Student Announcements
Required Workshop for M1/M2 Service/Learning Trips: "Critiques and Recommendations for International Health Work" Readings
5 files that need to be read prior to the workshops:
Duffel Bag Medicine (Roberts)
International Electives (Farmer)
Perceptions (BioMed Central)
Model (Suchdev)
Global Health Experiences (Shah, Wu)
Amazon Promise
On behalf of the M4 Elective with Amazon Promise (www.amazonpromise.org), Patty Webster, President of Global Reach, will be making a presentation at noon on Monday, January 12th at a location TBA. Interview schedules permitting, I am hoping some of our M4s who went on the trip can join us on the 12th to share their experiences. Highlights and Comments from the trip.
Trips are being organized for September 2009 (Period 5) and for Feb-March 2010 (Period 10).
For more information contact Robert Hyzy (rhyzy@umich.edu).
To find out more about the M4 Elective with Amazon Promise Visit: (http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/globalreach/students/students_m4_international_clinical.html).
Summer Biomedical Research Program (SBRP)
Website: http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/osp/research/
Amount: $4300 or so. Last year an extra $1500 was awarded to students doing international work. I'm not sure if that will continue but it's a possibility.
More Info: Current or entering medical students. They are required to work 10 weeks total, but it doesn't matter how much time they spend in the field.
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
Website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/urop/summer/fellowship
Amount: $3500; $4000 for EE/CS
More info: Several grants available in biomedical, EE/CS, and community-based research (e.g. in a nonprofit)
Center for International and Comparative Studies (CICS) Student Internship
Website: http://ghrt.psc.isr.umich.edu/ugrad/CICS%20Student%20Internship%20CALL%2008-09.pdf
Amount: $4000
More info: Undergraduates with a secured internship related to human rights, international development, or international security and cooperation.
OmniMed
Greetings to GHEC members; we finally have our searchable database up on-line. Please feel free to send feedback directly to me at Omni Med. We know there are still a few bugs in the search engine. Please also keep an eye on the Omni Med website for future updates. We have much more data to add to this database, including query responses on opportunities for: medical students, premedical students, doctors in training, allied health students, families with children, and those with no prior global health experience. Additional information will be added on language and religious requirements / restrictions, and organization's funding for travel, room and board, and other funding and training opportunities. Good luck searching.
