Countries Where We Work
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Argentina | Belize | Bolivia | Chile | China | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | Ethiopia | France | Germany | Haiti | India | Japan | Mali | Mexico | Nigeria | Peru | Senegal | Sweden | Taiwan | Tanzania | Uganda | United States
Argentina
- Child Family Health International (CFHI). Child Family Health International (CFHI) is the leading nongovernmental organization (NGO) placing health science students on global health education programs in ways that are socially responsible and financially just. The organization models best global health education practices which demonstrate a priority commitment to community engagement and local integrity. CFHI is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations.
Belize
- Hillside Health Care Clinic – Eldridgeville, Toledo District, Belize. The clinic accepts short-term medical volunteers and has a medical education curriculum with objectives that include the appreciation of cost-effective approaches to medical care in a resource constrained setting, development of team-building skills, and recognizing prevalent cross-cultural and underserved issues in primary care.
Bolivia
- Centro Medico Humberto Parra - Palacios, Bolivia. FSM medical students may apply to complete a 4-8 week rotation for elective credit in International Health at the outpatient clinic located in Palacios, Bolivia.
- Child Family Health International (CFHI). Child Family Health International (CFHI) is the leading nongovernmental organization (NGO) placing health science students on global health education programs in ways that are socially responsible and financially just. The organization models best global health education practices which demonstrate a priority commitment to community engagement and local integrity. CFHI is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations.
Chile
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Santiago, Chile. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) maintains an extensive network of partners around the globe leading to an international educational environment and FSM is currently developing opportunities for medical students to complete rotations at PUC’s medical schools.
China
- Peking University – Beijing, China. Peking University offers a full range of courses for eight specialties including basic medical sciences, clinical medicine, preventive medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, medical laboratory diagnosis and biomedical English. It has 47 accredited doctoral programs and 59 master’s degree programs. In addition to offering undergraduate and graduate programs, it also plays an active role in continuing education. PUHSC hosts six postdoctoral programs.
Dominican Republic
- Access to Health: Dominican Republic. Outreach program to train healthcare workers in emergency obstetric care and response.
Ecuador
- Child Family Health International (CFHI). Child Family Health International (CFHI) is the leading nongovernmental organization (NGO) placing health science students on global health education programs in ways that are socially responsible and financially just. The organization models best global health education practices which demonstrate a priority commitment to community engagement and local integrity. CFHI is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations.
Ethiopia
- Access to Health: Ethiopia. Outreach program to train healthcare workers in HIV treatment and care.
France
- Nice-Sophia Antipolis Université – Nice, France. Fourth year medical students may participate in clinical rotations with an emphasis on preventive medicine and public health and fellows may inquire about research collaborations at Nice-Sophia Antipolis Université.
- Université de Strasbourg – Strasbourg, France. Fourth year medical students may participate in clinical rotations at Universite de Strasbourg, one of Europe’s best research universities.
Germany
- Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin – Berlin, Germany. FSM M4 medical students may complete rotations in oncology/hematology, radiology, pathology, and cardiology, anesthesiology, cardiac surgery, ob/gyne, among others.
Haiti
- Haiti Emergency Medical Relief Efforts (completed project). After the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, Northwestern's Center for Global Health and three other Chicago medical institutions came together to provide a united response to the medical needs and services required. Additionally, two Haitians with severe spinal cord injuries were brought to NU for medical care.
India
- Child Family Health International (CFHI). Child Family Health International (CFHI) is the leading nongovernmental organization (NGO) placing health science students on global health education programs in ways that are socially responsible and financially just. The organization models best global health education practices which demonstrate a priority commitment to community engagement and local integrity. CFHI is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations.
Japan
- Keio University - Tokyo, Japan. FSM students in their fourth year may complete a four-week rotation at Keio University. Clinical education at Keio occurs on the Shinanmachi campus and their clinical education model places emphasis on communicative competence and medical expertise.
Mali
- Enhancement of Retrovirology and Tuberculosis Laboratory Capabilities in Mali. The National Institutes for Health helped develop the state-of-the-art HIV and tuberculosis laboratories at the University of Bamako in 2005. The goal of the program now is to transition oversight to Northwestern University to enhance the research capacity in Mali.
- University of Bamako - Bamako, Mali. The University of Bamako is Mali’s only public university and medical school with an enrollment of approximately 60,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The university works with two medical facilities, Hospital Gabriel Touré, the tertiary pediatric medical facility and teaching hospital in Bamako, as well as the Hospital du Point G, which is the largest teaching hospital in Mali. Hospital Gabriel Touré has approximately 150 beds, a TB and Malaria programs for children. The University of Bamako is also home of the SEREFO Center for HIV and TB Training and Research.
- Northwestern University AIDS International Training and Research Program (NU AITRP). Sponsored by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NU AITRP trains and develops international investigators in Mali and Nigeria in HIV-related research techniques.
Mexico
- Child Family Health International (CFHI). Child Family Health International (CFHI) is the leading nongovernmental organization (NGO) placing health science students on global health education programs in ways that are socially responsible and financially just. The organization models best global health education practices which demonstrate a priority commitment to community engagement and local integrity. CFHI is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations.
- Universidad Panamericana – Mexico City, Mexico. Clinical rotations may be completed by M4s at FSM, while M1s may inquire about public health research opportunities during the summer months.
Nigeria
- An Assessment of Liver Disease in HIV/HBV Co-Infected Nigerians. This study is a National Institutes for Health Fogarty supplement that will assess the prevalence of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis among ART naïve, HIV-infected individuals with and without Hepatitis B co-infection who are enrolled in an HIV Care and Treatment Program in Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) in Nigeria.
- Improving Neurologic Outcome Measurement For Interventional Research. This MEPI Linked award represents a partnership between neurologists and neuroradiologists from the University of Ibadan/University College Hospital (UI/UCH) in Ibadan and a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and scientists from Northwestern University. Through an intensive educational program in methodologies for neurological research for physicians from Nigeria, we aim to advance research capacity in Nigeria to address serious public health concerns in both adult and pediatric neurology. In this partnered plan, medical physicists from Northwestern University will work on site in Nigeria to advance imaging research capabilities in Nigeria by scaling up capabilities for acquisition of brain imaging data.
- Medical Education Initiative in Nigeria (MEPIN). A consortium including Northwestern University, six Nigerian teaching hospitals, Harvard School of Public Health, and the AIDS Prevention Initiative Nigeria (APIN) is working together to enhance medical knowledge and skills at the six leading medical schools in Nigeria.
- Nigerian Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) – Lagos, Nigeria. Fourth-year medical students and MPH students at FSM may be considered to participate in studies on public health and infectious disease at NIMR.
- Northwestern University AIDS International Training and Research Program (NU AITRP). Sponsored by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NU AITRP trains and develops international investigators in Mali and Nigeria in HIV-related research techniques.
- Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training at University of Ibadan. This project is a a National Institutes for Health Fogarty supplement that aims to revise the RCR curriculum at the University of Ibadan.
- U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The Center for Global Health paritipates in the PEPFAR program in Nigeria and Tanzania by providing education and training, supply chain management, and research.
- University of Ibadan – Ibadan, Nigeria.Clinical rotations are available for fourth-year medical students and McGaw residents at University of Ibadan's teaching hospital, University College Hospital (UCH) in Ob/Gyn, Infectious Disease, and Community Medicine.
Peru
- Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación (IMPACTA) - Lima, Peru. Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación (IMPACTA) conducts clinical research on HIV/AIDS in Peru in addition to providing treatment to its patients and outreach in the local community. IMPACTA is engaged in many community development and health education projects with a goal to make positive impacts on the health of the general population, to inform and educate communities on prevention and risk behavior, and to promote attitudes of respect, tolerance, non-discrimination, and solidarity for those persons infected with HIV/AIDS. IMPACTA incorporates research, treatment, community development and health education into an integrated approach to the prevention and treatment of HIV as well as other infectious diseases. IMPACTA also collaborates and contributes to clinical trials conducted by the AIDS Clinical Trails Group (ACTG), which was initially established in 1987 to broaden the scope of the AIDS research effort on an international scale.
Senegal
- Cheikh Anta Diop University - Dakar, Senegal. A top regional university in West Africa and one of Africa’s most prestigious institutions of higher education, with an enrollment of 60,000+ students, Cheikh Anta Diop University (also known as the University of Dakar) recruits medical students and post-graduate students from all over the region, with large numbers of students from Morocco, Gabon, Ivory Coast, among others. The language of instruction is French and the curriculum is based on the European model, in which students directly enroll in medical school upon completion of their secondary education and their undergraduate medical education continues for seven years. FSM has excellent support from Cheikh Anta Diop University’s Department of Infectious Disease.
South Africa
- Child Family Health International (CFHI). Child Family Health International (CFHI) is the leading nongovernmental organization (NGO) placing health science students on global health education programs in ways that are socially responsible and financially just. The organization models best global health education practices which demonstrate a priority commitment to community engagement and local integrity. CFHI is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations.
- Stellenbosch University – Cape Town, South Africa. Northwestern sends 1st and 4th year medical students to Stellenbosch University for clinical and research electives. Previous students have completed rotations in infectious diseases, pediatrics, obstetrics, trauma, gynecology, and community health, as well as in rural health through the Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health.
Sweden
- Karolinska Institutet – Stockholm, Sweden. Allows fourth year medical students to apply for English-language rotations in medical microbiology and immunology, pathology, surgery, ob/gyne, and global health. Independent research projects are also possible.
Taiwan
- National Taiwan University – Taipei, Taiwan. Fourth year FSM medical students may apply to complete rotations in a wide variety of fields at National Taiwan University.
Tanzania
- U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The Center for Global Health participates in the PEPFAR program in Nigeria and Tanzania by providing education and training, supply chain management, and research.
Uganda
- Drug Interaction Study: Contraceptive Implant and HIV Therapy in Ugandan Women (R21 Grant). Hormone contraception use poses a significant challenge for the estimated 16 million HIV-infected women of childbearing age, which is due to known drug interactions with antiretroviral therapy (medicines used to treat HIV) that may jeopardize contraception effectiveness. By evaluating the impact of antiretroviral therapy on a levonorgestrel implant, the most widely available hormone implant in low and middle-income countries, this study will translate its findings into an evidence-based approach to co-manage these important medications. As such, this research has significant public health relevance as it may reduce the number of unintended pregnancies in HIV-infected women, thereby improving maternal and child mortality, as well as reducing rates of mother-to-child HIV transmission.
- Makerere University – Kampala, Uganda. First and fourth year medical students are invited to apply to complete a rotation at Makerere and there may also be opportunities for medical students to pursue research projects in global health.
- Antiretroviral Drug Concentrations in African Women During Pregnancy (completed project). Northwestern University and its partner, Makerere University in Uganda, received the generous support of the Falk Trust to investigate the changes in antiretorviral drug levels that may occur as a result of pregnancy in African women.
United States
- EraMune 02 HIV Eradication. The EraMune 02 is a clinical trial to investigate the use of a vaccine coupled with the intensification of anitretroviral treatment on the eradication of HIV from an infected individual.
- Northwestern University AIDS International Training and Research Program (NU AITRP). Sponsored by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NU AITRP trains and develops international investigators in Mali and Nigeria in HIV-related research techniques.
This page last updated Mar 29, 2013