On January 22, 2018, Dr. Emanuel Cummings (Dean), Mr. Cecil Boston (Assistant Dean), Dr. Ronald Aaron (Medical Director) and Ms. Letetia Butchey (Graduate of the Optometry Programme) attended the Health Systems Global Pre-Conference workshop hosted by the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Faculty of Medical Sciences. The Pre-Conference was geared at strengthening the Caribbean’s presence at the 5th Health Research Systems Global Symposium, which is slated for October 2018 in Liverpool, England. The Fifth Global Symposium will advance conversations and collaborations on new ways of financing health, delivering services and engaging the health workforce, new social and political alliances, and new applications of technologies to promote health for all under the theme “Advancing Health Systems for All in the Sustainable Development Goal Era.”