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STEMPEL COLLEGE’S I N T E R N AT I O N A L W O R K S P A N S L AT I N A M E R I C A , THE CARIBBEAN, ASIA AND EUROPE. THE FUTURE IS GLOBAL COVID-19 has not slowed down Stempel College’s international outreach. Since the start of the pandemic, the college has signed 15 agreements with universities and other institutions from the United States and countries like Antigua, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Italy. The agreements pave the way for increased collaborations between students and faculty on research projects, credit and non-credit courses, events and more. Helping to foster these partnerships and opportunities is the Global Health Consortium, a collaborative platform that works to create solutions to the global health challenges of today.
And this global work is only just beginning. Stempel College’s latest hire Dr. Rajiv Chowdhury, former professor of Global Public Health at the University of Exeter and the University of Cambridge, will lead efforts to create a new Department of Global Health, helping build the next generation of global health professionals.
COVID-19 VACCINES: A GLOBAL EXPERTS’ SUMMIT In 2021, FIU hosted the COVID-19 Vaccines: A Global Experts’ Summit, a three-part virtual event that brought together researchers and public health experts who discussed the latest on COVID-19 in the United States and the changing landscape of the pandemic in Asia, Africa and the Americas. Thousands of people tuned in to hear experts from the World Health Organization, Stanford University, UNICEF and other institutions tackle topics like vaccine hesitancy, vaccine availability and boosters. The event was hosted by FIU’s Office of the President in collaboration with the Global Health Consortium at Stempel College, in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
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