The International Health Lecture Series is an integral part of the residency training in the Northwest Track but is open to the entire department and medical school. This series provides an opportunity to focus on and to strengthen our understanding of world wide health problems. Lectures are scheduled every 4^th Thursday of the residency core curriculum from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at Baylor Family Medicine, 5510 Greenbriar, room 261.  The lectures are teleconferenced to six community health centers of the Harris County Hospital District: Casa de Amigos, Martin Luther King, Northwest, People’s, Ripley, and Strawberry health centers.