Research Guides

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Resource for research, teaching and learning for the Global Health and Disparities Path of Excellence community.

Presenters

Dr. Joy Obayemi, MD
General Surgery Residency
Dr. Scott Stonington
Clinical Lecturer in Internal Medicine, Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Required Readings

Pai, Madhukar. “Decolonizing Global Health: A Moment To Reflect On A Movement.” Forbes.

Kwete, X., Tang, K., Chen, L. et al. Decolonizing global health: what should be the target of this movement and where does it lead us?. Global Health Research and Policy 7, 3 (2022).

Suggested Readings

Abimbola S. Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health. IRD Éditions, 2024. (open access; free download)

PLOS Blogs - Speaking of Medicine and Heath: Where We Stand, Where We Look: A book review of The Foreign Gaze by Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá

Stonington S. The Spirit Ambulance : Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand. Berkeley: University of California Press; 2020.

Multimedia

Video: TEDxSurrey | A Beginner's Guide to Decolonization | Kevin Lamoureux
20 April 2022 | 14:18 minutes
Podcast: Silenced voices in global health — Address Malata
16 November 2022 | 01:06:23 min
Lancet How Global South researchers talk to the north | What's wrong with global health?
2 December 2021 | 5:06 min | Related essay - Lancet Global Health

Online Learning

GHEARD: Global Health Education for Equity, Anti-Racism and Decolonization
American Academy of Pediatrics
Decolonizing and Democratizing Global Health Research Training: Case Studies
UJMT Consortium for the Fogarty Global Health Fellows and Scholars Program.

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Source: Abimbola S, Asthana S, Montenegro C, Guinto RR, Jumbam DT, Louskieter L, et al. (2021) Addressing power asymmetries in global health: Imperatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS Med 18(4): e1003604. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003604

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