If you are a Feinberg School of Medicine student in good standing, you are encouraged to apply for funding to travel and study in under-resourced countries any time during your four years of education at Northwestern University.

Medical Students have said of their experience:

When there are not lab tests, imaging studies and culture results to tell us what is going on you are brought back to the true practice of medicine – LISTENING to your patient.

Belize Reflections/FSM Department of Family Medicine

I greatly appreciate the help of the GHI in allowing me to participate in this trip - it has greatly increased my knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, primary care medicine.

NU-AID medical student, Jamaica

Now, more than ever before, I realize the need for medical service in underserved populations, especially at international sited. I also appreciate the human aspect of medicine more rather than focusing on the science aspect.

First year medical student, Nicaragua

Resource-limited countries have so little and ask for even less. Develop your clinical skills, help those in need of care, and be a part of an innovative solution to the world’s most daunting healthcare problems.  In the past, students have received funding to support experiences in the following countries:

India                Uganda            Tanzania         Bolivia             Kenya

Costa Rica       Nigeria             Mexico            Guatemala       China

Jamaica          Ecuador           Nicaragua         South Africa

To access the application for GHI funding, please click here.

For application information, please contact:

Terry Long, MA
Program Coordinator
Global Health Education and Community Services Coordinator
Feinberg School of Medicine
t-long@northwestern.edu
312-503-1474

OR

Cynthia Horvath Garbutt, J.D.
Executive Director
The Global Health Initiative
Chicago Lake Shore Medical Associates
cgarbutt@clsma.com
312-926-6216