Online Discussion on current Global Health issues

Date
16 Dec 2020 18:00 19:15
Location
Online
Target Group
Medical students of all levels
Host
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Registration
Closed  (Deadline: 15 Dec 2020 23:59)

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 Wed 16 Diciembre 2020 at 18:00 (CET) Alena Bencsik-Theilen will join us and discuss about "Obesity and COVID19 severe disease and mortality, what is the evidence?".

Before the meeting, please read this article.

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.