Category: OGHE-News

Sanya Shah wanted to make the summer count.  As a student in the UNC School of Medicine’s competitive Global Health Scholarly Concentration, Shah (Class of 2029) was eager to pursue an opportunity abroad that aligned with her interests in global health and in surgery.  With support from the Office of...

The Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases at the UNC School of Medicine announces the launch of an innovative platform powered by Terra Dotta that will support the Office of Global Health Education (OGHE) and the Office of Fellowships and Training (OFT). The new platform streamlines essential processes and...

Life as a medical student comes with plenty of highs and lows. For Ben Arnold, a fourth-year medical student at UNC School of Medicine, the journey has been rewarding. Through countless hours in clinics, operating rooms, and hospital wards, he gained valuable skills and took pride in the care that...

On the eve of her medical school graduation, Camille Morgan paused to look back—not just on the close of a transformative chapter in Chapel Hill, but on a February spent in the busy public wards of Hospital Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. She says that month in Lima helped her...

Robert (RJ) Williams, MD, an infectious disease fellow working with the Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Ecology Lab (IDEEL), has been building a research program that bridges clinical medicine, epidemiology, and global health, to improve the outcomes for children with severe malaria. As part of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship...

Michael Maizel, finishing his first-year of medical school, describes how his undergraduate research in global eye‑health began with Dr. Emily Gower, expanded to studies about vision impairment among adolescents in Tanzania with Dr. Joy Noel Baumgartner, and continued with “Unite for Sight” in Ghana. He hopes to become an ophthalmologist who advocates...

Claudia Gaither is a PhD student in Epidemiology studying at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, mentored by Michael Emch, PhD. At the 4th Annual Global Health Scholars Symposium, Gaither talked about the relationship between malaria prevalence and proximity to mineral processing pits in northwestern Tanzania, where gold mining...

When Alexia Dayan Lecaros Zavalla, a 23-year-old medical student from Lima, Peru, arrived in Chapel Hill in October, she was greeted with an opportunity that would help to shape her future. In her sixth year at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, one of Peru’s most prestigious private medical schools, Lecaros was...

Talha Khan spent the summer in Munich at LMU German Hospital, gaining firsthand insight into Germany’s healthcare system while observing radiology practice and conducting cost‑effective research at one of Europe’s premier medical centers. Independently, he found his mentor who was willing to sponsor his research experience at LMU German Hospital...

Noor Alghanem completed a clinical externship at American Hospital Dubai, a leading private health care provider in the Middle East. She observed advanced surgical care and reflected on the value of learning from innovative, high‑resource health systems as part of a global medical education. “I know a lot of global...

Through the Office of Global Health Education, students traveled to Africa to engage in immersive hands‑on clinical learning and support research in malaria surveillance, offering a deep look at patient care, public health challenges, and the adaptability required to work in low‑resource settings. Accra, Ghana Toritseju Kpenosen went to Accra,...

Two medical students traveled to South America last summer, through the Office of Global Health Education, gaining firsthand experience with clinical care and public health in Peru and Bolivia. Their time in Cusco and Sucre deepened their understanding of local health systems, strengthened their Spanish skills, and offered meaningful exposure...