2025 Global Collaborative Series

Professor Alicia Carrasco Parra, MPH, is a midwife and Assistant Professor at the University of Chile with experience in teaching, research, and public health. She specializes in family planning, and sexual and reproductive health. Her academic and professional work focuses on gender equity and strengthening primary health care systems from a rights-based perspective. Profess or Carrasco Parra is a consultant for United Nations Population Fund – Latin America and Caribbean Region Office (UNFPA-LACRO), which focuses on sexual and reproductive health. She also conducts research with Red Latinoamericana de Investigatión en Partería Profesional Salud Sexual y Salud Reproductiva (REDLIPP), a network of faculty members from midwifery schools in Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Peru, and Uruguay. Through this network, she is currently leading a research project on reproductive autonomy in these countries.

The Global Collaborative Series is a joint initiative of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and Yale University School of Nursing.

Free and open to all with required registration, this monthly series runs through 2025 and offers a dedicated forum for nurse leaders, scholars, and students to explore global frameworks—such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and translate them into meaningful, practice-based action.

By highlighting the vital contributions of Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) in advancing health equity, climate resilience, and sustainable healthcare systems, the series amplifies the transformative role of nursing in shaping a more just and sustainable future.

The Global Collaborative Series is a joint initiative of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and Yale University School of Nursing.

Free and open to all with required registration, this monthly series runs through 2025 and offers a dedicated forum for nurse leaders, scholars, and students to explore global frameworks—such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and translate them into meaningful, practice-based action.

By highlighting the vital contributions of Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) in advancing health equity, climate resilience, and sustainable healthcare systems, the series amplifies the transformative role of nursing in shaping a more just and sustainable future.

The Global Collaborative Series is a joint initiative of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and Yale University School of Nursing.

Free and open to all with required registration, this monthly series runs through 2025 and offers a dedicated forum for nurse leaders, scholars, and students to explore global frameworks—such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and translate them into meaningful, practice-based action.

By highlighting the vital contributions of Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) in advancing health equity, climate resilience, and sustainable healthcare systems, the series amplifies the transformative role of nursing in shaping a more just and sustainable future.