Fogarty Fellow, Kasia Lipska, M.D., M.H.S., shares her insight on the global diabetes epidemic in this opinion from today’s online issue of the New York Times
Twelve years ago, my husband and I packed up all of our belongings and moved to Trivandrum — a steamy, tropical town at the southern tip of India in Kerala. At the time, I was a medical student interested in studying stroke. For the next six months I dressed in a sari and walked to work on jungle roads. At the hospital, I immediately began seeing a steady stream of young patients affected by strokes, many of whom were so severely disabled that they were unable to work.
Second-year medical students present global health project posters
Top row - left to right: Ben McCormick, Shanik Fernando, Magdalena Dorvil, Trisha Pasricha, Rosie Korman, Monica
School of Nursing Awards First Graduate Certificate in Global Health
Mary Martin, M.S.N.
Vanderbilt Masters of Public Health accepting applications for its Global Health track
The VUMC Reporter interviewed current M.P.H. student Colby Passaro for a feature story on the Vanderbilt MPH Program.
The Vanderbilt Master of Public Health (MPH) Program is accepting applications through February 28, 2013
The Vanderbilt Master of Public Health (MPH) Program is accepting applications through February 28, 2013.
VIGH Student Advisory Council kicks off new academic year with fall retreat
Members of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) Student Advisory Council gathered August 28 for a fall retreat. Undergraduate and graduate students from across the university met to update each other on developments at the Institute and set goals for the upcoming academic year.
Six Vanderbilt students selected as Frist Global Health Leaders
Three students in the School of Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing program and three rising fourth-year School of Medicine students have been selected as 2012 Frist Global Health Leaders. The program, established by Hope Through Healing Hands, provides young health professional students, residents, and fellows the opportunity to serve and train abroad in underserved communities for up to one semester.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine: Congratulations and we wish all the best to the class of 2012!
The School of Medicine Class of 2012 leaves a legacy of caring and service. Read the full article in VUMC's Reporter.