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November 12-14, 2025: European Public Health Conference presenation of U21HREx CoP

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November 12-14, 2025: European Public Health Conference presenation of U21HREx CoP

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European Journal of Public Health published abstract

“Developing an intercollegial international health research exchange training and education network”

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2025 EUPHA HREx Poster- Final 10_23_25 uploaded

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October 15-17, 2025 Fall In-person U21HREx Symposium at UCD

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October 15-17, 2025 Fall In-person U21HREx Symposium at UCD

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For Symposium agenda, visit the UMD SPH website

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Universitas21 International Health Research Exchange (HREx) Symposium, Wednesday October 15th- Sessions are in-person October 15-17th, 2025 at University College Dublin, Ireland
Presentations by Associate Professor Hasheem Mannan, Professor Mark Exworthy and Dr. Negin Fouladi, followed by open discussion.
Thursday October 16th- Sessions 2 and 3 can be joined virtually via below links.
Presentations from UCD - David Bennett, Dr Emma Dorris, USA- Maryland, Dr Ken Kerr, University of Birmingham, Helen Crump, followed by Q/A discussion including Dr Anne Cody, Health Research Board and Dr Maria Quinlan, Health Service Executive.

Presenters: UMD PhD, online MHA & MPH- Practice and Policy Students; UMD, UCD, & UoB Researchers

Student and Early Career Researcher Networking and Skills Development Session .

11:15- 12:45PM GMT (6- 7:45AM EST) Meeting ID: 654 8459 1043, Passcode: 343267

Student and Early Career Researcher Change Management & Health Services Implementation Workshop followed by "Ask the Experts: Common Issues and Wellness/Methods" Discussion.
Friday October 17th
2:15- 4:20 PM GMT (9:15- 11:20 AM EST) Meeting ID: 654 8459 1043, Passcode: 343267
Disability Accommodations: Please contact Dr. Negin Fouladi at fouladi@umd.edu and 301-405-6122 one week prior to the event to request disability accommodations.
: Meetings with UCD, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH), and Ireland East Hospital Group Leadership; Symposium Wrap-up When: 9:30AM- 1PM GMT

Visit the Univesitas21 and UMD Maryland Global site for information about the U21HREx Community of Practice.

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Fall 2025 Universitas 21 International Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) Symposium at University College Dublin, Ireland, October 15-17

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Universitas21 International Health Research Exchange (HREx) Symposium, October 15-17th, 2025 at University College Dublin, Ireland

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October 15, 2025: The U21HREx & Social Work CoP's hosted a virtual event on "Inter-professional community & neighbourhood approaches to health care and social work" change.

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October 15, 2025: The U21HREx & Social Work CoP's hosted a virtual event on "Inter-professional community & neighbourhood approaches to health care and social work" change.

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This event explored community and neighbourhood models of health and social care to share learning between different countries, disciplines and professions and facilitate networks around research, practice and change.

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U21HREx and Social Work Communities of Practice virtual event on Inter-professional community & neighbourhood approaches to health care and social work | University of Maryland | School of Public Health

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April 28, 2025: Scholars and the Maryland General Assembly meet to discuss global public health issues and explore comparative evaluations across nations.

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April 28, 2025: Scholars and the Maryland General Assembly meet to discuss global public health issues and explore comparative evaluations across nations.

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Scholars convene for Global Health Systems Exchange. Read all about it!

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Visiting Maryland's lawmakers

The symposium's international delegation had the opportunity to visit the Maryland General Assembly, meeting with state legislators and representatives from the Maryland Department of Health and Health Service Cost Review Commission to discuss global public health issues and explore comparative evaluations across nations.

"It was an honor to welcome researchers from Ireland and the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland to Annapolis," said Maryland Delegate Deni L. Taveras.

"The discussions were impactful and eye-opening-it was inspiring to see the innovative steps other countries are taking to strengthen their health systems, while also recognizing areas where we can all continue to grow."

Busola Odubayo, '25, a student in the online MPH- Public Health Practice and Policy program, agreed.

"I really enjoyed learning about the delegates' work and priorities, especially hearing Del. Deni Tavares' perspective on the impact of the COVID emergency, andher continued advocacy for immigrant communities in PG county," said Odubayo.

Broad topics and rich discussions

The symposium addressed a broad range of health topics, including commercial determinants of health, health emergencies response, media's role in public health discourse and change management in health services implementation. Presentations featured contributions from Fulbright scholars from Ireland, including Kate Frazer and Conall Ó Fátharta, alongside other international experts.

Jason Nunes, chief of staff for Taveras, observed: "I appreciated the rich discussions that emerged from a global perspective. It was encouraging to find shared priorities and explore new partnerships with this international coalition committed to advancing public health."

The event highlighted the value of global learning and interdisciplinary approaches to complex health challenges. Invited speaker Shane Hatchett from Advent Solutions reflected: "This spring symposium was a fantastic reminder of the multi-sectoral nature of public health. Hearing from presenters about issues ranging from forced institutionalization to research integrity reminds me that public health practice requires interdisciplinary awareness and a strong commitment to excellence."

Supporting student development

The U21HREx community of practice continues to build on its established foundation of international collaboration, with a particular focus on supporting the professional development of students and early career researchers in health and social care fields.

"U21HREx has provided immensely valuable opportunities...We are being afforded a fabulous space to build on our training to help tackle global and local problems," said Phil Gordon, a doctoral candidate with SPH's Department of Health Policy and Management who has been active with the network for several years.

"[Participating in the symposium] reminded me that, no matter the structure of the health system, some problems are shared across the board, but so are the solutions, and having the ability to collaborate internationally makes
us all a step closer to reaching those solutions," said Lejla Heric-Safadi, '27, a student in the online MPH-Public Health Practice and Policy Program.

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For more information about U21HREx and upcoming activities, contact Dr. Negin Fouladi at fouladi@umd.edu or follow @U21_HREx on X/Twitter.

Edited from this Maryland Global article.

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Scholars convene for Global Health Systems Exchange

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UMD School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Management recently hosted the spring 2025 Universitas 21 International Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) Symposium, bringing together health scholars and practitioners from Ireland, Germany and the United States to address critical issues in health systems strengthening and resilience.

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April 28-30, 2025: Spring In-Person U21HREx Symposium at UMD

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April 28-30, 2025: Spring In-Person U21HREx Symposium at UMD

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Visit UMD-SPH for symposium agenda and details

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Join us at the University of Maryland School of Public Health to meet in-person an international team of scholars and practitioners (Ireland, Germany, USA) and learn about Health Systems Strengthening and Resilience across nations.

We have fantastic speakers presenting as part of a Panel session and individual Special Topics Seminars. We also have 2 workshops for PhD students/Early Career Reearchers and MPH-MHA students.
Note: We Do Not Consent to Recording and Dissemination of Sessions/Presentations Content SCHEDULE
Session 3: Special topics Seminar on the Irish print media's role in investigating and shaping historical Church and State abuse of women and children as national scandals.

Session 2: Special topics Seminar on the importance of global learning and the life-changing opportunities they present to students, early career researchers, and faculty
Disability Accommodations: Please contact Dr. Negin Fouladi at fouladi@umd.edu and 301-405-6122 at least one week prior to the event to request disability accommodations.
Visit the UMD Maryland Global site for information about the U21HREx Community of Practice past and upcoming activities.

Please contact U21HREx Chair Dr. Negin Fouladi (fouladi@umd.edu) for symposium information and how to get involved with the network!
Follow @U21_HREx on X/Twitter

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Spring 2025 Universitas 21 International Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) Symposium

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February 2025: The Power of Place: Uncovering Geospatial Health Applications for Public Health Insights

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February 2025: The Power of Place: Uncovering Geospatial Health Applications for Public Health Insights

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January 2025: From Clinical Validation to Clinical Reality: 

The Need for Ongoing AI safety Monitoring 

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January 2025: From Clinical Validation to Clinical Reality: 

The Need for Ongoing AI safety Monitoring 

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May 2024: Technology Innovations in Public Health

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May 2024: Technology Innovations in Public Health

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May 14-2024 U21HREx talk Technology Innovations in PH_UCD and UMD

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October 14-16, 2024: Fall In-Person U21HREx International Symposium at University of Birmingham

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October 14-16, 2024: Fall In-Person U21HREx International Symposium at University of Birmingham

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Fall 2024 Universitas 21 International Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) Symposium | University of Maryland | School of Public Health

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September 25-29, 2023: Fall In-Person U21HREx International Symposium at University of Birmingham 

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September 25-29, 2023: Fall In-Person U21HREx International Symposium at University of Birmingham 

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Location: Virtual

Join us virtually at the University of Birmingham, UK to meet an international team of scholars, practitioners, and students!

Dr. Negin Fouladi, Doctoral and Master's students from the Department of Health Policy and Management Phil Gordon, Lola Ajayi, Busola Odubayo and Dr. Ada Offurum, Medical Director of the UMMC Physician Advisory Group are excited to visit the University of Birmingham, UK for the second International Universitas 21 Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) Symposium September 25-29th.

They will present on the US Healthcare System and the Impact of US Abortion Laws on Women's Health and run several student and early career researcher professional development workshops. They will also meet with University of Birmingham Leadership and Chief Executives of the Birmingham Medical Center to develop joint academic, research, and practice initiatives to foster student and early career researcher development in health policy, services, and management.

Schedule:
In person event Monday September 25th- Panel on National Health Systems Across the Globe: 10am- 12:30pm BST (5am-7:30am EST), session will be recorded and shared with SPH.

Online Event Wednesday September 27th- PhD and Early Career Researcher Networking Enrichment Workshop: 9am-11am EST, virtual registration open. The time noted on the flyer is BST.

Online Event Thursday September 28th- Special topics seminar on the Impact of US Abortion Laws on Women's Health and Healthcare: 9am-11am EST, virtual registration open. The time noted on the flyer is BST.

In person event Friday September 29th- Health Services Management Center Careers Workshop: 10:30am- 12:00pm BST (5:30am-7am EST), session will be recorded and shared with SPH.

Register for the online events using Flyer QR codes and please contact Dr. Negin Fouladi (fouladi@umd.edu) for symposium information and how to get involved with U21HREx!
Follow @U21_HREx on Twitter Disability Accommodations: Please contact Professor Mark Exworthy: M.Exworthy@bham.ac.uk or Dr. Amarpreet Kaur: a.kaur.11@bham.ac.uk at least one week prior to the event to request disability accommodations.

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2nd Universitas 21 International Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) Symposium

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Join us virtually at the University of Birmingham, UK to meet an international team of scholars, practitioners, and students!

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May 15-19, 2023: Spring In-person U21HREx International Symposium at University of Maryland

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May 15-19, 2023: Spring In-person U21HREx International Symposium at University of Maryland

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University of Maryland

University of Birmingham (UK)

Mark Exworthy, professor of health policy and management, Health Services Management Centre; co-director, MBA Clinical Leadership

Dr. Amarpreet Kaur, lecturer, Health Services Management Centre

Jennifer Knights, Ph.D. student, specialist research lead at NHS Education for Scotland

University College Dublin (Ireland)

Kate Frazer, associate professor, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems

Thilo Kroll, professor of health systems management, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems

Matthew Douma, Ph.D. candidate, RN, emergency nurse educator, Alberta Health Services Canada

Agencies and Medical Systems (US)

Dr. Arlene Bierman, director, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Dr. Kristin Carman, director, Public and Patient Engagement, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

Joseph Flannery, healthcare educator, safety and quality risk advisor

Dr. Mangla Gulati, chief quality officer, associate chief medical officer and vice president, patient safety and clinical effectiveness, University of Maryland Medical Center

May 17 - Student/ECR Seminar
University of Birmingham (UK)

Dr. Amarpreet Kaur, lecturer, Health Services Management Centre

Jennifer Knights, Ph.D. student, specialist research lead at NHS Education for Scotland

Anthony Stem, Ph.D. candidate

University College Dublin (Ireland)

Matthew Douma, Ph.D. candidate, RN, emergency nurse educator, Alberta Health Services Canada

University of Maryland (US)

Portia Buchongo, Ph.D. '23, applied research scientist, Health Equity National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
May 17 - Special Topic Seminar
University of Birmingham (UK)

Mark Exworthy, professor of health policy and management, Health Services Management Centre; co-director, MBA Clinical Leadership

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School of Public Health Hosts First International Health Research Symposium

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More than 30 faculty members and students from the University of Maryland School of Public Health, University of Birmingham in England and University College Dublin in Ireland spent three days swapping experiences, sharing research and touring the University of Maryland as part of the first Universitas 21 Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) research symposium held at the University of Maryland School of Public Health in College Park and the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.

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Fall 2022:  Received Birmingham International Engagement Fund for In-Person Exchange of Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers 

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Fall 2022:  Received Birmingham International Engagement Fund for In-Person Exchange of Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers 

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May 2022: Early Career Researchers and Covid-19: Exploring the Pandemic's Impact on Research Practice And Researcher Wellbeing

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May 2022: Early Career Researchers and Covid-19: Exploring the Pandemic's Impact on Research Practice And Researcher Wellbeing

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UOB HREx workshop flyer 3 May 2022 with NEW zoom link (2)

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June 2022: Experience-Based Codesign and Patient-Oriented Doctoral Research: The Family Centered Cardiac Arrest Care Project

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June 2022: Experience-Based Codesign and Patient-Oriented Doctoral Research: The Family Centered Cardiac Arrest Care Project

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March 2022: Developing Proposal for Community Based-Participatory Research 

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March 2022: Developing Proposal for Community Based-Participatory Research 

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February 2022: Application of Action Research Perspectives and Methods to Community Based Participatory Research

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February 2022: Application of Action Research Perspectives and Methods to Community Based Participatory Research

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2022-2023: Virtual Research Seminars and  Workshops

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2022-2023: Virtual Research Seminars and  Workshops

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January 2022- Virtual U21HREx Information Session

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2021-2022: Funded by U21 Research Resilience Sustainability Fund to implement U21HREx on U21Community Platform.

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2021-2022: Funded by U21 Research Resilience Sustainability Fund to implement U21HREx on U21Community Platform.

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“Growing and Sustaining Global Collaborations Through the U21 Health Research Exchange”

University of Maryland- Lead Institution
PI, Negin, Fouladi PhD, MPH, MS, Associate Clinical Professor and Director, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health (HPM-SPH)

Co-I, Aitalohi Amaize, MPH, BSN, RN, CEN, SANE‐A, Doctoral Candidate; HPM-SPH

Co-I, Portia Buchongo MPH, BSN,RN, Doctoral Candidate; HPM-SPH

Platform Development and Outreach Specialist, UMD:  Stephanie Bryant, MPH; HPM, SPH

Platform Development and Outreach Specialist, UMD: Damilola (Lola) Ajayi, MPH Candidate; HPM-SPH

Platform Development and Outreach Specialist, UMD: Chloe Morton, MPH Candidate; HPM-SPH

University of Birmingham- Partner Institution

Project advisor, UoB: Mark Exworthy PhD, Bsc, Professor, Health Services Management Centre, School of Social Policy (HSMC-SSP)

Co-I, UoB: Sandhya Duggal, PhD, MA, BA, Research Fellow; Department of Social Work and Social Care, School of Social Policy.

University College Dublin- Partner Institution

Project advisor, Kate Frazer PhD, MPH, BSc, RGN, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems (SNMH)

Project advisor, UCD:  Thilo Kroll, PhD, Dip Psych, Professor of Health Systems Management; SNMH

Co-I, UCD: Purity Mwendwa, BA, MSc, PhD, Post‐Doctoral Research Fellow; SNMH

Co-I, UCD: Matthew Douma, MSc, BSc, RN, Doctoral Student; SNMH

University New South Wales- Partner Institution

Project advisor, Ben Harris-Roxas PhD, MPASR, BSW, Senior Lecturer (Integrated Care), School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University New South Wales (UNSW)

Co-I, Hyun Song, PhD, MSc, BASc, Adjunct Lecturer, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, Faculty of Medicine & Health, UNSW

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2020-2021: Funded by U21 Researcher Resilience Fund to Create the virtual translational science Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) Network. 

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2020-2021: Funded by U21 Researcher Resilience Fund to Create the virtual translational science Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) Network. 

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"Thriving in a Post COVID age: An International Collaboration & Career Development Tool to Increase Diversity & Inclusion in Healthcare Management, Health Servics and Policy"

University of Maryland- Lead Institution
PI, Negin
Fouladi PhD, MPH, MS, Associate Clinical Professor and Director, Department of
Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health (HPM-SPH)

Co-I, Aitalohi Amaize, MPH, BSN, RN, CEN, SANE‐A, Doctoral Candidate; HPM-SPH

Co-I, Portia Buchongo MPH, BSN,RN, Doctoral Candidate; HPM-SPH

Virtual Platform development,  Stephanie Bryant, MPH candidate; HPM-SPH

University of Birmingham-
Partner Institution

Project advisor, UoB: Mark Exworthy PhD, Bsc, Professor, Health Services Management Centre, School of Social Policy (HSMC-SSP)

Project advisor, UoB: Ian Snelling,  MA, BA, Senior Fellow; HSMC-SSP

Co-I, UoB: Sandhya Duggal, PhD, MA, BA, Research Fellow; Department of Social Work and Social Care, School of Social Policy.