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Summer symposia yield partnerships with two institutions in Taiwan
The University of Michigan Medical School can now count the leading clinical and research institutions in Taiwan among its prominent international partners.
Crisis in Congo: Doctor, filmmaker to speak out at upcoming event
A leading African physician and a prominent documentary filmmaker will team up this September at U-M to discuss Congo’s civil war and the related health and humanitarian atrocities occurring there.
Grant announcements: Global REACH funds five new faculty partnerships
More accessible genome sequencing in India. Sex abuse prevention and education in Ghana. Pancreatic cancer and diabetes prevention research in China. And new therapies for children with epilepsy in Ethiopia.
Treatment meets tech: Students tackle social issues during Colombia visit
A group of medical students spent part of their summer in Colombia exploring high-tech ways to curb substance use and abuse.
Kolars touts global health electives on med student podcast
Coursework, rotations, research and studying for boards. In an already-crowded medical school curriculum, what is the value of squeezing in an international experience?
Helping hands: Doctors lead hand surgery workshop in Vietnam
Two University of Michigan surgeons traveled recently to Vietnam to help train local doctors specialized hand reconstruction techniques. UM Chief of Hand Surgery Kevin Chung and Hand Surgery Fellow Matthew Brown spent four days in the city of Huế over the summer, working with dozens of surgeons from across Vietnam.
Frequent flyers FYI: two-factor authentication coming for remote access
New remote logon protocols could soon impact faculty who access their university accounts and files while traveling.
Mental health, drug treatment expert to present at upcoming event
Attend the September Global Health Initiatives Forum to hear a colleague speak about his work that connects different disciplines across different countries and cultures.
Visiting fellow from Ghana talks health disparities to U-M colleagues
When he heads back to Ghana in a few weeks, visiting fellow Dr. Titus Beyuo will return with a completed casebook and a newly focused career path.
Int'l research projects lead to publications for multiple students
Several medical students are now published authors following the completion of international research projects under the guidance of Hepatology Professor and longtime student mentor Anna Suk-Fong Lok, MD.
Doctor calls for universal list of essential diagnostic tests
The World Health Organization has long maintained the Model List of Essential Medicines (EML), identifying those medicines required for basic healthcare delivery.
Doctor's international collaboration garners rare Fulbright scholarship
A University of Michigan doctor is headed for China and U-M’s partner medical school later this year after being named a 2016 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Social Sciences.
UM-sponsored conference to tackle 'big picture' questions for Africa
Several faculty from across the University of Michigan will travel to Ghana next month for a conference that brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to tackle large-scale issues that cut across the African continent.
Call for abstracts: JI Symposium expanding to feature posters from non-med school faculty
For the first time ever, U-M faculty members beyond the medical school are invited to participate in the poster session of this year’s Joint Institute Symposium, taking place in Ann Arbor Oct. 12-14, 2016.
U-M medical students help launch Paris partnerships
Two University of Michigan medical students this spring became the first to study in Paris alongside some of France’s leading eye doctors and researchers as part of a new international collaboration.
After tragic fire, U-M Taiwanese doctors study crisis planning
Disaster response is the focus of the first publication to emerge from a new partnership between the University Michigan Medical School and Taiwan’s largest hospital system, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.
Register now: Event will bring China's top researchers to U-M this fall
A contingent of medical scholars and researchers from China are headed to Ann Arbor this fall to meet with University of Michigan colleagues about shared projects with potentially big implications on both sides of the globe.
Training China's next generation of physician scientists
Five promising young scholars have become the first to complete a new program which brings medical students from China to learn research at the University of Michigan.