Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI St. Augustine

23/06/2026

Join us for something a little different...Art Therapy🎨

01/06/2026

📢 Call for Abstracts – NHRC 2026!

Are you conducting research that can help shape a healthier future? We invite researchers, healthcare professionals, students, and policymakers to submit abstracts for the TTs 2026 National Health Research Conference (NHRC).

Under the theme “Building a Healthier Nation Through Innovation, Research and Collaboration,” NHRC 2026 will showcase indigenous research, innovative solutions, and collaborative approaches to improving health outcomes.

🗓 Conference Date: November 17, 2026
📄 Abstract Submission Deadline: June 30, 2026

Visit the website for more details: www.healthresearchconferencett.com/call

Don't miss this opportunity to share your work, connect with fellow researchers, policy makers, health practitioners and contribute to advancing health research and practice.

01/06/2026

30/05/2026

🌍 Bite-Sized Workshop Series: Climate Responsive Clinical Practices 🧠
How is climate change impacting health care and mental well-being? Join us for our next vital session focusing on EcoAnxiety and Climate Mobility.
Hear from leading medical and public health experts as they discuss navigating these emerging challenges in clinical practice.

🗓 Date: Sunday 31 May 2026 🕐 Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm 📍 Venue: Seminar Rm 1, School of Dentistry, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Champs Fleurs

🔗 Scan the QR code in the image to register today and secure your spot!

08/05/2026

Learn how research can create safer communities for our children.

Join Professor Sandra Reid for her Professorial Inaugural Lecture, Hidden in Plain Sight: Confronting Child Sexual Abuse in Trinidad & Tobago, as she examines the realities of child sexual abuse, the socio-cultural factors that allow it to persist, and its serious impact on mental health and wellbeing.

Drawing on action-research conducted with researchers and communities in Trinidad & Tobago, the lecture explores how we can help confront an issue too often hidden by stigma and silence.

📆Thursday, May 14, 2026
🕕6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
📍Teaching and Learning Complex, Lecture Theatre A1

🔗Register now: https://bit.ly/SandraReidLecture

03/05/2026

Don’t miss your chance to be part of the 4th Joint Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine – Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (AITVM–STVM) Conference! 🌍🐾

This is your opportunity to connect with leading experts, researchers, and practitioners.

Register here... https://conferences.sta.uwi.edu/aitvm-stvm/registration/

03/05/2026

Rooted in the proud legacy of the University of the West Indies, we celebrate a fraternity of veterinarians united by compassion, excellence, and service to the Caribbean and beyond.

03/05/2026

Robots in the operating room aren’t a thing of the future.

Attend this virtual seminar hosted by the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research and Development (CCHSRD), SIHI Caribbean, and CariSurg. Hear from speakers Dr. Nikita Greenidge (CariSurg) and Dr. Jonathan Noël (Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust).

Surgical robotics is shaping how care is delivered. This session breaks down clearly:

✅ How robotics moves from research to real procedures
✅ What it means for healthcare in the Caribbean
✅ Where students and professionals fit into this shift

🗓 May 7, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM
📍 Online via Zoom
🔗 Register: https://tinyurl.com/2ydaaexr

27/04/2026