Upcoming Events

Global Health Journal Club

Opportunity to discuss published scientific papers on different global health issues. The topics covered in this series will be Amazon rainforest fires in Brazil, Ebola and vaccines, Mental health in developed and developing countries as well as the rise in non-communicable diseases in developing countries. 

11/19/2019 12-1 PM Setnor 2507 – Mental Health

12/10/2019 12-1pm Setnor 2507 – Ebola Vaccine

Past Events:

October 7, 2019:

Ethical and Regulatory Issues Involved in the Clinical Development of Substance Abuse Disorders

The United States is experiencing an opioid crisis, which is a public health emergency. In 2016, opioid overdose deaths exceeded 40,000. Heroin overdose was responsible for 15,000 of the opioid deaths and prescription opioid-related deaths were 17,000. The SUNY Upstate Institute for Global Health and Translational Science will host a one day bioethics symposium to stimulate and document conversations and discussion about the moral, ethical, and regulatory issues surrounding the development of opioid countermeasures and conducting research in people with a history of addiction and substance abuse disorders. The symposium will feature local political, medical and scientific leadership in addition to presentations from top opioid vaccine developers to provide a state of the art review of the science behind opioid countermeasure development. Invited bioethicists will deliver talks outlining what they believe are the important moral and ethical questions associated with opioid vaccine development. Regulatory discussions will take place surrounding pathways to licensure for opioid vaccines and local organizations providing care and treatment for people with substance abuse disorders will be asked to provide personal perspectives on the problem.

Featured Speakers & Video Recordings

Introduction; Ross Sullivan, MD Director, Medical Toxicology
Fellowship; Medical Director, SUNY Upstate Opioid Emergency Bridge Clinic;
Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine, Upstate Medical
University; Medical Director – Helio Health, Syracuse, NY

Gary Matyas, PhD Chief, Adjuvants and
Formulations US Military HIV Research Program

Thomas Kosten, MD Waggoner Chair; and Professor
of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Immunology & Pathology;
Director, Division of Alcohol and Addiction Psychiatry Baylor College of
Medicine

Travis N. Rieder, PhD Director of the MBE
Program; Assistant Director for Education Initiatives; Associate Faculty;
Research Scholar at Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

Panel Discussion

• Travis N. Rieder, PhD Director of the MBE
  Program; Assistant Director for Education Initiatives; Associate Faculty;
  Research Scholar at Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
• U.S. Rep. John Katko (NY-24)
• Timothy Endy, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair of
  Microbiology and Immunology Upstate Medical University and Co-Founder
  Road2RecoveryCNY
• Amy Caruso Brown, MD, MSc, MSCS, Associate
  Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, and Pediatrics at Upstate Medical
  University
• Ross Sullivan, MD Director, Medical Toxicology
  Fellowship; Medical Director, SUNY Upstate Opioid Emergency Bridge Clinic;
  Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine, Upstate Medical
  University; Medical Director – Helio Health, Syracuse, NY
• Thomas Kosten, MD Waggoner
  Chair; and Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Immunology
  & Pathology; Director, Division of Alcohol and Addiction Psychiatry Baylor
  College of Medicine

October 17, 2018:

Global Health Day

Human Rights and Global Health: A Rights- Based Approach in a Globalizing World

Featured Speakers:

Jok Madut Jok, PhD
“Violence as Global Public Health Emergency: How can Health Professionals Influence Public Policy on this Scourge?”

Jason Glasier, Founder and CEO of La Isla Network”
Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown causes- The Known Unknownst”

Helen Epstein, BA, PhD, MSc
“Are Tyrants Good for Your Health? Public health, political systems and foreign aid in Africa”