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International Health Resources at UNC:

Office of Global Health (School of Public Health)
Website: http://www.sph.unc.edu/ogh/ phone: 966-3564
Email: ogh@unc.edu
Director - Margaret E. Bentley, PhD (pbentley@unc.edu)
Deputy Director - Gretchen Van Vliet (Gretchen_vanvliet@unc.edu)

  • Broad based resource in the School of Public Health to promote global health and consolidate information and resources - sponsor seminars with excellent outside speakers.
  • Online information about international public health opportunities - jobs and internships (http://www.sph.unc.edu/ogh/students/).
  • Global Health Certificate available to all UNC public health students. The OGH website has information for enrolling.

Student Global Health Committee (School of Public Health students)
Website: http://studentorgs.unc.edu/sghc/
ListServ: subglobalhealth@listserve.unc.edu

International Health Forum (School of Medicine students)
Website: http://www.med.unc.edu/ihf
Faculty advisor: Martha Carlough (Martha_carlough@med.unc.edu)

  • Student run group from the medical school with a vision of expanding international health interest and opportunities in the medical school. Have on-line resources for electives, sponsor lectures, hunger lunches and fund-raising for appropriate international programs.
  • UNC Medical Faculty involved in international health electives who may be helpful to contact:

CAMPOS Medical Student Spanish program (Lisa Slatt, Beat Steiner, Dan Reuland & Marco Aleman)

Honduran Health Alliance program (Beat Steiner, Pam Frasier, Lisa Slatt)

Student Experiences

Intrahealth International, Inc. (Affiliate office of UNC School of Medicine)
Website: www.intrah.org
Email: intrahealth@intrahealth.org
Director: Pape Gaye, PhD (pgaye@intrahealth.org)
Safe Motherhood Clinical Advisor: Martha Carlough (mcarlough@intrahealth.org)
HIV/AIDS Clinical Advisor: Shannon Galvin (sgalvin@intrahealth.org)

  • Non-profit organization affiliated with UNC and committed to global health research and training, particularly in reproductive health issues.

UNC Center for Global Intitiatives
Website: http://gi.unc.edu

Other Helpful Resources

Global Health Education Consortium (GHEC)
Website: http://www.globalhealth-ec.org/
Email: info@globalhealth-ec.org

  • GHEC (formerly IHMEC) is a consortium of faculty and health care educators dedicated to international health education in U.S. and Canadian medical schools and residency programs. Useful information on funding sources, elective opportunities, international health resources, etc.

American Medical Student Association (AMSA) International Health Website
Website: http://www.amsa.org/global/ih/index.cfm

  • The AMSA international health website has an enormous amount of information about international health in medical education issues, including resource lists, medical school curricula, funding possibilities, info on residencies with international health tracks, and "bringing international health home" ideas.
  • "Where in the World," Dr. Bret Nicks, information on overseas medical opportunities, 2000: http://www.amsa.org/pdf/World.PDF

American Medical Association Medical Student Section International and Health Policy (IHP) Committee

  • The AMA-MSS created a comprehensive database of international health opportunities and resources. The AMA-Resident and Fellow Section also compiled electives and opportunities abroad for students and residents.

World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)
Website: www.globalfamilydoctor.com
Email: admin@wonca.com.sg

  • International organization of family medicine committed to making medical education and practice more relevant to people's needs internationally. Global Family Doctor journal alerts listserv, on line resources, etc.

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) International Activities Office
Website: http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/aboutus/specialty/international.html
Email contacts:
Daniel Ostergaard, MD - VP of International Activities (dosterga@aafp.org)
Spencer Stith, MDiv - manager (sstith@aafp.org)
Terry Smalley - Senior Program Coordinator (tsmalley@aafp.org)

  • Relatively new initiative of the AAFP to coordinate/support international health work in AAFP, particularly consultation roles in the development of family medicine internationally (known as the Center for International Health Initiatives or CIHI)

American Academy of Pediatrics
International Child Health - Funding an International Health Elective http://www.aap.org/sections/ich/resfunding.htm

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
Website: www.stfm.org

  • STFM also has a very active international health committee working on issues of international medical education.

International Federation of Medical Students' Association (IFMSA)
Website: www.ifmsa.org

Doctors for Global Health
http://www.dghonline.org/

  • Non-profit, non-affiliated organization working to improve health and human rights world-wide.

International Medical Volunteer Association
Website: www.imva.org

Christian Medical Fellowship - Healthserve (UK)
Website: www.healthserve.org/electives/preparing/medical_elective

University of Arizona - Global Health
Website: http://www.globalhealth.arizona.edu/

  • Every July they offer a tuition-FREE preparatory course for medical students and others in health care fields who plan to work in a developing country. Detailed and updated information about the course, including the application form, can be found at http://www.globalhealth.arizona.edu/IHIndex.html

Keck School of Medicine Office for Global Health

  • Information about international programs, preparation, student experiences

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (NJ) International Health Page

  • A good resource for international health projects, courses, funding

Documents

- How to Find and Select an International Medical Elective, S. Huffman, 2002.
- International Health: A Manual for Advisers and Students, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, (on-line version), 2000.
- A Student's Guide to International Health & Funding Guide, AMSA, 1993.
- UNC Student Health's Traveler's Diarrhea handout
- Getting the most out of an International Health Experience by Dr. Martha Carlough (the majority of this document is published in different sections throught IHF's website)
- Introduction to COS Workbench and Funding Alerts (2007)
- Searching COS Funding Opportunities (2007)
- Searching InfoEd Sponsored Programs Information Network (InfoEd SPIN) Basics (2007)
- Trip Proposal Writeup Template

Presentations

- The Children of Leningradsky Project
- 2006 IHF Presentation
- Funding for International Research and Study (2007)
- Global Health Electives at UNC
- IHF Latin America Summer 2007 Trips (2007)
- IHF Non-Latin America Summer 2007 Trips (2007)
- Workshop on Funding for Global Health Research and Study (2007)
 
Contact: Email: UNC.IHF@gmail.com