The Research Exchange Group on Rural Health facilitates networking amongst researchers, graduate students, and policy makers who are interested in this particular area of applied health research. The group meets monthly to exchange information and ideas about research projects and proposals, potential sources of funding, and opportunities for training and knowledge exchange. Although they are based in Newfoundland and Labrador, they welcome participants with an interest in #RuralMed from across Canada and globally.
Rural Health Research Exchange Group Webinar
Circumpolar perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Moving beyond the numbers
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 | 16:00 GMT| 1:30pm NST
Via Zoom and YouTube live stream - see details below
About this event
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the SARS –CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) to be a global pandemic. Since that declaration, the pandemic has reached millions of people across the planet and continues to impact global heath to this day. In the Circumpolar North, the pandemic has also highlighted many of the long-standing challenges to health systems and the complexities inherent in managing infectious diseases in small and remote communities with limited resources.
This webinar brings together public health leaders from Alaska, Canada, and Greenland to share their perspectives on regional experiences with the pandemic. The goal of this session is to look “beyond the numbers” and better understand the social and health system challenges and successes in diverse Circumpolar contexts.
This webinar is hosted by the Research Exchange Group on Rural Health at the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research, and is sponsored by the International Union for Circumpolar Health and the School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies at the Labrador Institute, of Memorial University. The webinar will be facilitated by Dr. Anders Koch from the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention at Statens Serum Institut in Denmark.
Speakers
1. Anne Zink, MD, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
2. Wayne Clark, PhD
Executive Director, Indigenous Health Initiatives Program
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3. Josée Lavoie, MA, PhD
Professor and Director
Ongomiizwin Research Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing
Max Rady College of Medicine
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
4. Henrik L. Hansen, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer
Government of Greenland
Nuuk, Greenland
Moderator
Anders Koch, MD, PhD, MPH
Past president, IUCH
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention
Statens Serum Institut
Copenhagen, Denmark
How to Participate:
Click this link to Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82661294322
Meeting ID: 826 6129 4322
OR
Livestream on YouTube here
Registration:
Email Rochelle Baker at Rochelle.Baker@med.mun.ca
ROCHELLE BAKER | MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS & RESEARCH EXCHANGE
Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research
Putting Research in Place for Newfoundland & Labrador
Faculty of Medicine
Memorial University of Newfoundland
T 709 777 8990 | Rochelle.Baker@med.mun.ca
www.nlcahr.mun.ca/
