CFHI Leader to Deliver Talk on Career Planning in Health Equity

The MUSC Center for Global Health is pleased to welcome Jessica Evert, M.D., global medical director of Child Family Health International (CFHI), to the Charleston campus on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. Dr. Evert is scheduled to meet with interested MUSC students and trainees at 12 p.m. on Oct. 23, in room BE 112 of the Bioengineering Building who wish to learn more about career paths in global health, received advise for getting into the field, and to explore the critical work happening in global health today.

The Center for Global Health has partnered with CFHI through an institutional affiliation agreement to engage MUSC students and trainees in a wide variety of community health projects in low- and middle-income countries. Providing specially designed programs for MUSC students and trainees, CFHI is a leader in global health education, facilitating global health experiences that meet rigorous ethical, safety, and academic standards.

According to her official bio,

"Dr. Jessica Evert straddles international education and the medical profession. She served as CFHI Executive Director from 2013-2021 and is currently CFHI’s Global Medical Director. She oversees CFHI safety and risk management, thought leadership, publications, and advocacy. She has co-authored dozens of articles and texts focused on best practices for student and faculty engagement in global health. Dr. Evert is Faculty in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where she instructs in Global Health and community-based underserved care and helped develop, as well as completed, the Global Health Clinical Scholars residency track. Dr. Evert is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Medicine and is a longtime advocate for health-related international education quality and ethical standards. She is author and editor of multiple chapters, articles and books in global health with a focus on education, ethics, and asset-based engagement, including the seminal texts, including Global Health Experiential Education: From Theory to Practice, Developing Global Health Programming: A Guidebook for Medical and Professional Schools, 2nd Ed, Global Health Training in Graduate Medical Education, 2nd Ed and Reflection in Global Health: An Anthology. She helped develop the Forum on Education Abroad’s Standards for Health-Related Undergraduate Programs."

To register to attend this hybrid event, please click here.