Office of International Medical Student Education
ES Harkness Hall
367 Cedar Street, Room 221
New Haven, CT 06510
Tel: 203.785.5937
Fax: 203.785.5698
internal.health@yale.edu
The following travel awards and named fellowships are available for funding clinical clerkships. To apply for these awards, please contact the Office of International Medical Student Education by email at internal.health@yale.edu.
The Norman Herzig International Fellowship provides funds for a senior medical student at Yale to complete an eight-week clinical elective at an international location. Students receive immunizations at the Yale Traveler's Clinic, transportation to the site and housing. All expenses for Herzig Fellows are covered except meals. Students may identify a site anywhere in the developing world, but must have a mentor/supervisor on-site. At the end of the elective, students must submit an expense report. One student a year is picked to pursue a project. Preference is given to applicants who have shown a dedication to humanitarian service throughout their education. Applications are filed through the Office of International Medical Student Education.
The deadline is the end of November.
Three alumni endowments provide funding for medical students to complete clinical experiences in international settings. These three travel awards are:
These endowments were developed to support travel and living expenses for medical students wishing to do an international clinical rotation in an underdeveloped country or a country where there is a pressing health-care need. In 2007, these alumni travel awards were used to fund students completing clinical electives at Mulago Hospital, which is associated with Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda.
The Yale Surgical Society has endowed two fellowships to help cover students’ international travel costs to present a paper or to work on a clinical project related to the specialty of surgery. This program is coordinate with the Office of International Medical Student Education, but the application and selection process is conducted through the Yale Surgical Society. Dr. John Fenn directs the selection committee (john.fenn@yale.edu).
Since 1979, the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship has selected four senior medical students a year to spend three months working as Fellows at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon on clinical rotations. Fellows are eligible for pediatrics or medicine rotations and work as junior physicians, supervised by hospital medical staff. In 2007, the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship began selecting and sending up to two Public Health Fellows to serve at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital. Public Health Fellows work with the hospital’s Community Health Outreach Program, which provides village-based health care, including maternal/child health, HIV/AIDS education and prevention, TB education and follow-up, and malaria prevention and treatment. Involvement in one or more outreach projects of the hospital’s Medical Research Unit (www.lambarene.org) may be possible. The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship provides complete funding for students (airfare, room, board, immunizations, etc.).
Information is available at: http://www.schweitzerfellowship.org.
The Chung Fellowship funds students interested in completing a clinical elective at the Xiangya Hospital in Changsha, China (Hunan province). The Fellowship is administered through the Yale China Association and provides travel and living expenses while in China. Contact the Office of International Medical Student Education or The Yale-China Association for more information.
Visit the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene website for more information.
Visit the CDC Foundation website for more information.
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