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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

  • Roots in the Philippines: Giving Back by Going Away!

    Alfredo Sagisi

    05/16/2023

  • Sierra Leone Roots: Perspective of a First-Generation American on Identity & Maternal and Child Health in Sierra Leone

    Miatta Goba

    04/19/2023

  • Global Impact: Africa & the Americas: Penn Global Nursing Fellowship Program* (GNFP) & Partners in Health (PIH)

    Katherine Buhikire and Alison Ercole

    03/29/2023

  • Peace Corps Community Health Volunteer Madagascar, East Africa

    Julia Kelley

    02/13/2023

  • Maternal Child Health and the Breastfeeding Landscape in Mexico

    Diana Barrios Bautista, Diane Spatz, and Marcela Arsuaga

    02/08/2023

  • SON Student Opportunities: Focus Hong Kong & COIL

    Nancy Biller, Abigail Borland, Esther Lee, Jade Margolis, Michele Wu, Jessey Yang

    12/07/2022

  • SON Student Opportunities: Focus France & Mexico

    Nancy Biller, Madison Kelly, Andre Rosario

    11/02/2022

  • SON Student Opportunities: Focus Thailand

    Nancy Biller, Jessica Abene, Olivia Koch

    10/31/2022

  • SON Student Opportunities: Focus Spain

    Nancy Biller, Camryn Fetzer, Maggie McBride and Julia Mesce

    10/26/2022

  • Global Impact: Penn Global Nursing Fellowship Program* Partners in Health (PIH), Virtual Fellowship, Africa & Haiti

    Barbara Doyle and Hanne Harbison

    04/13/2022

  • Chu, Stephanie

    Global Impact: Penn Global Nursing Fellowship Program* CerviCusco, Peru

    Stephanie Chu

    04/08/2022

  • Chinese Language and Cultural Immersion at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan

    Chantalle Dupont

    03/21/2022

  • Nutrition & Health: Botswana Government - Penn Nursing Exchange

    Mpho Petros, Ariana Chao and Monique Dowd

    03/16/2022

  • Peace Corps Community Health Volunteer Ghana, West Africa

    Katerina Fella

    10/27/2021

  • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

    Global Health Affairs / Penn Nursing Sustainability Committee

    09/21/2021

  • Rethinking Diversity, Belonging, and Justice: The Pandemic and Vulnerable Populations

    Fanghong Dong and Yeji Hwang

    09/15/2021

  • Pandemics – from HIV/AIDS to COVID-19: Why media reports matter

    Kalpana Jain

    03/31/2021

  • Peace Corps Youth Development Volunteer, Bejaad, Morocco

    Samantha Druckman

    10/25/2017

  • Peace Corps Public Health Specialist, Leymebamba, Peru

    Nora Donahue

    10/11/2017

  • Peace Corps Health Advisor, Arizona, Honduras

    Lauren Winokur

    11/15/2017

  • Peace Corps Volunteer, Gisakura, Rwanda

    Kate Hulbert

    12/06/2017

  • Peace Corps Global Health Service Partnership Dodoma, Tanzania

    Hannah Bergbower

    09/20/2017

  • Peace Corps Environment and Agriculture Volunteer, The Gambia, West Africa

    Spencer Ramirez

    10/24/2018

  • Worlds of Nursing: Contrasting China and the United States

    Shupeng Shi, MS, RN

    03/28/2018

  • Peace Corps Community Health Volunteer, Yelbouga, Burkina Faso

    Rachel Ohrenschall

    10/10/2018

  • Peace Corps Volunteer: Rio Abajo, El Salvador and Zambia

    Kristin Koo

    12/05/2018

  • The Fulbrighter experiences of an Italian nursing researcher

    Gianluca Catania, PhD, RN

    04/04/2018

  • The Importance of Healthcare System Strengthening During and Post-Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone

    E-beth Barrera-Cancedda

    02/14/2018

  • Global Work on Human Milk and Breastfeeding in Thailand, China, India, Dominican Republic and Mexico

    Diane Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN

    02/28/2018

  • Peace Corps Health Extension Volunteer Ethiopia, East Africa

    David Norris

    11/14/2018

  • Global Nursing Fellowship Program: Community Mental Health in Chennai, India

    Alison Ercole and LaKeetra M. Josey

    04/11/2018

  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Internship in Paris, France

    Tiffany Hsu

    11/06/2019

  • Peace Corps Rural Community Health Volunteer Zambia

    Page Miller

    11/20/2019

  • Building Partnerships to Improve Community Health in Rural Malawi

    Kelsey Streeter

    03/27/2019

  • Peace Corps Rural Community Health Volunteer Benin, West Africa

    Kallie Brown

    10/23/2019

  • Epilepsy in Mahenge, Tanzania

    Julianna Shinnick

    10/02/2019

  • Worlds of Professional Healthcare Education: Contrasting China and the United States

    Ju Wang and Zhigang Xue

    02/13/2019

  • History of Midwifery and Nursing in Iran

    Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, PhD

    02/27/2019

  • Peace Corps Community Health Outreach Volunteer Mozambique, East Africa

    Elizabeth Humphrey

    04/10/2019

  • Adolescent Health and HIV in Eswatini

    Charisse Ahmed

    03/04/2020

  • Health Systems Strengthening in Sierra Leone

    Kate Hanselman

    02/26/2020

  • Living a Global Nursing Life – in the US & Abroad

    Hannah Bergbower

    10/28/2020

  • Global Health Journey: Lisa He-Wu, BSN Student

    Lisa He-Wu

    11/13/2020

  • Global Health from a Non-American Perspective

    Shi Eun Lee

    12/09/2020