Travel - Selecting Sites
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Global Experiences and Opportunities
Existing Databases
- AMSA's Searchable Database
- OmniMed's Searchable Database (Dr. Ed O'Neil's website)
- UMass Searchable Database
- American Academy of Pediatrics searchable database
- American Academy Family Practice directory of residencies with overseas sites
- Large List of Healthcare Opportunities (Students should do their due diligence when considering programs that provide overseas opportunities)
- Mission-finder.org (Christian-based opportunities)
- AAFP International Experiences
For an additional list of international travel opportunities click here (pdf).
Fellowship Opportunities
- NIH-sponsored 10 month medical school fellowship for research
- NIH’s Framework Programs for Global Health
- Howard Hughes Med Student fellowship
- Other opportunities
- NIH-sponsored 10 month medical school fellowship for research
- CDC-Hubert Global Health Fellowship. Application begins January. Includes a $4000 stipend to
cover expenses. 6-12 weeks in a developing country working alongside CDC field teams.
www.cdc.gov/HubertFellowship - CDC Experience: Applied Epidemiology Fellowship. Application begins December.
Stipend for living expenses. One year fellowship spent in Atlanta at CDC.
www.cdc.gov/cdcexperiencefellowship - CDC: Epidemiology elective program. 6-8 weeks elective offered year round for fourth yearstudents (but you apply in your 3rd year). Domestic sites.
www.cdc.gov/epielective/ - Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program. 2 year fellowship for those with minimumFor an additional list of Fellowship opportunities click here.
of master's degree.
www.cdc.gov/PHIFP