In the endeavour to encourage and inspire more colleagues to have their research matter, the Department of Global Health has launched a webinar series showcasing stories of knowledge to action.
For queries, contact Ms Chanelle Windvogel on chaneller@sun.ac.za.
Applying the Research Approach of Positive Deviance to Improve Retention in Care among ARV Patients in WCDoH clinics in Cape Town.
Date: 9 November 2023 | 15h00-16h30
Venue: MS Teams
Dr Allison J. Ober, MSW, PhD
Senior Behavioural Science Researcher at the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA.
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Combining Positive Deviance and Implementation Science to Improve Retention in HIV Care in South Africa |
Dr Donald Skinner, MPH, PhD
Specialist researcher in the Dept of Public Health at Stellenbosch University
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Next Phase, additional lessons for health services, and doing participatory research in the WCGHW |
ENGAGING ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH IN TRUE, EQUITABLE PARTNERSHIPS: GLOBAL INSIGHTS
Date: 7 September 2023 | 15h00-16h30
Venue: MS Teams
Fabio Friscia, MSc
Adolescent Development and Participation Manager, UNICEF, United States
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Meaningful youth engagement: what it means, what are the implications and how to make it happen |
Dr. Mandi Tembo, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute & The Health Research Unit Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
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Strategies in effective youth-focused research and engagement – how and why |
Monah Al Hassanieh, MA
Clinical Psychologist and Research Faculty
Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Roni Chaaya, MA
Clinical Psychologist and Research Faculty
Lebanese American University, Lebanon
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Implementing the Yes to Emotions in Youth (YEY) intervention: reflections from Youth Leaders |
Yusra Price, MA
Junior Research Fellow
Adolescent Accelerators Research Hub, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Meaningful youth engagement: Dynamic, reflexive, safe, and fun |
Design and Analysis of Pilot and Feasibility Trials
Date: 1 September 2023 | 13h00-14h00
Venue: MS Teams
Dr Sameer Parpia
Associate Professor and Senior Biostatistician Departments of Oncology and Health Research Methods, Evidence, & Impact at McMaster University
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Dr Sameer Parpia is an Associate Professor and Senior Biostatistician in the Departments of Oncology and Health Research Methods, Evidence, & Impact at McMaster University. He is a faculty biostatistician with the Ontario Clinical Oncology Group, an academic clinical trial coordinating and methods unit and Scientist at the Escarpment Cancer Research Institute. |
Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis for Diagnostic Test Accuracy
Date: 16 August 2023 | 13h00-14h00
Venue: Room 1004, Biomedical Research Institute, Tygerberg Medical Campus, Stellenbosch University or MS Teams
Dr Sameer Parpia
Associate Professor and Senior Biostatistician Departments of Oncology and Health Research Methods, Evidence, & Impact at McMaster University
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Dr Sameer Parpia is an Associate Professor and Senior Biostatistician in the Departments of Oncology and Health Research Methods, Evidence, & Impact at McMaster University. He is a faculty biostatistician with the Ontario Clinical Oncology Group, an academic clinical trial coordinating and methods unit and Scientist at the Escarpment Cancer Research Institute. |
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY OVER TIME AND PLACE THROUGH AN ECOSYSTEMIC APPROACH: A GLOBAL HEALTH MATTER
Date: 8 June 2023 | 13h00-16h30
Venue: MS Teams
Elana Solomon
Occupational therapist: Mary Kihn school.
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Lived experience: Unlocking potential with AT and ecosystemic interaction |
Erna van der Westhuizen
Shonaquip Social Enterprise: Strategic Oversight: Impact. Learning & Leadership team Senior Atlantic Fellow for health equity South Africa
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Facilitating an ecosystemic approach in AT services |
DRUG & ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ZAMBIA:
Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Best practices from other African countries
Date: 13 March 2023 | 14h00-15h00
Venue: MS Teams
Facilitated by Prof Peter Nyasulu, Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Dr Connie Osborne
Patron, My Zambia, My Responsibility
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Dr Connie Osborne has a health professional career which spans over 20 years. She has worked for both government and academia rising from a Junior Intern to a Consultant Pediatrician and from a Staff Development Fellow to a Senior Lecturer in the then Department of Pediatrics and Child Health and the Department of Community Medicine of the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka Zambia. |
Global Inequality and Community Wellbeing: Positioning Disability Intersectionalities at the Centre of Infrastructures of Social Protection.
Date: 17 January 2023 | 12h00-13h30
Venue: Lecture room 6, 1st Floor (Auditorium), Education Building
Karen Soldatic, PhD (Distinction)
Institute for Culture and Society
School of Social Sciences
Western Sydney University
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Karen Soldatic is a Professor at the Institute for Culture and Society, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University and Whitlam Fellow, Whitlam Institute whose work engages with critical questions in relation to global disability inequalities and the impact of the rights of persons with disabilities, particularly minority women with disability. |
