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Read about a recent UNC Medical Student’s experience working on malnutrition in Guatemala.

Aisha Mahmood, UNC Medical Student (who is enrolled in the Scholarly Concentration in Global Health), received the American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Research Award!  Read the full story.

Join us for the next monthly OGHE Global Health Forum on Monday, April 28 from 12-1 pm in Roper Hall (Room 4302) OR online on zoom (https://zoom.us/j/3111814366?omn=97728086196). RSVP by 12 noon on Thursday, April 24, for a boxed lunch – if joining the in person event. Joy Baumgartner, PhD, CMSW,...

Read about a recent exchange student’s experience participating in a clinical rotation at UNC hospitals.  

The Scholarly Concentration Program in Global Health  is a competitive longitudinal cohort program.  The purpose of the Global Health Scholarly Concentration is to train globally-minded physicians in the practice, research, and study of health and its determinants. Our goal is to prepare students with the knowledge and understanding to improve...

Project HOPE, a global health organization committed to empowering health care workers, has established an endowment to support the Dr. Charles A. Saunders/Project HOPE International Residency Scholarship Program.  Through this scholarship program, selected medical resident physicians are offered, through a competitive application, a full scholarship funding a two-to-four week supervised...

Join us for the next monthly OGHE Global Health Forum on Monday, March 24 from 12-1 pm in Roper Hall (Room 4302) OR online on zoom (https://zoom.us/j/3111814366?omn=97728086196). RSVP by 12 noon on Thursday, March 20, for a boxed lunch – if joining the in person event. Selena An, MD, MSPH,...

In Summer 2025, two medical students and one SOM faculty participated in the Bridging Community Medicine and Innovations in Japan program with Nagoya University’s School of Medicine.  Read the full article about their experiences and consider applying for the Summer 2025 program.  

Join us for the next monthly OGHE Global Health Forum on Monday, January 27 from 12-1 pm in Roper Hall (Room 4302) OR online on zoom (https://zoom.us/j/3111814366?omn=97728086196). RSVP by 12 noon on Thursday, January 23, for a boxed lunch – if joining the in person event. Sahal Thahir, MD: Immune...

#TarHealTuesday is here! The Office of Global Health Education needs your help to keep supporting amazing students like Harini, Kira, and Grip. The first $1500 donated are matched and would help one student have an immersive 6-week rotation! Give today: www.unchf.org/tht24globalhealth

Join us for the next monthly OGHE Global Health Forum on Monday, November 25 from 12-1 pm in Roper Hall (Room 4302) OR online on zoom (https://zoom.us/j/3111814366?omn=97728086196). RSVP by 12 noon on Thursday, November 21, for a boxed lunch – if joining the in person event. Alyssa Tilly, MD: Doing...

Join us for the next monthly OGHE Global Health Forum on Monday, October 28 from 12-1 pm in Roper Hall (Room 4302) OR online on zoom (https://zoom.us/j/3111814366?omn=97728086196). RSVP by 12 noon on Thursday, October 24, for a boxed lunch – if joining the in person event. Michael Herce, MD, MPH,...