Online Discussion on current Global Health issues

Date
22 Oct 2020
Location
Online
Target Group
Medical students of all levels
Host
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

At LMU, a team of students coordinated by Prof. Matthias Siebeck works on the implementation of a Global Health curriculum. Students from EUGLOH partner universities are welcome to join for informal discussions on various topics of Global Health.

On Thu 22 October 2020 at 6 PM (CET) Julia Frey will join us and discuss about "Nuclear disarmament and global health”. We are pleased to have Michael Biontino, Ambassador (ret.), Geneva Disarmament Conference, Consultant for International Security and Disarmament, as an expert in our discussion group.

Matthias Siebeck is a consultant in general and visceral surgery at the LMU hospital, and a researcher interested in inflammatory bowel disease. As a medical educator, he studied teaching with simulations, and he has implemented several innovations for teaching in medicine. Since 2003, Matthias has conducted faculty development programs abroad. In 2009, Matthias co-founded the Center for International Health at LMU. He is visiting professor at universities in Ethiopia and Bhutan. Since 2018, he has facilitated the course on Global Health for undergraduate students at LMU.