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Spend Your Summer Advancing Global Health Research in the U.S. or Abroad

SRT

Applications for the Student Research Training Program are due by October 15. There six sites this year: North Carolina, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Kenya and Uganda.

SRT is an intensive experiential learning program that engages second- and third-year undergraduates in the development, implementation and assessment of a community-based global health project. Working with a faculty director and a community partner, students are at the center of global health challenges. The Student Research Training Program is offered through the Duke Global Health Institute and is part of the Bass Connections Global Health theme.

Students are expected to make a significant commitment to preparing for their experiential learning experience. This includes readings and background research, as well as attending:

  • Biweekly meetings with faculty directors
  • Predeparture workshops focused on project development and implementation
  • Reentry retreat focused on processing the experience
  • DGHI’s Global Health Showcase.

Find your passion. What you learn will be goodness in your journey no matter the direction. Also get to know yourself. The SRT program is holistic, enabling you to bring your insights back to Duke and nurture relationships with partners on the ground. —Laura Muglia, Duke Global Health Institute Board Member

2018 Projects

Guatemala: Reducing Health Disparities in Maya Guatemala

The indigenous Maya in Guatemala’s West Highlands experience some of the worst health, socioeconomi, and educational outcomes in the Western hemisphere. This team partners with ODIM and FUNDEGUA to improve health outcomes.

Honduras: Saving Sight: Vision Screening, Glaucoma Testing and Annual Collection of Statistics on Patients in Roatán, Honduras

Clinica Esperanza provides low-cost/no-cost medical care. At the medical clinic and hospital, people can receive services from the walk-in medical clinic, women’s health center, pediatrics, birthing center and dental clinic including a laboratory and pharmacy. The clinic also provides outreach clinics, community health education programs and school health screenings for vision and oral health.

India: Physical and Mental Health Support and Outcomes for Children in Residential Care Programs

Udayan, in Sanskrit, means Eternal Sunrise. Registered in 1994 as a Public Charitable Trust, Udayan Care works to empower vulnerable children, youth and women in 13 cities across eight states of India. Its mission is to provide residential care in a family based environment so that the children grow up to be healthy, caring, independent and socially responsible adults.

Kenya: Data Science for Women’s Health

Meeting the unmet demand for contraceptives would prevent more than two-thirds of unintended pregnancies and more than two-thirds of maternal deaths. Voluntary family planning has also been shown to improve newborn health outcomes, advance women's empowerment, and bring socioeconomic benefits through reductions in fertility and population growth. In short, family planning is an effective public health and economic development tool.

Uganda: Community Health in Rural Uganda

For 10 years, the Duke Global Health Institute Fieldwork Program has partnered with community leaders to complete health collaboration work in central region of Uganda. This partnership guides teams of Duke students to develop a variety of grassroots community health and development projects.

United States: KIDNEY NC Study

People in Southeastern North Carolina, particularly Robeson County, experience some of the highest rates of kidney failure in the entire country. This county has the highest proportion of American Indians (the Lumbee Indians) in the state, and they form an important demographic that we will be studying.

Apply Now

  1. Choose a project location that interests you.
  2. Complete the 2017-2018 Application.
  3. Send a CV and a copy of your most recent transcript to gh-education@duke.edu (Subject line: SRT Application).

The deadline is October 15, 2017. Review the DGHI page for more information.

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