Global Jefferson Day
2026 Event Details
- Date: March 26, 2026
- Topic: Optimizing Global Health Outcomes: Jefferson India Center
- Location: Jefferson Alumni Hall Atrium, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA
- Time: 9:00am – 2:30pm (Breakfast available at 8:30am)
Student Poster Presentation
- Presentations from 12-2pm (lunch provided)
- Deadline for Submissions: March 12, 2026, 8:30am.
Thomas Jefferson University’s Office of Global Affairs and the Global Health Initiatives Council (GHIC) invite Jefferson students from any campus to submit posters for the 6th Annual Global Jefferson Day. This is a unique opportunity for students from all academic fields to present their scholarly activities relating to the broad interdisciplinary realm of global health. The winners will be announced after the keynote presentation. Poster criteria noted in link below.
Awards:
- 1st place $250
- 2nd place $125
- 3rd place $75
Previous Events
- 2025 - Jefferson All-Island Ireland Center: Helen McNulty, PhD
- Theme: Folate and Riboflavin: Why Both B-Vitamins are Crucial in Women’s Health
- 2024 - Jefferson Consortium for African Partnerships: Stephanie Linus
- Theme: Dry: Storytelling as Medicine — Film, Advocacy and the Fight for Women’s Health
- 2020 - Jefferson Israel Center: Amitai Ziv, MD, MHA
- Theme: Simulation and Extended Reality as Transformative Vehicles in Patient Safety and Quality Care
The Lennox K. Black International Prize for Excellence in Medicine
The Lennox K. Black International Prize for Excellence in Medicine recognizes the importance of international communication in scientific discovery and the advance of medicine. The symposium is designed to bring global leaders in medicine and healthcare to Jefferson to foster interaction with faculty experts and is a major contribution to Jefferson's overall global initiative, which encourages the exchange of ideas and information between nations in the service of medical education, research and clinical care.
Winners of the Lennox K. Black International Prize for Excellence in Medicine:
- 2026: Shivaprasad Goudar, MD, MHPE, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, KLE University, Belagavi, India; Dr. Rajiv Bahl, MD, PhD, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
- 2024: Stephanie Linus, Filmmaker, Nigeria
- 2020: Amitai Ziv, MD, MHA, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- 2018: Giuseppe Remuzzi, MD, Mario Negri Institute, Bergamo, Italy
- 2015: Sir Colin Blakemore, FMedSci FRCP FRS, School of Advanced Study, University of London and University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- 2012: Professor Axel Ullrich, Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
- 2010: Harald zur Hausen, Prof., Nobel Laureate, University of Heidelberg, Germany
- 2008: Barry J. Marshall, AC, Nobel Laureate, FRACP, FAA, FRS, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- 2006: Colin Masters, B Med Sci (Hons), MBBS, MD: The University of Melbourne, Australia and Konrad Beyreuther, PhD, Prof., Dr., University of Heidelberg, Germany
- 2004: Salvador Moncada, MD, PhD, DSc., Wolfson Institute for Biochemical Research, University College London, United Kingdom
- 2002: Michael R. Stratton, PhD, Haddow Laboratories, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
- 1998: Prof. Andrew M.L. Lever, FRCP, FRCP (Ed), Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 1997: Rupert Timpl, Ph.D. (deceased), Max-Planck Institute fur Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany
- 1996: Leena Peltonen, M.D., Ph.D. (deceased), National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
- 1995: Dr. David P. Lane, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
- 1994: Jose M. Mato, Ph.D., Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
- 1993: Dr. Bengt Westermark, University of Uppsala, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden