By Sam Balka Thanks to the Program in Global Health Studies’ Special Grant Funding, I had the opportunity to attend and present my research with Dr. Sera Young’s research group at the American Society for Nutrition’s annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland from June 8-10. For the past year, I have been working with Dr. Young
Category: Global Initiatives
I graduated from Northwestern in 2014 and moved to the Bay Area where I currently work in health tech at a company called Collective Health. I recently reached out to the global health blog to see if I could cover some of what is going on in the Bay Area global health scene to stay
Access to Health, Northwestern’s interdisciplinary health and human rights project, links Medill journalists with local partners, shedding light on global health and human rights issues. This article was originally published by the Office of International Relations. October 17, 2018 By Mira Wang In 2017, Elijah Atinkpo and his entire community were forcefully and violently evicted from
Trying to repair medical equipment in an area without a guaranteed power source can get frustrating. McCormick junior Aaron Shoemaker knows a lot about dealing with power and infrastructure issues after spending last summer in Tanzania volunteering as a medical technician. “At the end of the day you could try your hardest to fix a
Popular undergraduate program honored for advancing curriculum development, fostering international opportunities This article was originally published by the Office of International Relations. Northwestern University’s Program in Global Health Studies is among a select group of university programs awarded with the 2018 IIE Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education, the Institute of International Education