Each spring, the Global Health Center and collaborators host the Global Health Annual Conference. Renowned national and international experts present on their work and engage in thoughtful Q&A discussions.

Global Health at WashU: Focus on Impact

2025 Global Health Annual Conference

The 2025 annual conference — Global Health at WashU: Focus on Impact — will be held April 30 – May 1, 2025.

Past Conferences

2021 | The Impact of Climate Change on Infectious Diseases

The eighth annual conference focused a broad, multi-disciplinary lens on climate change issues. Presentations featured discussions on the impact of climate change on One Health, infectious diseases, global infrastructure, water, civil conflict, natural resources, and more.

2019 | HIV 2019: Recent Advances and Emerging Trends

Discussed among presentations concerning the latest HIV research, development and implementation were: HIV vaccines and preventatives, oral PrEP usage, new trends in antiretroviral therapies, health disparities in the ability to treat patients, global pediatrics and HIV, and teen education.

2018 | Science to Solutions: Antimicrobial Resistance

Our sixth annual conference featured both internationally and nationally recognized speakers who presented on topics including antimicrobial stewardship, low-resource settings and diagnostic challenges.

2017 | Science to Solutions

At our fifth annual conference, speakers presented talks on a diverse array of topics including Leishmaniasis, Malaria Control, Zika Congenital Syndrome, Polio Eradication, Pathogenesis of TB, Guinea Worm, and Intestinal Host-Microbial Interactions.

2016 | Shrinking the Cure and Prevention Divide that Separates Populations from Life-Saving Drugs and Vaccines

Our fourth annual conference featured expert talks on a diverse array of topics including HIV, implementation science, malaria, chikungunya, zika, PHARMA drug and vaccine donations, cancer drugs and global access.

2015 | The Risk of Emerging Infectious Diseases: From Bench to Implementation in Research

Our third annual conference offered talks on a diverse array of topics including tuberculosis, Ebola, neglected tropical diseases, human-animal-ecosystem interface, schistosomiasis, new therapies, and operational research.

2014 | Maternal and Child Health, and Infectious Diseases at the Human-Animal Interface

Our second annual conference featured presentations and a panel discussion on maternal and child health and zoonotic diseases from distinguished experts in the field.

2013 | Tropical and Geographical Diseases

At our first annual conference, experts discussed a variety of topics related to tropical and geographical diseases, including Malaria vaccine development, emerging viral diseases, and approaches to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.