This March 12-14, the Consortium of Universities of Global Health (CUGH) will host its 2021 virtual conference: "Addressing Critical Gaps in Global Health and Development."

The Sparkman Center for Global Health is excited for so many members of the UAB community to be presenting posters at this year's conference. 

• Anna Helova in collaboration with Sparkman Center summer internship partners in Jamaica, Kenya, and Uganda, Sparkman summer interns, and UAB mentors:
  'Could International Remote Global Health Internships Present a Valuable Alternative to the In-person Experiential Learning? Lessons Learned amid the COVID-19 Pandemic.'
  
  
• Emma Kate Sellers (Sparkman Fellow 2020, GHS certificate student):
  'Filling Gaps for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in a Community-based, Participatory Model with Local NGOs in Birmingham Alabama'
  (mentor: Dr. Meredith Gartin) – finalist for the Lancet Student GH Poster Competition
  
  
• Tayyaba Khan (Sparkman Fellow 2019; Sparkman Intern, summer 2020; UAB '20):
  ‘'Advocacy and Sensitization Training for Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) and Sex Workers (SWs) in Kingston, Jamaica'
  (mentors: Drs. Henna Budhwani & Anna Helova) – also won 2nd place at the UAB Undergraduate Research Expo
  
  
• Sunya Reddy (Sparkman Fellow 2020) and Troy Shirley (President, The UAB Southern Sudan Healthcare Organization):
  ‘Rapid Systematic Review of the Impact of COVID-19 on Refugee Health’
  (mentor: Dr. Anna Helova)
  
  
• Madhuri Molleti (GHIG President) and Norah Madden-Lunsford (both Sparkman Fellows 2020):
  'Rapid Systematic Review of the Impact of School Closures on Child Mental Health amid the COVID-19 Pandemic'
  (mentor: Dr. Anna Helova)

 Congratulations to all with accepted abstracts! We look forward to hearing back from these folks about their experience at the conference.