The Global Health Experiential Fellowship (GHEF) is a five-week in-person experience for current or recently graduated undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, with opportunity to participate in additional virtual activities prior to and following your time in Uganda. Fellows will present their preliminary research findings at the annual Global Health Equity Symposium upon return in the Fall. Fellows will be mentored by global health practitioners, including Yale Medical School researchers and ETH directors Dr. Robert Rosenheck and Dr. Yang Jae Lee, and work alongside Ugandan undergraduate and masters level students on a high-impact research project in a key topic related to global health. Fellows have the chance to continue their work after the summer and publish a peer-reviewed publication on their research in a key topic related to global health.

The goals of the fellowship are to promote intercultural understanding and provide exposure to collaborative and equitable global health practice, implementation science, and research.

A recent review of the Global Health Experiential Fellowship found that both Ugandan and American fellows achieved significant growth in areas of career development, research skills, and cultural exposure. The program’s success is highlighted in a paper submitted to the Annals of Global Health journal, co-authored by leaders in global health education such as Dr. Robert Rohrbaugh, Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine; Dr. Robert Rosenheck, Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine; Dr. Peter Waiswa, Associate Professor of Public Health at Makerere University; Dr. Adam Brown, Professor of Psychology at the New School for Social Research; and Dr. Brandon Kohrt, Charles and Sonia Akman Professor of Global Psychiatry at George Washington University.

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To address any inquiries, we will have some opportunities for accepted and prospective fellows to speak with us listed above. In the meantime, please check out our Global Health Equity Symposium we held October 19th to hear more about what this summer’s fellows have been working on!