International and Global Health Office

Are you an international learner at the Faculty of Medicine? Register for this interactive online workshop today! 

Join us on Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 for our FREE live webinar in our Faculty of Medicine International Learner Community webinar series: Benefits and Challenges of an International Medical/Scientific Career. 

The International and Global Health Office, the Office of Social Accountability, and Planetary Health of the Faculty of Medicine are delighted to invite you to the Faculty of Medicine Symposium: Leading Innovation for a Healthier World, which will take place on Thursday, April 7th, 2022, with the theme “Towards a Healthier and Greener World”! 

The International and Global Health Office and the Office of Social Accountability are delighted to invite you to the Faculty of Medicine’s Symposium on Leading Innovation for a Greener and Healthier World which will take place on Thursday, April 7th, 2022!
 

Through the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Ottawa has become the first Canadian university to endorse a new set of principles intended to guide policy on short-term global health work, which too often fails to consider the needs of a host community and occasionally causes more harm than good. Read more

As part of uOttawa’s expanded efforts in social accountability and commitment to creating a sustainable future, the Faculty of Medicine has appointed Dr. Husein Moloo as Director of Planetary Health; such a new position and portfolio being a first nationwide. Read more 

What does it mean to be a physician in the 21^st century?  Does the answer lie in an epidemiology textbook exclusively, or rather, should we also look to the humanities and social sciences for a new concept of health care in a post-COVID world? 

The International and Global Health Office (IGHO) has partnered with the Global One Health Network (Global 1HN) to offer a free virtual 3-day summer course on the One Health (OH) approach to improve the global governance of infectious diseases, for network members, learners and Faculty.

The University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine has renewed its preferred partnership with the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of Fukui for another 5 years.

Congratulations Dr. Manisha Kulkarni on being appointed as the Interim Global Health Program Director for the International and Global Health Office (IGHO) from January 1 to December 31, 2021.