4th East of England Global Health Conference

4th East of England Global Health Conference

Building resilient healthcare that empowers people

Learn from, share ideas and connect with the people exploring creative and sustainable strategies to build resilient healthcare systems that empower us all.

Back for another year and better than ever, you are warmly invited to attend the 4th East of England Global Health Conference, sponsored by Costello Medical. Whatever your interest or role in global health, don’t miss this inspiring and informative opportunity to share ideas and connect with practitioners from all levels and backgrounds.

This year’s conference focuses on building healthcare systems in the face of the disproportionate impacts of climate change and the social and commercial determinants of health. You’ll hear from global health experts as well as those just starting their journey as we discuss forward thinking approaches to some of the world’s biggest health challenges. We’ll explore the role of innovation, service design and access, and why a willingness to learn globally is key to changing the global health landscape for the better.

Fundamentally the Conference is about connecting people who want to explore creative and sustainable strategies to build resilient healthcare systems that empower us all.

Poster competition

New for 2024, the poster competition is an opportunity to recognise, share and celebrate the many different ways of contributing to and participating in global health. With cash prizes up for grabs, the deadline to enter is Friday 1 November 2024. How to enter

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Conference tickets

Organised by Cambridge Global Health Partnerships (CGHP), the bi-annual Conference is open to healthcare professionals, students and researchers from across the East of England and partner countries globally. You can attend in person or online, with staggered ticket prices to allow everyone to participate. Book your ticket via Eventbrite.

Event sponsor

CGHP is very grateful to our conference sponsor, Costello Medical, a global healthcare consultancy and certified B Corp that is committed to ethical and sustainable business practices.

Drinks reception

For those attending in person, we invite you to continue the conversations and join us for a drinks reception in the foyer directly after the conference.

Keynote speakers

Professor Joe Jarvis

Professor of Tropical Medicine and International Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine & Research Associate, Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership

Joe Jarvis is a Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Research Associate at the Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, based between Gaborone, Botswana, and London, UK. His main research interests are advanced HIV disease and opportunistic infections. He was the Chief Investigator for the Ambition Study, a multi-centre phase 3 trial investigating novel treatments for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in Africa. He has worked with the World Health Organization on their advanced HIV disease activities since early 2023 and led a recent AHD research landscape mapping consultation and report. He also works a consultant physician in infectious diseases and HIV medicine.

Session speakers and chairs

Professor Peter Hutchinson – Professor of Neurosurgery, NIHR Research Professor and Head of the Division of Academic Neurosurgery within the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge; Director of Clinical Studies at Robinson College, Cambridge, and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
Dr Michael Bath – General Surgery Registrar and doctoral research student at the Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge (International Health Systems and Health Systems Design research groups)
Dr Katherine Sharrocks – Medical Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Academic Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Cambridge Infectious Diseases (University of Cambridge)
Dr Thinn Thinn Hlaing – Honorary Lecturer and Consultant in Chemical Pathology & Metabolic Medicine and UK-Myanmar Health Alliance country director for Myanmar
Dr Elinor Moore – Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) and clinical lead for Addenbrooke’s Infectious Diseases department
Ben Simms – CEO, Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) 
Debbie Morgan – Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) Visiting Fellow in Global Health
Anna Cook – University of Cambridge medical student and CGHP member

More to be announced.

Conference programme

09:00 – Registration and refreshments
09:30 – Keynote Speaker
10:15 – Session 1: Research in Global Health
11:30 – Refreshment break
12:00 –  Session 2: Education in Global Health
13:15 – Lunch, poster viewing and networking
14:15 – Session 3: Clinical Practice in Global Health
15:30 – Refreshment break
16:00 – Rapporteur wrap up
16:15 – Keynote Speaker
17:00 – Drinks reception and poster viewing

Subject to change.

Access

This event will take place in the ground floor plenary room and foyer of the Crausaz Wordsworth Building, Robinson College, University of Cambridge. The venue is step-free with accessible toilets. For more details visit the Robinson College website.