- SYMPOSIA : CONCURRENT SESSIONS
- International Health & Ethics[Salon A] IH and E/S1B
Optimizing Health Care Delivery through Technology and Social Initiatives
Chair: Eman Loubani
Muhamad Zaman – Ethical issues in development and implementation of robust diagnostics
Parvaz Madadi – Patterns of paediatric analgesic use in Africa: A systematic review
Nathan Stall – Does solid culture for tuberculosis influence clinical decision making in India?
Harpreet Gill & Supriya Singh – Shaping medical student electives: Reflections from a summer in Tanzania.
Nura Mazloom – A Multifaceted Intervention To Prevent Pediatric Obesity in low SES food deserts of Toronto
Goldameir Oneka - Expressive arts therapies: Improving Mental Health Outcomes in Northern Uganda using
Health as a Bridge to Peace
EcoHealth [Salon B] ECH/S2B
Ecosystem Sustainability and Innovative Solutions to Save our Planet
Chair: Pat Bethune-Davies & Caitlin Ward
Raywat Deonandan - Possible health impacts of climate change on the nation of Guyana
Karla Zubrikcy – Managing Watershed for Public Health: Our Poor Understanding
Amin Owrangi – Health impacts of Floods due to climate change in coastal cities
Melissa H. Raffoul – Harmful cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Naivasha, Kenya: Causes, health risks and the way forward
Philomina Brittain - Introducing Subsistence Farmers to the Use of Organic Neem Tree Seeds and Leaves for Pest Control
Davy Tawadrous – Operation Green
Marginalized & Healthy Communities [Salon C] MHC/S3B
Conflict, Migration and Mental Health
Chair: Charlotte Hunter
Athena Madan – Genocide Trauma interventions in the Canadian Mental Health Context: An Effectiveness Study
Paula Godoy-Paiz – "Something in our hearts": Challenges to mental health among urban Mayan women in post-war Guatemala.
Kenise Murphy – Migrating to Ontario Over the Age of 50: Implications for physical and mental health
Kathryn Edmunds – We Want People to Know: The Lives and Health of Women Temporary Agricultural Workers in Southwestern Ontario
Robert Bailey – Community Health Research in a Post-Industrial, Urban-Rural Context
Education [Salon D] EDU/S4B
Innovation in Education: Revolutionizing Resources to Enrich Global Health Care around the World
Chair: Rahim Valani
Cheryl Hunchak – Improving Emergency Care in Ethiopia: Establishment of an Emergency Medicine Residency Curriculum at Addis Ababa University
Amresh Srivastava - Experiences and Opportunities in International Mental Health
Ammara Ghumman – Evaluation of a one day global health pre-departure training conference based on participant behaviour as evaluated by the objective structured clinical exam (OSCE)
Tanya Zakrison - Teaching Medicine Locally and Abroad: The Cuban Case
Advocacy & Policy [Salon E] A and P/S5B
From Research to Implementation
Chair: Mary Louise McAllister
Paivi Abernethy – Knowledge sharing for community empowerment and policy development
Jocelyn Howard – A Successful Campaign for Banning the Use of Cosmetic Pesticides in Canada: An analysis of the Process
Kristin Neudorf – GRIP: An Integrated Approach to Sexual Violence Intervention and Advocacy in High-Risk Communities in South Africa.
Shireen Begum – Global maternal health and diabetic pregnancy: Policy and program perspectives.
Warren Bell – Advocating for sustainability: every doctors' responsibility