Students Merge Global Health and Medicine
On the heels of his year-long global health research project in Bangladesh, fourth year medical student Jonathan Higgins shares in this video how the Duke Global Health Institute helped to make his experience educational and career-defining. He is one of more than a dozen Duke medical students to engage in global health research through the Third Year Global Health Study Program in the past several years. The program helps students identify, coordinate and find funding for a year-long research project dedicated to global health. With research opportunities expanding this year, Duke medical students have more options than ever before to contribute their knowledge and skills to the field of global health.
* MSII students, the Third Year Global Health Study Program is currently accepting applications. The deadline to apply is Friday, October 12.
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 Building a Faculty Network on Africa
Duke has awarded more than $60,000 to support 10 faculty projects related to Africa. The awards, ranging between $500 and $8,000, support faculty activities taking place on campus in Durham. Among the award recipients are DGHI and Sanford faculty members Marc Jeuland and Giovanna Merli for work related to water, health and climate change, and migration between Africa and China, respectively. The funding is part of the Duke Africa Initiative led by DGHI Associate Director for Research John Bartlett and Charles Piot, professor of cultural anthropology and African and African-American studies.
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 Meet Visiting Scholar Lavanya Vasudevan
Lavanya Vasudevan is a Visiting Scholar at the Duke Global Health Institute through next August. Her work focuses on mobile phone-based tools to strengthen health systems and improve health outcomes. During her time at DGHI, she hopes to get plugged in with the DGHI research community, collaborate with faculty and inspire students to join the mHealth revolution. She shares more about her background, experience and why this global health work is so important in a Q&A.
* Vasudevan will speak at DGHI on Thursday, October 25. Save the date!
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