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TEAMS

LOCAL
Partnerships

Local Partnerships is the primary liaison for a Hyde Park grassroots organization, Options for Youth (OFY). OFY supports young mothers and male students to prevent subsequent pregnancies in teenage women and to empower vulnerable young men to make healthy decisions through individual support in education and employment.

  • Initiated a new partnership with Options for Youth to help with outreach research, and funding

  • Graduated previous partnership with ASPAT Peru, a grassroots organization comprised solely of volunteers formerly affected by TB to serve over 1,500 TB patients throughout the Lima Metropolitan area. 

  • Developed a database of resources for ASPAT Peru

  • Generated content for OFY ranging from quarterly themes to a glossary of language used by nonprofits

Local Partnerships engages with a Chicago-based grassroots organization and the chapter’s primary liaison for this local partner. 2019-2020 is an exciting year for Local Partnerships as they have just partnered with Options for Youth (OFY), a Hyde Park based organization that supports teenage mothers and male students through education and individual support. Local Partnerships is hoping to take initiative to interact directly with OFY and determine further support GlobeMed can offer in this new relationship. Local Partnerships is seeking applicants with interests in engaging with local social and health issues and leading projects for community health.Communications

Communications collaborates across all teams to design and implement projects on marketing, advertising, recruitment efforts, and chapter documentation in addition to creating materials for our partnerships. 

COMMUNICATIONS

  • Lesson plans for DIN Malawi for their Youth Entrepreneurship Empowerment (in collaboration with Global Partnerships)

  • Global Getdown marketing (in collaboration with Campaigns) - an annual panel discussion on community health hosted by GlobeMed on campus

  • One-pagers projects that summarize and document the chapter work that quarter

  • Recruitment pitching and organization

Communications is at the forefront of every GlobeMed campaign, event, and deliverable. From creating marketing material for GlobeMed events to helping develop lesson plans for our global partner, the Communications team collaborates across the chapter to design and implement marketing projects. While the Communications team is looking for applicants with a wide variety of skills and interests, we hope to add individuals with interest or experience with shooting or editing videos. 

Communications collaborates across all teams to design and implement projects on marketing, advertising, recruitment efforts, and chapter documentation in addition to creating materials for our partnerships. 

CAMPAIGNS

  • Grant writing for DIN Malawi’s Right to be a Girl project, a youth empowerment project

  • Lunch & Learns with speakers from a variety of departments with different approaches to global and community health 

  • Global Getdown, an annual panel discussion on community health hosted by GlobeMed on Campus featuring multiple speakers, dinner, and a silent auction

  • Fundraising for DIN Malawi through succulent, bun, and rummage sales

  • Grant writing for DIN Malawi’s Right to be a Girl project, a youth empowerment project

  • Lunch & Learns with speakers from a variety of departments with different approaches to global and community health 

  • Global Getdown, an annual panel discussion on community health hosted by GlobeMed on Campus featuring multiple speakers, dinner, and a silent auction

  • Fundraising for DIN Malawi through succulent, bun, and rummage sales

Campaigns executes campus-wide programming and organizes and hosts chapter fundraisers that allow the chapter to financially support and connect with our partners. One of the largest projects Campaigns organizes is the annual Global Getdown, a night where the chapter hosts speakers and leaders from interdisciplinary sections of community health networks to contribute to a larger discussion on issues in public health. Campaigns is seeking individuals that are driven and creative thinkers to take initiative in leading new fundraisers, and are unafraid of contacting organizations and speakers.

INTERNAL
Development

Internal Development connects our chapter to the UChicago community and other health RSOs on campus and facilitates support for members.

  • Recruitment and outreach

  • On-boarding and integration of new members

  • Workshop on Seasonal Affective Disorder

  • Internship and Skills member database for mentorship

  • Windy City Retreat and connecting with other chapters

  • Library study sessions

Internal Development connects our chapter to the UChicago community and other health RSOs on campus and facilitates support for members. Last year, Internal Development focused on in-chapter mentoring by connecting members with experience in certain majors, careers, and internships to members looking for resources. Internal Development is seeking students who place importance on community, cooperativity, and creativity.

RESEARCH
Education

Research & Education explores interdisciplinary topics and controversies in community health both on a local and global level, and produces weekly chapter lessons for members to deepen our understanding of these issues.

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  • Presentation series on topics such as

    • Gender and Sexuality

      • Masculinity and Mental Health

      • Maternal Mortality in California

      • Maternal Mortality in Malawi

      • Maternal Mortality in the US

      • Transgender Issues + Justice Systems

    • Ethical Storytelling

      • Data Misrepresentation

      • Mental Health on Campus

      • Model Minority Myth

    • Nutrition

    • Health and Migration

  • Individual year long research projects

  • Globemed Weekly Newsletter, a weekly email summarizing and documenting the presentation that week with additional reading and resources, and highlighting a notable member of the week

The Research & Education team helps the chapter explore interdisciplinary topics and controversies in community health both on a local and global level. By developing weekly chapter lessons, the Research & Education team hopes to elevate chapter-wide knowledge of infrastructure, politics, health, and technology by looking critically at certain issues to help shape and deepen our understanding. Research & Education is seeking proactive individuals who are comfortable researching and giving presentations.  

GLOBAL
Partnerships

Global Partnerships engages directly with our global partner DIN Malawi, an NGO operating in Malawi’s poorest regions to tackle major community issues such as HIV and AIDS, youth entrepreneurship, and child motherhood and marriage. 

  • Development of lesson plans for DIN Malawi on loans, contraceptives, and nutrition for those living with HIV

  • Measurement and evaluation protocols for HIV, youth entrepreneurship, and women’s empowerment projects

  • Surveys to be administered at DIN’s community groups

  • Planning for GROW trip, in which a group of UChicago GlobeMed members travel to Malawi each summer in order to better understand the nature of our partnership

Global Partnerships engages directly with our global partner DIN Malawi, an NGO operating in Malawi’s poorest regions to tackle major community issues such as HIV and AIDS, youth entrepreneurship, and child motherhood and marriage. In a community health consulting capacity, Global Partnerships aims to aid DIN Malawi in developing programming, implementing strategic initiatives, and  fostering a collaborative cross-organization relationship. We encourage individuals with an interest in strategic thinking, entrepreneurship, and non-profit consulting to apply to the Global Partnerships team. 

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