Sitta, Rector of the University of Glasgow.

Speakers and informal roundtable discussion: Chronic disease care in Uganda and Bangladesh

A Symposium hosted by the Global Health Academy and EMMS International, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Tropical Health Education Trust (THET), with Sir Eldryd Parry.

Megatrends in development: the role of health and education. How a healthy educated young population will change the shape of the African continent.

May 2018: Bringing together communities around the world to stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration towards ground-breaking solutions to major planetary health challenges.

29 March 2018: A lecture given by writer and theologian Dr John Phillip Newell

A Facebook live stream launch event for the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security

January 2018: A series of workshops for those involved in designing and delivering research projects through international development partnerships. They are designed to help build relevant interventions that achieve lasting impact, and develop toolkits for designing and implementing effective, winning proposals.

Nov 2017: This workshop will bring together early career researchers from the UK and Mexico who are interested in emerging infectious diseases and infectious threats to global health.

The University of Edinburgh, Global Health Academy and Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust invite you to a global palliative care day on Tuesday September 19th 2017 in partnership with the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) Primary Care Reference Group.

Princess Kasune will speak about courage, compassion and her experiences of living with HIV in Zambia. Princess is author of the book, Warrior Princess: Fighting for Life with Courage and Hope.

A global mental health seminar hosted by the University of Edinburgh Global Mental Health Academic Network

A global mental health seminar at the University of Edinburgh hosted by the University of Edinburgh Global Mental Health Academic Network

A Global Health Academy and Edinburgh Neurosience event for World Health Day

Are you doing research in the area of global mental health? Do you wish to develop new research in this area?