Description:

The Havey Institute for Global Health Seminar Series is held the first Wednesday of each month, September through July, and features the research and ideas of outstanding global health leaders at Feinberg, the larger Northwestern community, and beyond. 
 
Our speaker for July is:   
René English, MBChB, MMED, FCPHM, MPhil HPE, PhD 
Associate Professor / Head Clinical Unit  
Division of Health Systems and Public Health  
Department of Global Health 
Stellenbosch University

"From Recipients to Co-Creators: Community-Driven Solutions for Public Health. Leveraging Social Innovation and Co-Creation to Address Non-Communicable Diseases in Low-Income Settings"

About the speaker: Professor René English is a medical doctor and public health medicine specialist. She is currently the head of the Health Systems and Public Health Division in the Department of Global Health at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. She has served on the South African Health Ministerial Task Team for Human Resources for Health and on the Lancet National Commission on High Quality Health Systems in South Africa.

 This seminar is co-sponsored by the Potocsnak Longevity Institute.