Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine will be hosting this year’s Global Health Initiative Symposium and Dinner on April 4 with special guest Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley.
The symposium, with the theme “Global is Local,” will be held in the Berry room of the Nutter Center and is open to the public.
This event serves two purposes: educating the student body and public about the global nature of public health and medicine, and raising funds to support national and international medical aid, health education, research and refugee/immigrant care initiatives undertaken by WSU's medical students.
Whaley will serve as a keynote speaker to the event and was presented this opportunity due to her position in the community and knowledge of global initiatives that can be embraced by the student body according to event planners.
“Everyone in the community is invited to the event,” medical student Jonathan Stofer said. “The focus is more about medicine and educating about the global nature of disease, but it also extends beyond that into cultural education of our home community and we truly believe that everyone can learn something from the 'Global is Local' movement.”
The Global Health Initiative was founded in 2000 with the main mission of enhancing the education of WSU medical students by facilitating their exposure to both the medical issues facing people in other countries and the medical issues of persons in this country who have emigrated from other countries.
For more information on this event you can contact Jonathan Stofer via jstofs31590@gmail.com
