Institute on Inequalities in Global Health 2024 Student Symposium

The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH) invites you to join us for our 2024 Student Symposium on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 12:00 pm PDT.

Do you want to hear the many possibilities IIGH is making available to USC students in the coming year? And do you want to hear from fellow students about their work and experiences with IIGH? This is the perfect opportunity for you!

IIGH offers students from all degree programs an array of fellowships, internships, courses, and other opportunities to address global health inequalities. This virtual symposium will highlight student engagement and the real-world impact of IIGH’s programs, with students from across USC sharing how their experiences have influenced their future career goals.

Everyone is encouraged to attend!

Details

Students presenting at the symposium will speak about:

1. USC Global Health Case Competition;
2. USC IIGH Breman Global Health Immersion Fellowship;
3. USC IIGH Geneva Course (Global Health Governance and Diplomacy in Practice);
4. USC IIGH research projects;
5. USC IIGH Sexual Rights for Social Change Academy;
6. USC IIGH Student Advisory Council (SAC); and
7. USC IIGH Summer Global Health Policy Scholars Program in Washington, D.C.

Attendees will learn about these and other opportunities being offered in the 2024/2025 year. 

The IIGH Student Symposium will be moderated by Taylor Burkholder, USC IIGH Director of Academic Programs and Caroline Diamond, USC IIGH Project Specialist.

Please join us on Wednesday, October 30 at 12:00 pm PDT.

Moderators:

Taylor Burkholder is the Director of Academic Programs at the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and an assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine. He received a bachelor’s in business administration from Georgetown University and his MD and MPH from Tulane University. He then trained in emergency medicine in Denver before completing a fellowship in global emergency medicine at the University of Colorado. He is a volunteer consultant for the World Health Organization’s Emergency, Trauma and Acute Care programme, and he currently researches implementation of health service delivery interventions and the governance of emergency care systems in low- and middle-income countries. He teaches and mentors students to enable ethical, equitable, and sustainable global health educational experiences.

Caroline Diamond is a Project Specialist with the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health. In this role, she supports the Institute’s leadership in all operational aspects, including educational programming, event organizing and strategic planning. Caroline graduated from Occidental College in May 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in diplomacy and world affairs and economics. While at Occidental, she worked in the Mckinnon Center for Global Affairs & John Parke Young Initiative as a Program Assistant. Through the Occidental Kahane UN Program, Caroline interned for the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in their Humanitarian, Peacebuilding, and Development team. Additionally, Caroline worked for several years with the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of International Affairs and the Office of Economic Opportunity serving first as a researcher, then intern and advisor to their efforts to localize the UN Sustainable Development Goals most recently receiving a nine-month research fellowship on truth-telling and racial justice in Los Angeles. Caroline is passionate about the ways in which restorative justice can support efforts to address government and institutional harms at the local, national and international level.