Online Discussion on current Global Health issues

At LMU, a team of students coordinated by Prof. Matthias Siebeck works on the implementation of a Global Health curriculum. Students from EUGLOH partner universities are welcome to join for informal discussions on various topics of Global Health.

On Thu 19 November 2020 at 18:30 (CET) Prof. Alison Thompson will join us and discuss about "Vaccines and COVID-19: The Importance of Trust”. Dr. Verina Wild (LMU) will moderate the event.

Details can be found here: https://www.cas.uni-muenchen.de/veranstaltungen/einzelvortraege/ev_thompson/index.html

Matthias Siebeck is a consultant in general and visceral surgery at the LMU hospital, and a researcher interested in inflammatory bowel disease. As a medical educator, he studied teaching with simulations, and he has implemented several innovations for teaching in medicine. Since 2003, Matthias has conducted faculty development programs abroad. In 2009, Matthias co-founded the Center for International Health at LMU. He is visiting professor at universities in Ethiopia and Bhutan. Since 2018, he has facilitated the course on Global Health for undergraduate students at LMU.