Sasirekha “Sasi” Pandravada, D.O.’20, completed a seven-week internship at the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) in Washington, DC, during July and August 2018. She was selected to participate in this internship as part of the Department of Global […]
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Joshua “Josh” Tomashek, D.O.’20, completed an eight-week internship at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Washington, DC, during July and August 2018. He was selected to participate in this internship as part of the Department of Global Health’s Distinguished
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Christine Jackson, D.O.’20, M.P.H.’20, completed an eight-week internship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA, during July and August 2018. Christine was selected to participate in this internship as part of the DMU Department of
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Thirty-four DMU students spent their spring break week participating in DMU’s Department of Global Health’s service trips March 10-17, 2018. This year the department offered three service trips – groups of students returned to Monte Cristi in the Dominican Republic
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In November, I visited our newest international rotation and internship site in Kunming, China. Kunming is the capital and largest city in the Yunnan Province in Southwest China. This rotation site is in the Sanford Pediatric Clinic, an outpatient clinic
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The Department of Global Health was honored to host a group of Mandela Washington Fellows at DMU on Thursday, June 22. The 25 fellows from sub-Saharan Africa will be hosted at Drake University for six weeks, from June 16 to
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Among its global health opportunities for students, Des Moines University has an exchange program with Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) in Lima, Peru. Each year, a few students from DMU do rotations in Lima, and several medical students from
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