Global Surgery Research Seminar Events

The Global Surgery Research Seminar is co-hosted by the PGSSC at Harvard Medical School and The Centre for Equity in Global Surgery (CEGS) at the University for Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda as part of the Paul Farmer Research Collaborative.

This public seminar series aims to share methods and results across a broader surgery research community. Over the course of five seminars, our goal is to strengthen general knowledge and specific skills by learning from the experience of our seminar speakers.

The Research Seminar will be held the second Thursday of each month, from 9:00 a.m. EST to 10:30 a.m EST.

For each Research Seminar session, we identify a common theme and similar methods. Each speaker will present for 20-25 minutes, followed by a 30-minute open discussion on the topic. All are welcome; specific details and registration links for sessions are available for each individual session.

Our previous research seminar sessions are made available online if you are not able to join us live:

2025 Research Seminar

January 9th: Colonialism within Surgical Training and Global Surgery
February 13th: Social Media and Global Surgery
March 13th: TBC
April 3rd*: Policy and Advocacy in Global Surgery
May 8th: TBC

*alternate date provided owing to commemoration week in Rwanda

January 9th, 2025

Colonialism within surgical training and Global Surgery

We will be kicking off our seminar series by hearing from two experts in the domains of colonialism in global surgery. How does a colonial legacy affect research and training today? How can we be mindful of a colonial legacy in academia. Moderated by Barnabus Alayande, Assistant Professor of Global surgery at UGHE.

Please register using this link.

If you cannot join us for this live session, we welcome you to watch a recording, which will be available here.

February 13th, 2025

Social Media and Global Surgery

In this months seminar we are looking forward to hosting three experts who will be discussing the role of Social Media in Global Surgery; Drs Dadson and Umutoni will be discussing their work on Youtube and Dr Navarro will be discussing the influence of social media more generally. Please join us for what promises to be a topical and insightful look into this topic.

Please register using this link.

If you cannot join us for this live session, we welcome you to watch a recording, which will be available here.