The University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries is hosting the National Library of Medicine travelling exhibit “Making a World of Difference: Stories About Global Health” from October 20th through November 29, 2025.
This competitively awarded exhibit examines stories of the people who are working on a wide range of issues—from community health to conflict, disease to discrimination—to improve health in their areas and beyond. Using archival materials and documentation, it tells the story of how people came together to improve health in their communities and around the world.
This exhibit runs from October 20, 2025 – November 29, 2025. It will be on display at the UF Health Science Center Library in Gainesville from October 20 – November 12, 2025. It will be on display at the UF Borland Library in Jacksonville from November 13 – November 26, 2025.
As part of the exhibit, the HSC Library has prepared a series of events to foster campus and community conversations and collaboration on global health issues:
“From Zika to AIDS and Back Again: Stories of Virus Research in Uganda”
A plenary talk by Dr. Julia Cummiskey
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 1-2pm
Location: Communicore C1-105
Dr. Julia Cummiskey earned her MPH from Columbia University in 2007 and her PhD in the History of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University in 2017. Her research interrogates the history of global health—what it is, how it came to be, its limitations, and its potential. Her first book, Virus Research in Twentieth-Century Uganda: Between Local and Global was published in 2024 by Ohio University Press in the series “Perspectives on Global Health”. She is currently working on several collaborations to document and analyze the changes in global health research and practice following the decision to close USAID and eliminate most US funding for global health programs as well as a new project on the history of public health communication in East Africa.
Refreshments will be provided.
Friday, October 31, 2025 – Global Health Narratives: Storytelling at the Intersection of History, Art, Policy, and Health
2pm
Location: Communicore C1-004
This panel of UF faculty explores how narrative serves as a connective thread across diverse disciplines in global health. Speakers include Dr. Gautam Kalyatanda from the Division of Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine, Dr. Marit Ostebo from the Department of Anthropology, Sarah Hinds from UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine, and Dr. Steve Noll from the Department of History. Bringing together perspectives from history, visual arts, and cultural anthropology, our speakers will discuss how storytelling informs research, practice, and community engagement in global health contexts. Refreshments provided.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 – Opening Reception for Photo Display in Gainesville
Location: First floor of UF Health Science Center Library, Gainesville, noon.
At this event, photos submitted by university faculty, staff, and students showcasing their global health activities will be on display. This is a great event for networking with other faculty, staff, and students at UF who work in global health. Refreshments provided.
NLM Exhibit and Photo Display Moves to UF Borland Library in Jacksonville
Location: UF Borland Library, Jacksonville
The National Library of Medicine Traveling Exhibit and the Photo Display will be move to be on display at the UF Borland Library in Jacksonville, FL from November 13 – November 26, 2025.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 – Opening Reception for Photo Display in Jacksonville
Location: UF Borland Library, Jacksonville, Noon.
At this event, photos submitted by university faculty, staff, and students showcasing their global health activities will be on display. This is a great event for networking with other faculty, staff, and students at UF Jacksonville who work in global health. Refreshments provided.
This project has been sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere (Rothman Endowment). It is co-sponsored by the Center for Arts in Medicine.
For more information and a list of related events, please visit https://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/globalhealthexhibit