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Welcome!

Welcome to the Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy located within the Brooks College of Health at the University of North Florida.

Our website is designed to provide you with general information about the Center and details on our upcoming events and programs.

 

 Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy

Mission

  • To promote global understanding and collaborative action for improving health and medical care

Objectives

  • To promote excellence and balance in the caring, ethics and science of health and medicine
  • To promote the human, economic and diplomatic value of health and medical care
  • To promote optimal health and medical education
  • To support leadership development in the health and medical professions
  • To integrate broad local, state, national and global participation in advisory committees, forums, publications, research, education and demonstration activities

Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy Advisory Board
The Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy is grateful for the dedication and leadership of the Center Advisory Board.
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Board Member Biographies

 

Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy Faculty
The Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy is honored to have a team of dedicated and distinguished Fellows and Advisors to provide broad expertise on a global level.

International Fellow & Advisor for the Center
Otmar Kloiber, MD

National Fellow & Advisor for the Center
Cecil B. Wilson, MD

Senior Fellow for the Center
Carleton Rider, MA, MPH

Clinical Professor of Public Health
Robert G. Harmon, MD, MPH

Clinical Professor in Health Administration
William J. Maples, MD

Faculty Biographies


Sponsors
The Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy thanks its SPONSORS
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The Healthcare and Bioscience Council of Northeast Florida
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New location for the Center, May 28, 2009
The Center has relocated to UNF Hall, Bldg. 53, Suite 2750

From J Turner Butler Blvd. (202), turn north at Kernan Blvd.  Take the first right, which is a stoplight, at First Coast Technology Pkwy.  Continue north and turn left into our parking lot at 4892 First Coast Technology Parkway.   The Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy is  located in the right wing, on the second floor, in Suite 2750.

From Beach Blvd., Turn south at Kernan Blvd.  Pass Hunter’s Haven Lane, pass Glen Kernan Parkway East, take a left at the stoplight at First Coast Technology Pkwy.  Take the first right into our parking lot at 4892 First Coast Technology Parkway.   The Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy is  located in the right wing, on the second floor, in Suite 2750.

For Map and Driving Directions from your location, click here and select  Building 53, UNF Hall. 

 

 

The Caring Physicians of the World Initiative is featured in the December 2008 issue of the World Medical Journal.
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CENTER ANNOUNCEMENTS


Save the Date for the 4th Annual

Caring Community Conference


Wednesday September 15th
8:00 am to 1:15 PM
at the UNF University Center


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The Naval Hospital Jacksonville and the
Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy
co-sponsored the 2nd Annual Patient Safety Symposium
on July 16, 2010.
The Hospital as a High Reliability Organization: Theory to Reality

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Keynote speakers included
Peter Provonost, MD, PhD and Kerry Johnson, MS 
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Northeast Florida's 2nd Annual Regional Quality Forum
was held May 7, 2010


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The Center was featured in the UNF Journal,
Winter 2010 edition.
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Dr. Coble participated in the 1/11/10
Commissioning & Change of Command Ceremony for VADM Regina Benjamin, US Surgeon General


It is with great sadness that the Center announces the death of the Honorable Frederick H. Schultz,
prominent Jacksonville civic leader, philanthropist and inspiring leader.
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9/30/2009
Dr. Yank Coble, distinguished professor and Director of the Center for Global Health and Medical Diplomacy at the University of North Florida, and Rotary Club of Jacksonville member, with the Honorable Fred Schultz.
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LINKS

Click here for more information about the

2010 Inaugural Meeting of the
Quality Collaborative of Northeast Florida

2010 Second Annual Regional Quality Forum

2010 Second Annual Patient Safety Symposium

2009 Caring Community Conference

2009 Regional Quality & Safety Forum

2008 Caring Community Conference

2008 Global Medicine and Public Health Initiative

2007 Caring Community Conference

2007 Access to Care Forum


 

2009 FACT SHEETS

Current information on Northeast Florida's regional Health and Medical Care institutions, organizations and universities


2008 Report of Economic Impact of Healthcare and Bioscience Industry of Northeast Florida


2007 Report of Economic Impact of Healthcare and Bioscience Industry of Northeast Florida

2009 Economic Impact Report: Mr. Henry Luke

The Healthcare and Bioscience Council of NEFL

Center Sponsors

Value of the Center to UNF

Center Accomplishments 2009