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VUSM Student Reflects on Global Health Experience

Sarah Heerboth, VUSM Class of 2019, recently wrote an article in Global VU, Vanderbilt's Journal of International Affairs, reflecting on her experience working with Lwala Community Alliance in Kenya. Sarah worked at Lwala for her Integrated Science Course (ISC): Global Health, a research immersion course for third- and fourth-year medical students. 
"Umama Salamas: A case for including traditional healers in modern health systems," highlights the significant impact of traditional healers on health outcomes. Sarah draws on her experience at Lwala to illustrate the positive impact of traditional healers, such as Community Health Workers (CHWs) and traditional birth attendants (TBAs), to improve health outcomes. 

Science and PBS report on three places where ending AIDS is a distant hope 

A recent article from Science reports that Nigeria has more HIV-infected babies than anywhere in the world. The most recent issue provides an in-depth look at HIV/AIDS in places where ending AIDS is a distant hope: Nigeria, Russia, and Florida. In partnership with Science, PBS NewsHour released a companion five-part series and video report, "The End of AIDS: Far From Over" in which they feature the reporting.  
Dr. Muktar Aliyu, VIGH Associate Director for Research, and his identical twin brother, Dr. Sani Aliyu, the head of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) in Abuja, Nigeria, were quoted in this project.

VUSM MPH Alumnae Named Global Health Corps Fellows 

Two Vanderbilt MPH Program alumnae were recently awarded fellowships with Global Health Corps (GHC) for 2018-2019. Grace Umutesi, VUSM MPH Class of 2017, will serve as a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Officer with Health Development Initiative in Rwanda. Shellese Shemwell, VUSM MPH Class of 2016, will spend her fellowship year as Integrated NCD Program Quality Improvement Coordinator with Partners in Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima in Rwanda. 
GHC is a leadership development organization devoted to recruiting and training the next generation of leaders in global health equity. During their fellowship year, fellows make a significant and measurable contribution to the placement organization and the target population.
Learn more about Umutesi and Shemwell and their work as GHC fellows. 
Grace Umutesi, M.P.H. 
Shellese Shemwell, M.P.H. 

Global Health 
Funding Opportunities: Summer Deadlines 

July 15
Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists 
August 1 
William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants
August 6
AAS/AASF Global Surgery Research Fellowship Award 
August 8
Burroughs Wellcome Fund/American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tropical Infectious Diseases
August 25
Call for Abstract Submissions for the 10th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference: Translation and Implementation for Global Health
September 15
Nominations for CUGH Global Health Leadership Awards 
October 15
Pew Biomedical Scholars: 2019 Award
Upcoming Events
July 17 | 10 - 11 a.m.
Webinar
Pushing Boundaries in Global Health Storytelling: A Webinar with Creative Activist Lisa Russell 
Organized by Global Health Council (link) 
July 20 | 9:00 a.m.  
MCN, room A-3210
CRC Research Skills Workshop: The Essential Basics of Microsoft Excel
Presented by Theresa Scott, Senior Application Developer for VICTR (link) 
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