The Biology Scholars Program and the Center for Emerging & Neglected Diseases are excited to announce the launch of the U.C. Berkeley Minority Health/Global Health Training Program --
http://globalhealth.berkeley.edu/mhirt
Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the goal of the Berkeley MH/GH is to:
* To empower underrepresented health sciences students, by providing opportunities to bring their knowledge and research training to under-served communities in the developed and developing world.
* To promote the translation of knowledge from the global South to the North, by encouraging students to identify ways in which their experiences abroad can inform health and research practices in the U.S.
* To build capacity at U.C. Berkeley and our developing country partner sites, by providing new resources, increased student and faculty exchange, and new collaborative research projects.
* To address the growing student interest in global health across the campus, and to provide international research experiences with a focus on health in developing countries.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The MH/GH Program will fund 6 undergraduate students and 2 graduate students/year over the next 5 years to:
1. Work for the Spring semester developing a project in a UCB/UCSF laboratory with an infectious disease/global health focus
2. Spend 10-12 weeks in the summer in a host country lab completing a research project with an infectious disease/global health focus
3. Present their findings at the annual MH/GH Research Symposium
CURRENT INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
Brazil: FIOCRUZ, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Federal University of Bahia
China: Xiamen University
Ghana: University of Ghana, International Water Management Institute
Guatemala: Universidad del Valle
India: IIT- Kharagpur, Public Health Research Institute - Mysore, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
Nicaragua: Centro Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia
South Africa: Stellenbosch University, University of Pretoria, University of Witwatersrand
Uganda: Makerere University, Mulago Hospital
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Eligible applicants include low-income and first generation college students, as well as racial and ethnic minority students, with an interest in health-related research careers. Additional pre-requisites for specific projects may be required by specific laboratories. This program is open to undergraduate as well as PhD students.
APPLICATION
Applications will be available via the MH/GH site (http://globalhealth.berkeley.edu/mhirt/apply.html) on Oct. 12 and will be DUE Nov. 13. Please check the website for more information.
INFO SESSION
There will be an informational session on the UCB MH/GH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25 from 6-8pm in 2050 VLSB.
