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We are pleased to announce that the Office of Global Health Education is partnering with UNC Gillings and UNC Global Projects Zambia through the UNC Gillings Zambia Hub to bring new summer global health placements for first year medical students for summer 2020. To give more focus to the School’s...

The North Carolina Medical Journal has published Dr. Serena S. Zhou-Talbert’s paper titled “Awareness, Knowledge, and Travel-Related Risk Factors for Zika Virus Among Latinas Attending a Federally Qualified Health Center in Rural North Carolina.” Dr. Zhou-Talbert was an OGHE Global Health Scholar during her training in the UNC Department of...

Fan Lee, MD Resident Physician, OBGYN OGHE Global Health Scholar

The Office of Global Health Education funded 7 School of Medicine students to present at the 2019 Winter Family Physicians Weekend hosted by the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians. View their posters below.

Zainali Chunawala from Seth GS Medical College in India completed a rotation in Cardiovascular Critical Care at UNC where he worked closely with Dr. Patricia Chang in the Division of Cardiology. He received the Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award at the 2019 American Heart Association Scientific Session. Zain presented...

"The clinics are super busy, which translates to more learning opportunities. The attendings devote a great deal of time to teaching and answering my questions, so I feel like I am constantly learning something new." - Sowmya Kruttiventi - Coimbatore Medical College (India)

"The fellow and attendings were super helpful; they pushed me to do better every day and provided me with valuable feedback every day. My experience here has definitely helped me gain insight about the US medical system, present my cases confidently, and type up patient notes." - Swati John, Kasturba...

Catherine A. Staton, MD, MScGH Assistant Professor, Surgery and Global Health Duke University Medical Center

This fall, representatives from Duke University will host a webinar info session about graduate-level summer opportunities through The Duke Global Policy Program in Geneva. Below you will find a short overview of the program and helpful links (i.e. program video, Instagram) For more information and to RSVP for the following...

Sameer Arora, MD Fellow, Division of Cardiology & Preventive Medicine

Emily Ciccone, MD Clinical Instructor and Fellow, Infectious Diseases Global Health Scholar, Cohort 2017-19