The Health is Global Research Symposium will take place on 21 and 22 October 2026 at the McEwan Hall. Wednesday 21 October 08:15 - 09:00: Registration Location: McEwan Hall 09:00 - 09:15: Welcome talk Location: Main auditorium, McEwan Hall 300 years of the world in Edinburgh and Edinburgh in the world. 09:15 - 09:40: Keynote address Location: Main auditorium, McEwan HallHealth - a global commons, a global currency, a global asset. 09:45 - 10:40 - Shining a light on our University Health Partnerships Location: Main auditorium, McEwan Hall How should we achieve equity and inclusion in global mental health partnerships in changing times (Global Mental Health Collaborative) 10:40 - 11:10: Break 11:10 - 12:00: Shining a light on our University Health Partnerships Location: Main auditorium, McEwan Hall Gender Equity Determines Health – lessons from respiratory health in Asia (RESPIRE) 12:00 - 12:45: Shining a light on our University Health Partnerships Location: Main auditorium, McEwan Hall Panel of Partner Leaders discussing multi-disciplinary research, policy making, global impact and reach 12:40 - 13:30: Lunch Location: Robing Room, McEwan HallPlease let us know in the Eventbrite registration form if you would like lunch. 13:30 - 14:30: Parallel sessions Main Auditorium: Pesticides and Methanol Poisoning (Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention) Foyer 5: Climate change and infectious diseases - a multi-country spatiotemporal analysis of the impact of climate variables in Brazil, Uganda and Nepal Foyer 4: AI and Health care – designing applications in Kenya, Mauritius and Scotland 14:40 - 15:40: Parallel sessions Main Auditorium: Protecting health and wellbeing in a warming world – experiences from India Foyer 5: Toolkits to determine equitable outcomes - ETHICA-4Ps, Conceptualising Centrality SHIFT-SHAREFoyer 4: AMR and conflict (AMR Forum) 15:50 - 16:40: Keynote Panel and discussion Location: Main Auditorium, McEwan Hall Can we predict what is coming down the line for health globally in a fractured world? 16:40 - 17:00: Closing summary of the day Location: Main Auditorium, McEwan Hall Thursday 22 October 08:15 - 09:00: Arrival/Registration Location: McEwan Hall 09:00 - 09:15: Welcome and summary of lessons learned from previous day Location: Main Auditorium, McEwan Hall 09:15 - 10:15: Plenary Panel High Commissioners and Ambassadors Panel. How can the collective work of universities working in partnership contribute to country specific agendas - including the following Health is political, Health drives justice, Health builds trust, Health underpins economy, Health creates and sustains community, Health as diplomacy, Co-Benefits: Tackling climate change can improve health for all 10:15 - 10:30: Break Location: Robing Room, McEwan Hall 10:30 - 11:30: Parallel sessions Main Auditorium: Building equitable and resilient global health research partnerships: lessons from Botswana (BSRHI) Foyer 5: Challenges and lessons learned in Global Health ResearchFoyer 4: Indigenous knowledges – different and new ways of knowing 11:40 - 12:40: Parallel sessions Main Auditorium: The Future of Health Research in Africa - responding to epidemics and pandemics (TIBA) Foyer 5: Stroke research in low and middle income countries – case study from Nepal Foyer 4: Palliative Care in primary health care - lessons from Argentina 12:40 - 13:30: Lunch Location: Robing Room, McEwan Hall Please let us know in the Eventbrite registration form if you would like lunch. 13:30 - 14:30: Student Showcase Presentation of the Alumni Future Health Papers 14:30 - 15:30: Global Health Impact Prize Location: Main Auditorium, McEwan HallMinistry of Health, Gambia, and the MRC Gambia – the impact of insecticide treated bed nets on malaria control. 15:30 - 16:15: Keynote panel Designing with compassion for compassionate outcomes for a healthy people, healthy animals and a planet - how investing in health improves economic, social and geopolitical outcomes for the most underserved. Register Register for the symposium on Eventbrite This article was published on Friday 7 August 2026