http://www.feedburner.comInstitute of Medicine RSS feed for the following topic: Global HealthThe second meeting of the Committee on The Biological and Psychosocial Effects of Peer Victimization: Lessons for Bullying Prevention will be held on June 24-26, 2015 at the National Academies Keck Center located at 500 Fifth Street, NW, in Washington, D.C.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Children/CommitteeonBiologicalPsychosocialEffectsofPeerVictimization/2015-JUNE-24.aspx6/29/2015This joint workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the National Research Council, and Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal was held in São Paulo, Brazil, on November 11, 2014, and focused on scaling program investments for young children globally.http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2015/Scaling-Program-Investments-For-Young-Children-Globally.aspx6/26/2015This workshop, taking place in Accra, Ghana, will specifically consider the characteristics of and optimum approaches to achieve effective, resilient, and sustainable health systems in countries, with particular attention to surveillance and health information systems, workforce capacity, public health and health systems infrastructure, care delivery, and supply chain, community and broader partner engagement, and leadership and management.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/WS3-globalhealthriskframework/2015-AUG-05.aspx6/26/2015An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a three-day public workshop that will identify and explore the core capabilities and capacities required across key sectors to build effective, resilient, and sustainable systems that support improved health outcomes in countries across the globe.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/WS3-globalhealthriskframework.aspx6/25/2015The National Academy of Medicine’s Annual Meeting (October 19, 2015) on Aging: Complexities, Opportunities, And Impacts on Society will explore this topic from a variety of perspectives and should make for a lively and worthwhile exchange.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/AnnualMeeting/2015-OCT-19.aspx6/25/2015The workshop brought together key stakeholders to assess the current state of the quality of care for neurological, mental, and substance use disorders in sub-Saharan Africa.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Research/NeuroForum/2009-AUG-04.aspx6/24/2015An ad-hoc committee will be appointed to plan a 2-day public workshop to examine the role of public-private partnerships in strengthening health systems in low- and middle-income countries.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Global/PublicPrivatePartnershipsForum/2015-JUN-25.aspx6/23/2015Preventable violence is a major public health problem worldwide. The IOM's Forum on Global Violence Prevention works to reduce violence worldwide through the promotion of multidisciplinary research emphasizing the value of prevention.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Global/ViolenceForum.aspx6/22/2015One of the most urgent global health challenges is achieving universal access to quality care. Most of the world achieves this through a mix of public and private sector health care. Financing this care often requires innovative solutions, especially for the large fraction of workers who occupy what is variably defined as the informal sector in low- and middle-income countries. The inaugural workshop for this forum will focus on Approaches to Implement Universal Health Coverage for the Growing Informal Workforce in Developing Countries, held on June 18, 2014 at the National Academies of Science building in Washington DC.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Global/PublicPrivatePartnershipsForum/2014-JUL-29.aspx6/19/2015On August 11–12, 2014, the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Forum on Global Violence Prevention, in a collaborative partnership with the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS), convened a workshop focused on informing and creating synergies within a diverse community of researchers, health workers, and decision makers committed to promoting IPV-prevention efforts that are innovative, evidence-based, and crosscutting. This collaborative workshop also fulfills the forum’s mandate, which in part requires it to engage in multisectoral, multidirectional dialogue that explores crosscutting approaches to violence prevention.http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2015/Preventing-Intimate-Partner-Violence-Uganda-Kenya-Tanzania.aspx6/17/2015The Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council (NRC), in conjunction with the NRC’s Committee on Law and Justice, will convene a committee of experts to conduct a consensus study that will produce a comprehensive report on the state of the science on: 1) the biological and psychosocial consequences of peer victimization and 2) the risk and protective factors that either increase or decrease peer victimization behavior and consequences. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Children/CommitteeonBiologicalPsychosocialEffectsofPeerVictimization.aspx6/10/2015This interactive public workshop will feature presentations and discussions that highlight the science and economics of understanding and supporting family and community investments in children and their caregivers using coordinated approaches across the areas of health, education, nutrition, and social protection. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Children/InvestingYoungChildrenGlobally/2015-JUL-27.aspx6/4/2015The IOM’s forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety launched in the fall of 2013 and is reflective of the growing role of the private sector in contributing to diverse global health initiatives. This forum seeks to foster a collaborative community of multisectoral health and safety leaders from multinational companies, as well as members from governments, foundations, humanitarian and professional organizations, academia, and civil society to leverage the strengths of varying sectors and multiple disciplines to yield benefits for global health and safety. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Global/PublicPrivatePartnershipsForum.aspx6/1/2015On November 11, 2014, the Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally of the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, in partnership with Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal (FMCSV) in São Paulo, Brazil, held a 1-day workshop. The purpose of this interactive public workshop was to highlight efforts made to scale program investments across health, education, nutrition, and social protection that aim to improve children’s developmental potential.http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2015/Scaling-Investments-WIB.aspx5/22/2015The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council (NRC) Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally (iYCG) is a collaboration between the IOM Board on Global Health and the IOM/NRC Board on Children, Youth, and Families.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Children/InvestingYoungChildrenGlobally.aspx5/19/2015The Institute of Medicine (IOM) will conduct a 2-day, interactive public workshop exploring the future of health professional education.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Global/InnovationHealthProfEducation/2015-APR-23.aspx5/18/2015This workshop will explore the evidence on scaling up and sustaining effective programs across health, education, nutrition, and social protection that aim to improve children’s developmental potential. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Children/InvestingYoungChildrenGlobally/2014-NOV-11.aspx5/18/2015This workshop, hosted by the Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events, the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, and the Forum on Microbial Threats will bring together public and private stakeholders to discuss how to achieve rapid and nimble medical countermeasure development for new and emerging threats. Discussions will include real-world case studies to elucidate how past events were handled from a policy, budget, and operational standpoint, and contribute to a better aggregate picture of how future “worst case scenarios” might unfold. This workshop will examine principles that either enable or challenge strong public/private partnerships and consider the needs of the private sector to successfully ramp up research, development, and production in a rapid and nimble manner once a threat warrants the need.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/MedPrep/2015-MAR-26.aspx5/18/2015This public workshop will feature presentations that surround issues in financing investments across health, education, nutrition, and social protection that aim to improve children's developmental potential. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Children/InvestingYoungChildrenGlobally/2014-AUG-26.aspx5/1/2015On March 24th and 25th (2015) the IOM’s Forum on Microbial Threats will convene a public workshop on the “Ebola Epidemic in West Africa.” The public workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions that will focus on such potential topics as: the source(s) and spread of this disease from its epicenter to other countries in West Africa; factors driving the unprecedented scale of this outbreak; factors impeding country responses; and opportunities to mobilize the domestic and international health communities in a coordinated response to this dread disease to stop the geographic spread of this disease. The meeting is free and open to the public but registration is required. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/MicrobialThreats/2015-MAR-24.aspx4/27/2015The Global Forum is an ongoing, convening activity of the IOM that brings together stakeholders from multiple nations and professions to network, discuss and illuminate issues within health professional education. http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Global/InnovationHealthProfEducation.aspx4/23/2015The Forum on Microbial Threats, the premier convening activity of the IOM, provides a neutral venue for stakeholder discussion and scrutiny of critical issues on the research, surveillance, detection and response to the evolving disease threats of humans, plants, and animals.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/MicrobialThreats.aspx4/23/2015In 2013, the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education held two workshops on IPE. At these workshops, a number of questions were raised, the most important of which was “What data and metrics are needed to evaluate the impact of IPE on individual, population, and system outcomes?” To answer this question, the Forum’s 47 individual sponsors requested that an IOM consensus committee be convened to examine the existing evidence on this complex issue and consider the potential design of future studies that could expand this evidence base.http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2015/Impact-of-IPE.aspx4/22/2015At this meeting, Forum members will gather to discuss the past, current, and future activities of the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Global/InnovationHealthProfEducation/2015-APR-22.aspx4/21/2015The Institute of Medicine Releases a new Workshop Summary: Developing a 21st Century Neuroscience Workforce: Workshop Summaryhttp://www.iom.edu/Activities/Research/NeuroForum/Training Report.aspx4/21/2015The Institute of Medicine will host a public session on Assessing the Impact of Digital Health Records on Alzheimer's Disease Research at the 2015 Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (AAIC). This public workshop will explore how digital health records can be applied to support research on Alzheimer's disease.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Research/NeuroForum/AAIC.aspx4/13/2015This workshop will bring together key stakeholders to examine country specific opportunities to improve the health system infrastructure in Ghana.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Research/NeuroForum/Ghana.aspx4/13/2015The first meeting of the Committee on The Biological and Psychosocial Effects of Peer Victimization: Lessons for Bullying Prevention with be held on April 7-8, 2015.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Children/CommitteeonBiologicalPsychosocialEffectsofPeerVictimization/2015-APR-07.aspx4/13/2015The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health is awarded annually to individuals, groups, or organizations in order to recognize outstanding achievement in improving mental health services, research, or public policy.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/MentalHealth/SarnatPrize.aspx4/3/2015The Forum on Microbial Threats conducted a workshop to discuss and illuminate the issues surrounding the global SARS outbreak. Through invited presentations and roundtable discussion, the following areas will be considered in the context of what lessons can be learned to better prepare for the reemergence of SARS or another, inevitable infectious disease outbreak.http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/MicrobialThreats/2003-SEP-30.aspx4/1/2015