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Expanding the Classroom Into the World
Global health field research is often one of the most defining experiences of an undergraduate student's time at Duke. The Duke Global Health Institute offers a variety of fieldwork opportunities for undergraduates, and the funding to make them a reality.
In this video, undergraduates Kelly Andrejko and Jessie Narloch share their stories about how fieldwork opportunities through the Duke Global Health Institute have enlightened their college experience and informed their future career path.
* The deadline for undergraduates to apply for DGHI fieldwork funding is Tuesday, March 5.
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 Kathryn Whetten Serves on Committee to Evaluate Impact of PEPFAR
DGHI faculty member and director of the Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research Kathryn Whetten was part of an Institute of Medicine committee that evaluated the effectiveness of the U.S. government's response to global HIV/AIDS. In the report, the committee concludes President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has been globally transformative, and a lifeline for addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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 Five Duke Trainees Embark on Global Health Research as Fogarty Fellows
Five Duke medical residents and trainees have begun their global health clinical research projects in Africa and South Asia as 2012-2013 Fogarty Fellows. The VECD Fogarty Global Health Fellowship is a prestigious opportunity awarded to a select group of trainees each year. This year, Fogarty fellows Paul Park, Matthew Rubach, Steven Sumner, Gayani Tillekeratne and Sky Vanderburg are working in Kenya, Tanzania and Sri Lanka on projects related to chronic diseases, bacterial infections, injury, environmental health and fever.
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