We are proud to announce our newest cohort of Global Health Scholars! This competitive, two-year, multi-disciplinary program will provide funding to support the career and leadership development of residents with a strong interest in global health. The UNC Global Health Scholars Program will leverage the extensive global health resources, opportunities, and UNC faculty expertise to … Read more
OUR COMMUNITY OUR WORLD ONE HEALTH UNC One Health Course – Fall 2019 Philosophy to the Practical Integration of Human, Animal and Environmental Health. PUBH 705 / ENVR 705. (Also Cross listed at Duke & NCSU) 2 to 3 credit hrs*. Mondays, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Emerging diseases. Climate change. Comparative medicine. Zoonotic infections. Biodiversity. … Read more
Laura Purcell, MD
Global Health Scholar
General Surgery Fellow
Michael Dougherty, MD, MSCR
Fellow, Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Global Health Scholar
The International Journal of STD & AIDS has accepted Amy Amuquandoh’s paper titled “Exploring the spatial relationship between primary road distance to antenatal clinics and HIV prevalence in pregnant females of Lilongwe, Malawi.” Amy Amuquandoh is an MS1 and Global Health Scholarly Concentration student. This work developed from a public health project Amuquandoh started during … Read more
“This rotation has allowed me to gain more exposure to the specialty. More importantly, I was given more autonomy and responsibility than OR anesthesia! I spent two weeks at the UNC Pain Clinic, where I got to see 5-7 patients independently every day and talk about my diagnosis and plan of care with the attendings before composing a comprehensive note in EPIC. I am very proud that I correctly diagnosed a patient with complex regional pain syndrome on my last day of the rotation (of course with the help of our dear friend UpToDate).”
— Kevin Hong – University of Sydney School of Medicine (Australia)
“Everyone is so nice and so helpful. For my previous two electives, it was more you step back and watch what they are doing. For this one, I can have my own thoughts and plans and discuss with the team. So, I feel more involved with patient care.”
— Zhuoran Yang, Shanghai Medical College Fudan University (China)
” This was totally different compared to our home country. One thing new was the bedside rounds, which I really enjoyed where we had to explain to the patient what was happening and at the same time explain to the attending what was happening which really helped me improve my communication skills. With bedside rounds, the attendings always encouraged us and gave us great feedback with ways to improve.”
— Divya Sudireddy – Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
“The advice I would give to future students is to drop any expectations you have and just come here with a blank slate. I thought doing a rotation in Nephrology meant that I was going to see AKI every day, but you don’t realize how unique each patient is. Every single day I learned a new topic….”
— Kaavya Murali – Kasturba Medical College Manipal (India)