Global Bites
The Global Bites seminar series features informal conversations and exchanges with current and past members of our community who have a global story to share. Our speakers share their experiences of global engagement, at home and abroad.
Past Global Bites Seminars
SON Student Opportunities: Focus Hong Kong & COIL
Nancy Biller, Oulaya Louaddi, Kiara Perez11/01/2023
SON Student Opportunities: Focus France & Mexico
Nancy Biller, Mae Nagel, Tyler Weisgram11/01/2023
SON Student Opportunities: Focus Spain
Nancy Biller, Kirstin Felsmann, Daniel Naveiro, Dominick Osipowicz, Alexa Sherr10/27/2023
Primary Care in Sierra Leone with Doctors Without Borders
Alaina Hall10/25/2023
SON Student Opportunities: Focus Thailand
Nancy Biller, Meghan Donovan, Megan Laubacher, Nikita Patel10/25/2023
Roots in the Philippines: Giving Back by Going Away!
Alfredo Sagisi05/16/2023
Sierra Leone Roots: Perspective of a First-Generation American on Identity & Maternal and Child Health in Sierra Leone
Miatta Goba04/19/2023
Global Impact: Africa & the Americas: Penn Global Nursing Fellowship Program* (GNFP) & Partners in Health (PIH)
Katherine Buhikire and Alison Ercole03/29/2023
Peace Corps Community Health Volunteer Madagascar, East Africa
Julia Kelley02/13/2023
Maternal Child Health and the Breastfeeding Landscape in Mexico
Diana Barrios Bautista, Diane Spatz, and Marcela Arsuaga02/08/2023
SON Student Opportunities: Focus Hong Kong & COIL
Nancy Biller, Abigail Borland, Esther Lee, Jade Margolis, Michele Wu, Jessey Yang12/07/2022
SON Student Opportunities: Focus France & Mexico
Nancy Biller, Madison Kelly, Andre Rosario11/02/2022
SON Student Opportunities: Focus Thailand
Nancy Biller, Jessica Abene, Olivia Koch10/31/2022
SON Student Opportunities: Focus Spain
Nancy Biller, Camryn Fetzer, Maggie McBride and Julia Mesce10/26/2022
Global Impact: Penn Global Nursing Fellowship Program* Partners in Health (PIH), Virtual Fellowship, Africa & Haiti
Barbara Doyle and Hanne Harbison04/13/2022
Global Impact: Penn Global Nursing Fellowship Program* CerviCusco, Peru
Stephanie Chu04/08/2022
Chinese Language and Cultural Immersion at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan
Chantalle Dupont03/21/2022
Nutrition & Health: Botswana Government - Penn Nursing Exchange
Mpho Petros, Ariana Chao and Monique Dowd03/16/2022
Peace Corps Community Health Volunteer Ghana, West Africa
Katerina Fella10/27/2021
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Global Health Affairs / Penn Nursing Sustainability Committee09/21/2021
Rethinking Diversity, Belonging, and Justice: The Pandemic and Vulnerable Populations
Fanghong Dong and Yeji Hwang09/15/2021
Pandemics – from HIV/AIDS to COVID-19: Why media reports matter
Kalpana Jain03/31/2021
Peace Corps Youth Development Volunteer, Bejaad, Morocco
Samantha Druckman10/25/2017
Peace Corps Public Health Specialist, Leymebamba, Peru
Nora Donahue10/11/2017
Peace Corps Health Advisor, Arizona, Honduras
Lauren Winokur11/15/2017
Peace Corps Volunteer, Gisakura, Rwanda
Kate Hulbert12/06/2017
Peace Corps Global Health Service Partnership Dodoma, Tanzania
Hannah Bergbower09/20/2017
Peace Corps Environment and Agriculture Volunteer, The Gambia, West Africa
Spencer Ramirez10/24/2018
Worlds of Nursing: Contrasting China and the United States
Shupeng Shi, MS, RN03/28/2018
Peace Corps Community Health Volunteer, Yelbouga, Burkina Faso
Rachel Ohrenschall10/10/2018
Peace Corps Volunteer: Rio Abajo, El Salvador and Zambia
Kristin Koo12/05/2018
The Fulbrighter experiences of an Italian nursing researcher
Gianluca Catania, PhD, RN04/04/2018
The Importance of Healthcare System Strengthening During and Post-Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone
E-beth Barrera-Cancedda02/14/2018
Global Work on Human Milk and Breastfeeding in Thailand, China, India, Dominican Republic and Mexico
Diane Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN02/28/2018
Peace Corps Health Extension Volunteer Ethiopia, East Africa
David Norris11/14/2018
Global Nursing Fellowship Program: Community Mental Health in Chennai, India
Alison Ercole and LaKeetra M. Josey04/11/2018
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Internship in Paris, France
Tiffany Hsu11/06/2019
Peace Corps Rural Community Health Volunteer Zambia
Page Miller11/20/2019
Building Partnerships to Improve Community Health in Rural Malawi
Kelsey Streeter03/27/2019
Peace Corps Rural Community Health Volunteer Benin, West Africa
Kallie Brown10/23/2019
Epilepsy in Mahenge, Tanzania
Julianna Shinnick10/02/2019
Worlds of Professional Healthcare Education: Contrasting China and the United States
Ju Wang and Zhigang Xue02/13/2019
History of Midwifery and Nursing in Iran
Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, PhD02/27/2019
Peace Corps Community Health Outreach Volunteer Mozambique, East Africa
Elizabeth Humphrey04/10/2019
Adolescent Health and HIV in Eswatini
Charisse Ahmed03/04/2020
Health Systems Strengthening in Sierra Leone
Kate Hanselman02/26/2020
Living a Global Nursing Life – in the US & Abroad
Hannah Bergbower10/28/2020
Global Health Journey: Lisa He-Wu, BSN Student
Lisa He-Wu11/13/2020
Global Health from a Non-American Perspective
Shi Eun Lee12/09/2020