Global Health Immersion Experience
The Global Health Immersion Experience is one of the key components of the Global Health Pathway (GHP).
The Global Health Immersion Experience is an intensive six to eight week opportunity in the summer between 1st and 2nd year of medical school training for GHP students to have an in-depth experience in learning and applying the principals of global health. The Global Health Immersion Experience can occur at a site either inside or outside of the U.S.
Key Information & documents
- UMass Chan International Travel Policy
- Global Health Check List (November 2018)
- Global Health Experience Request (GHER) Form (September 2018) *
- Global Health Trip Report (May 2018)
Past Global Health Immersion Experiences
Summer 2016 (i.e. Global Health Experiences completed by GHP students in the Class of 2019):
- Benin: Utilizing Solar Power Improves Life and Health Outcomes in Bessassi, Benin, West Africa (Devon Abt)
- Multiple sites: Laboratory Capacity Evaluations in LMICs (Robert “John” Barber)
- Nicaragua: From Nicaragua to Worcester: Strengthening Cultural Competency from Abroad (Supreetha Gubbala, Noah Rohrer, & Anthony Tran)
- Philippines: Transnational Collaboration for Community Health: U.S.-Philippine Partnership Towards Sustainable Health Impact and Student Innovation (Shivkumar Bhadola)
- Kenya: Exploring Schistosomiasis Research in a High Prevalence Setting- Kisumu, Kenya (Rebecca Gwaltney)
- Kenya: Patient Perception of Care in the Casualty Ward at JOOTRH: Kisumu, Kenya (Nguendab Gwanyalla)
- Kenya: HPV and Cervical Cancer in Kenyan Women with HIV (Maureen Ogamba)
- Kenya: Observations and Surveys of Severe Anemia Malaria (Marian Younge)
- USA: Understanding Trauma Symptoms in Culturally Diverse Youth: Focus Group Data from South High Community School (Christina Diep & Supreetha Gubbala)
Summer 2015 (i.e. Global Health Experiences completed by GHP students in the Class of 2018):
- Bolivia: Establishing an HIV-AIDS Mortality Study in Cochabamba, Bolivia (Sarah Palmer & Courtney Birchall)
- Bolivia: Tracking Outcomes of Pacemaker Placement in Patients With Chronic Chagas Disease in Cochabamba, Bolivia (Nichole Lang)
- China: Examining China's Healthcare and Health Disparity (Lucy Xu)
- Dominican Republic: Depression and cognition in HIV patients in the Dominican Republic (Laura Santoso & Emily Erkkinen)
- Ecuador:Assessing Childhood Malnutrition Interventions in Zumbahua, Ecuador (Christine Martin & Evangelia Murray)
- India: mh2: Mobile Health for Mental Health (Raghu Appasani)
- India: Implementing a Trauma Registry In Gujarat, India (Brittany Novak)
- India: Understanding Predictors of Maternal and Child Health in Rural Western India (Hannah Rosenfield)
- India: Using Mobile-Based Technology to Screen for Atrial Fibrillation in Rural India (Allison Earon & Anna Handorf*)
- Nicaragua: Understanding Healthcare in Nicaragua (Charles Nessralla & Jonathan Quang)
- Philippines:Disaster Prevention and Preparedness in the Philippines (Jerome Rogich)
- Philippines: Assessing Maternal and Child Healthcare Needs in Rural Philippines (Rachel Le)
- USA: Engaging Men to Reduce Domestic and Sexual Violence in Asian & Asian American Communities (Yevin Roh & David Ke*)
Summer 2014 (i.e. Global Health Experiences completed by GHP students in the Class of 2017):
- Brazil: Studying Tropical Diseases in Manaus, Brazil (Cecilia Bahamon & Thanh Thu Ngo)
- China: Western and Traditional Medicine in China (Amarilys Rojas) <-- remove this link
- Dominican Republic: HIV/AIDS Care in the Dominican Republic (Andrew Wilbur)
- Guatemala: Awareness and Educational Program for Retinoblastoma Screening and Early Detection at UNOP, Guatemala
- India: Understanding Predictors of Maternal and Child Health in Rural Western India (Haley Newman)
- Kenya: Summer Global Health Experience at the Pediatric Oncology Ward in Jamogi Oginda Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital. Kisumu, Kenya (Solange Bayard, Hannah Hoerner, Michele Sainvil, & Valerie Valant)
- Kenya: Do malaria infections influence long-term survival for Kenyan children diagnosed with Endemic Burkitt lymphoma? (Noreen Chioma Okwara)
- Malta:Refugee Centers and Immigration Detention in Malta (Vanessa Rooney)
- Peru: Comparative Health and Anatomy Project in the Peruvian Andes (Alyse Wheelock)
- Uganda: Clinical research in rural Uganda with the Global Emergency Care Collaborative
- United Kingdom: Tackling Visceral Leishmaniasis in East Africa and South Asia
- USA: Summer Experience at ACE (African Community Education)
- The Global Health Pathway: Year 1 of a program to train future physicians in the principals and practice of global health (Dr. Michael Chin, Program Director)
2010 to 2013:
- Posters from 2010 - 2013 can be found here.
*An asterisk indicates that this person is not a Global Health Pathway student.
UMass Chan students and faculty can click here to access the Global Health Trip Reports completed by students, which describe the Global Health Immersion Experiences in more detail.
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