Global Health Studies 20th Anniversary Celebration & Alumni Panel

Global Health Studies 20th Anniversary Celebration & Alumni Panel

Since 2004 Global Health Studies has addressed students’ rising interest in creating meaningful change in the world; celebrate with us!

By Waldron Student-Alumni Connections Program

Date and time

Friday, May 17 · 3 - 5:30pm CDT

Location

Harris Hall Room 108

1881 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60201

About this event

  • 2 hours 30 minutes

Join us for our 20th Anniversary Global Health Studies Celebration, light bites and drinks included!

The event will begin at 3 pm on campus in Harris 108 with an alumni panel featuring 2024’s GHS Student Marshall Esther Udabigbo (GHS ’24), and four distinguished alumni:

Alex Lofton (GHS ’07)

  • Entrepeneur & Social Enterprise/Tech Board Member
  • Co-founder & Managing Partner @ Landed

Almita Mirada (GHS ’08)

  • Cultural Anthropologist, Human Geographer, & Immigrant Rights Advocate
  • Assistant Professor, Geography and Chicanx & Latinx Studies @ University of Wisconsin-Madison

Veena Sriram (GHS ’06)

  • Global Health Policy Researcher
  • Assistant Professor, Global Health and Governance @ The University of British Columbia

Daniel Wozniczka (GHS ’10)

  • Physician, Epidemiologist, Entrepeneur, & Biostatician
  • Academic Hospitalist @ NorthShore University HealthSystem

At 4 pm, University of Oregon biological anthropologist Josh Snodgrass will deliver a keynote address honoring GHS founding Director and Watkins Family Professor of Global Health, William Leonard. This 30 minute keynote will be followed by a networking reception where you can connect with successful Global Health Studies alumni, peers, and faculty.

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Waldron Student-Alumni Connections Program

The Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Student-Alumni Engagement Program provides opportunities for WCAS students to connect with WCAS alumni for personal and professional exploration and growth.

waldron@northwestern.edu