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 a poster for his award-winning … Read more
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 webinar, please fill out the … Read more
We are very pleased to share exciting news! After a decade of successful collaborations and hard work – and in efforts to continue growing and deepening partnerships- the OIA is transitioning to the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID) and being renamed the Office of Global Health Education. And, we are excited … Read more
We are proud to announce our newest cohort of Global Health Scholars! This competitive, two-year, multi-disciplinary program will provide funding to support the career and leadership development of residents with a strong interest in global health. The UNC Global Health Scholars Program will leverage the extensive global health resources, opportunities, and UNC faculty expertise to … Read more
OUR COMMUNITY OUR WORLD ONE HEALTH UNC One Health Course – Fall 2019 Philosophy to the Practical Integration of Human, Animal and Environmental Health. PUBH 705 / ENVR 705. (Also Cross listed at Duke & NCSU) 2 to 3 credit hrs*. Mondays, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Emerging diseases. Climate change. Comparative medicine. Zoonotic infections. Biodiversity. … Read more
The International Journal of STD & AIDS has accepted Amy Amuquandoh’s paper titled “Exploring the spatial relationship between primary road distance to antenatal clinics and HIV prevalence in pregnant females of Lilongwe, Malawi.” Amy Amuquandoh is an MS1 and Global Health Scholarly Concentration student. This work developed from a public health project Amuquandoh started during … Read more