Congratulations to Claudia Cao (University of Michigan), Andrew Chang (Stanford), and KaWing Cho (Columbia), APAMSA Global Health Fellows for 2012! We are proud to support them as they go abroad and are looking forward to hearing about their projects when they return.
Claudia Cao and two other medical students from University of Michigan are working with Peking University Health and Science Center affiliated hospitals, to conduct an HCV survey with 200 patients.
Andrew Chang, co-founder of Inspire Medical, is working on bringing a low-cost bubble CPAP device for neonatal/pediatric ICU in Bangladesh toward clinical efficacy.
KaWing Cho, working with the George Institute for Global Health – China is studying the efficacy of a simplified medical management program aimed at increasing capacity of village doctors to manage hypertension and cardiovascular disease risk in Tibet.
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The APAMSA Global Health Initiative mission is to educate, support, and mobilize APAMSA medical students to address health issues in Asian countries. Annually, the fellowship is extended to up to 3 recipients engaging in research, volunteering, or study abroad in the 2012 calendar year. The fellows will be awarded $1000 or $500 depending on length of abroad commitment. The award will provide funding for travel or housing as well as an invitation for fellows to present their work at the APAMSA National Conference in the Fall. At the end of the program, fellows will write a field report for publication in the APAMSA Newsletter.
The 2012 cycle has closed – stay tuned for reports from our Fellows and 2013 opportunities!
Please direct any questions to globalhealth@apamsa.org.
