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EVENT DATE: May 19, 2026 9-10am (CST) Join Calyn Ostrowski, Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships & Development, GHI, as she leads the discussion with panelists Dr. Silvia Martins, Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Dr. Traci Toomey, Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota; Prof. Abimbola Adepeju Sowemimo, Professor, Natural Product Research, FAculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Nigeria; and Dr. Heather Barkholtz, Assistant Director of Forensic Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, UW–Madison and Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene.

EVENT DATE: February 24, 9-10am (CST). Join Dr. Carol D. Ryff, Director, Institute on Aging, & MIDUS Principal Investigator, UW–Madison, as she moderates a timely conversation on High Youth Death Rates – An Emerging Global Health Crisis. She is joined by panelists Dr. Eve Puffer, Founding Director, Duke Center for Global Mental Health; Dr. Prakash Tyagi, Founder-Director, GRAVIS Hospital; Professor, University of Washington; and Dr. Githinji Gitahi, MBS, Group Chief Executive Officer, Amref Health Africa.

EVENT DATE: October 28, 2025, 9-10am (CST), featuring moderator Niti Saxena, Chief Technology Officer, S M Sehgal Foundation, leading the discussion Community-driven Solutions to Maternal Health Disparities with panelists Zoua Vang, Meta Schroeder Beckner Outreach Professor – Professor of Civil Society & Community Studies; Director, Maternal Child Health Equity & Safety Lab, School of Human Ecology, UW–Madison; Dr. Jill Denson, Research Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Director, UW Prevention Research Center; and Dr. Tiwaladeoluwa Adekunle, Assistant Professor, Reproductive and Population Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.