2025 Leadership in Global Health Fellowship Information Session

Transcript

• 00:00So welcome everyone to the
• 00:02leadership and global health fellowship
• 00:04informational session.
• 00:05My name is Abby Smith,
• 00:06and I'm the program manager
• 00:07at the YIGH,
• 00:09the Institute for Global Health.
• 00:10And I'm joined today by
• 00:12my colleague, Alyssa, who's our
• 00:13communications,
• 00:14person.
• 00:15And later, Shankiri, who was
• 00:17a fellow this past summer,
• 00:18will be joining us as
• 00:19well to talk about her
• 00:20experience
• 00:21as well as answer any
• 00:22questions that you all have
• 00:24for her.
• 00:26So, again, my name is
• 00:27Abby. I,
• 00:29graduated from YSPH in twenty
• 00:32fourteen, so I'm also an
• 00:33alum from the program that
• 00:34some of you are probably
• 00:35a part of. And I
• 00:37also wanna let you know
• 00:37that this event is being
• 00:39recorded.
• 00:40So the overview of how
• 00:41we're gonna go through today,
• 00:42I'm gonna start with a
• 00:43high level overview of what
• 00:44the Yale Institute for Global
• 00:45Health is, and then I'll
• 00:47go into the details about
• 00:49this fellowship specifically.
• 00:50And then you'll hear from
• 00:51Shankiri, who, like I said,
• 00:52was, a fellow this past
• 00:54summer at the United Nations
• 00:55Development Program,
• 00:57and we'll open it up
• 00:57for questions after that. If
• 00:59If you have any questions
• 01:00in the interim that you
• 01:01wanna make sure that we
• 01:02get to, you can also
• 01:03put them in the chat,
• 01:03and Alyssa can make sure
• 01:04that we come back to
• 01:05those at the end.
• 01:09So Yale Institute for Global
• 01:10Health is has been around
• 01:12for about six years.
• 01:14It's anchored in the,
• 01:17sciences, so Yale School of
• 01:18Public Health, School of Medicine,
• 01:20and School of Nursing. But
• 01:21the reach of the Yale
• 01:22Institute for Global Health is
• 01:24campus wide.
• 01:25We have a few signature
• 01:27student facing programs. One of
• 01:28them is the leadership and
• 01:30global health fellowship,
• 01:31which, again, I'll talk more
• 01:32about in the next couple
• 01:33of slides, and also the
• 01:34global health case competition,
• 01:37which some of you may
• 01:37be aware of. And also
• 01:38just a plug for that,
• 01:39we have an info session
• 01:40for that tomorrow at five
• 01:42if you're interested in learning
• 01:43more about that.
• 01:47So I'm gonna go into
• 01:49the fellowship
• 01:50specifically now.
• 01:52The leadership and global health
• 01:53fellowship is in its sixth
• 01:54year, and we have twenty
• 01:56two placements,
• 01:57this cohort.
• 01:58It's
• 02:00open to any students and
• 02:02trainees across Yale. So whatever
• 02:04program you're a part of,
• 02:05as long as you're returning
• 02:06in the fall.
• 02:07These are the the organizations
• 02:09that we will be working
• 02:10with,
• 02:11this sum this next summer.
• 02:13So we have IRC, the
• 02:14World Bank, Gavi, the vaccine
• 02:16alliance, the global fund to
• 02:17fight, AIDS, tuberculosis,
• 02:19and malaria, UNICEF, and UNDP.
• 02:21And what's different about this
• 02:22program versus regular internships is
• 02:25that our staff at YIGH
• 02:26work with these organizations to
• 02:28create
• 02:28specific curated positions for EL
• 02:31students.
• 02:32So when you're applying,
• 02:34if you've seen any of
• 02:34the terms of reference on
• 02:36our site, those are specific
• 02:38for all of you who
• 02:39are interested in applying.
• 02:41Then we
• 02:42match you with an organization
• 02:44based on your priority and
• 02:45preference.
• 02:46And,
• 02:47the internship is about a
• 02:48ten to twelve week
• 02:51over the summer experience
• 02:53where students are full time
• 02:54with these organizations.
• 02:56And,
• 02:57we have
• 02:59a orientation in May, a
• 03:01full day before you all
• 03:02leave, or it might be
• 03:03earlier this year depending on
• 03:05how quickly we get through
• 03:06the process. And then we
• 03:07support you throughout the summer
• 03:08with different,
• 03:10reflection sessions that you can
• 03:12be a part of, and
• 03:13then we have a fall
• 03:14closing event to kind of
• 03:15debrief
• 03:16what your experience was like
• 03:17and anything that you wanna
• 03:18share about your experience.
• 03:20So the hope is that
• 03:22anyone who is interested in
• 03:23global health, learning more about
• 03:24global health, and working with
• 03:25these organizations
• 03:26will have that experience to
• 03:28potentially
• 03:29work for these organizations in
• 03:30the future after graduation,
• 03:32which we have had a
• 03:33couple of students, at the
• 03:34World Bank specifically
• 03:36who were offered,
• 03:37positions after graduation.
• 03:44So the program
• 03:45criteria,
• 03:46eligibility, and funding, as I
• 03:47said, you have to be
• 03:48returning as a student
• 03:50in the fall to be
• 03:51eligible.
• 03:52We partner with the Jackson
• 03:54School for Global Affairs,
• 03:55YSPH office of career services,
• 03:57and the Yale School of
• 03:58Nursing office of global affairs
• 04:00and planetary health
• 04:01to provide,
• 04:03support for costs including travel,
• 04:04housing, and food.
• 04:06So once you're accepted,
• 04:08into the program, you'll prepare
• 04:09a budget to kind of
• 04:10get a sense of how
• 04:10much you should be expecting
• 04:11to spend, which is hopefully
• 04:13below the stipend amount that
• 04:15we give to you all.
• 04:16And anything above the stipend
• 04:18amount will be,
• 04:20will be a cost that
• 04:21you incur on your own.
• 04:22However, we we think the
• 04:24budgets are reasonable for where
• 04:26the placements are.
• 04:29Applications for the program are
• 04:30gonna be opening
• 04:31on Wednesday, November twentieth,
• 04:34and they will close on
• 04:35Monday, December sixteenth at one
• 04:36PM.
• 04:42So here's the timeline of
• 04:43what you can expect. Again,
• 04:45application period is November twentieth
• 04:47to December sixteenth.
• 04:49The YIGH staff will be
• 04:51reviewing applications,
• 04:53in December,
• 04:54and then we will notify
• 04:56students whose applications make it
• 04:57to the next round in
• 04:58mid January.
• 05:00Once your application goes to
• 05:01the next round, we will
• 05:02send your resume,
• 05:03CV,
• 05:05to the host organizations where
• 05:07you'll be considered,
• 05:08and they will review those
• 05:10candidates and choose who they
• 05:11interview. They may interview all
• 05:13of you. They may only
• 05:14interview two people.
• 05:16And at that point, it's
• 05:17really
• 05:18this is our ideal timeline,
• 05:20but please understand that these,
• 05:22organizations and the people who
• 05:23are supervising you also have
• 05:24full time jobs. So sometimes
• 05:26it takes
• 05:27a little bit longer to
• 05:29like, if someone has applied
• 05:30to, for example, the World
• 05:31Bank and the Global Fund,
• 05:32you may hear from the
• 05:33World Bank first, but it
• 05:34doesn't mean the Global Fund
• 05:35still isn't actively reviewing
• 05:37applications as well. They're just
• 05:39on different their own timelines,
• 05:41trying to get it,
• 05:43through the process as quickly
• 05:44as they can as well.
• 05:45So we hope by March
• 05:47seventh that we finalize decisions
• 05:49and that,
• 05:50everyone who's been accepted knows
• 05:51where they're going.
• 05:53And that in spring, we
• 05:54will have an orientation
• 05:55session.
• 06:02So let me see if
• 06:03Shankiri
• 06:05has made it from class
• 06:06yet.
• 06:08And
• 06:10Hi, Abby. I'm on. Yay.
• 06:12Thank you.
• 06:13So hi, Shankiri.
• 06:15So I'm going to give
• 06:16it over to my colleague,
• 06:17Shankari, to speak about her
• 06:19experience
• 06:20this past summer and,
• 06:22then take us into any
• 06:23questions. So go ahead, Shankari.
• 06:25Alright. Thanks so much, Abby.
• 06:27Hi, everyone. I'm Shankari Vijay
• 06:28Kumar.
• 06:29I am a second year
• 06:30master's of public health student
• 06:32in the social and behavioral
• 06:33sciences department.
• 06:35So this past summer, I
• 06:37was a leadership and global
• 06:38health fellow,
• 06:39and my placement was at
• 06:41the United Nations Development Program
• 06:43in New York City.
• 06:45So my,
• 06:47position was very much global
• 06:49health policy oriented. So my
• 06:51project was,
• 06:53it revolved around developing a
• 06:55set of policy briefs. So
• 06:57what the impetus for that
• 06:59work was that, you know,
• 07:00we all know the sustainable
• 07:01development goals if folks are
• 07:03tuned into global and societal
• 07:05development
• 07:05and their,
• 07:07you know, the target is
• 07:08to achieve all of these
• 07:09SDGs by twenty thirty. And,
• 07:12the team I was working
• 07:13on, they wanted to write
• 07:15a set of briefs that
• 07:16can give policy makers a
• 07:18set of
• 07:19tools and practical guidance on
• 07:21how they can do it.
• 07:23So I did a lot
• 07:24of desk research. I spoke
• 07:26to a lot of folks
• 07:27at various teams at UNDP.
• 07:30I kind of sat in
• 07:30the health and development team,
• 07:32but that's such a broad
• 07:33focus. So I had folks,
• 07:36around me and colleagues that
• 07:37were climate experts,
• 07:39experts on public taxes,
• 07:41on gender equality, and so
• 07:42much more. So I was
• 07:44really able to collaborate,
• 07:46with folks with so many
• 07:47different areas of expertise.
• 07:49And through these consultations,
• 07:51I started to,
• 07:53gain an understanding and tack
• 07:55in what were some major
• 07:57priority issues
• 07:59impeding achieving the sustainable development
• 08:01goals and how,
• 08:02I can communicate that in
• 08:04the set of policy briefs.
• 08:05So I work very closely
• 08:07with my supervisor
• 08:08and,
• 08:09had three sets of briefs,
• 08:12revolving around inclusive governance, environmental
• 08:14sustainability,
• 08:15and making finance healthy.
• 08:17And it was a really
• 08:18wonderful experience,
• 08:20because a lot of my
• 08:21past work has been in
• 08:22community based qualitative research, which
• 08:24I love.
• 08:26But I was really curious
• 08:27about how a lot of
• 08:28the research we do gets
• 08:29translated into policy or how
• 08:32policy makers look at it
• 08:33and trying to communicate that
• 08:35to key decision makers. So
• 08:36it was really nice to
• 08:37get that other end of
• 08:38the perspective, empirical research or
• 08:40international agreements or documents and
• 08:40reports published by agencies like
• 08:40the World Health
• 08:42Organization
• 08:51or the United Nations and
• 08:53all its different branches and
• 08:55arms and try and make
• 08:56that into a digestible three
• 08:58to six page brief that
• 08:59can end up in the
• 09:00hands of country level government
• 09:02officials and so on and
• 09:03so forth. So,
• 09:05and the set of briefs
• 09:06were commissioned by this, interagency
• 09:09task force with the WHO
• 09:11and UNDP,
• 09:13and it had a focus
• 09:14on noncommunicable diseases and mental
• 09:16health. So I was really
• 09:18able to bring in a
• 09:19lot of my public health
• 09:20background and,
• 09:22my curiosity for the social
• 09:23and structural determinants of health
• 09:25and then bring in so
• 09:26many other perspectives as well.
• 09:28So that's kind of what
• 09:29my project revolved around.
• 09:32And throughout the summer, it
• 09:33was about ten weeks, and,
• 09:36I had,
• 09:38another person, Ivy, from my
• 09:39department. Also at UNDP, she
• 09:41was working on a very
• 09:42different project, but it was
• 09:43really lovely to have someone
• 09:45from Yale there close by.
• 09:46We were actually right across
• 09:47from each other in the
• 09:48office. But there's so many,
• 09:50there's usually quite a few
• 09:51fellows from,
• 09:53Yale from this program at
• 09:54your placement or in your
• 09:56city. Like, New York City
• 09:57tends to have quite a
• 09:58few. So it was really
• 09:59nice to meet up in
• 10:00person or be nearby. But
• 10:02also,
• 10:04you know, the weekly or
• 10:05biweekly sessions that we did
• 10:07with Abby and Lauren,
• 10:09were really great because,
• 10:12it's not something, like, where,
• 10:13you know, we go to
• 10:14an orientation session, and then
• 10:15you're on your way on
• 10:16your own in the placements.
• 10:17There's so much support throughout
• 10:19the program. And that was
• 10:20really valuable because,
• 10:22for someone like me, I
• 10:23can get, like, sucked into
• 10:24the work. So it's nice
• 10:25to zoom out a little
• 10:26bit and hear what other
• 10:26folks are doing, not only
• 10:28about the work, but also
• 10:29just practical guidance as well.
• 10:32You know, working in such
• 10:34a short placement,
• 10:36is definitely a unique experience.
• 10:37I know we're all super
• 10:39passionate and driven, and we
• 10:40wanna do so much. But,
• 10:42you know, there's only so
• 10:43much you can do in
• 10:44ten to twelve weeks. And
• 10:46navigating that can definitely be
• 10:47a new landscape, so having
• 10:48Abby and Lauren support about
• 10:50how to handle workplace dynamics
• 10:52or working with your supervisor
• 10:54or multiple supervisors was really
• 10:56great because I know for
• 10:57some folks,
• 10:58it was their first time
• 10:59in a workplace setting like
• 11:01this or working on such
• 11:02a short term position. So
• 11:04having,
• 11:05the support of folks that
• 11:06are very familiar with the
• 11:08program but also can really,
• 11:10like, guide us through that
• 11:11was really great as well.
• 11:14And, honestly, I can confidently
• 11:16say on behalf of,
• 11:18a lot of other fellows
• 11:19is that we were really
• 11:20sad to leave our fellowship
• 11:22at the end of the
• 11:22summer. It's such an impactful
• 11:24experience, and a lot of
• 11:26it is what you make
• 11:27about it as well.
• 11:28I know so many supervisors
• 11:30at the placements are really
• 11:32about,
• 11:33you know, furthering your skills
• 11:35and making this a huge
• 11:37learning opportunity. And I think
• 11:39this past year, like, Abby
• 11:41really made it sure that,
• 11:42as she said earlier, like,
• 11:43these projects are really tailored
• 11:45and specific, but also that
• 11:46there's a lot of guidance
• 11:47throughout the way. So you
• 11:49can really make it your
• 11:50own and really make sure
• 11:51you're achieving the goals that
• 11:53you wanna get out of
• 11:54this.
• 11:55And I can say coming
• 11:56into
• 11:57my second year, this position
• 11:59really provided a lot of
• 12:01clarity on, you know, what
• 12:02global health work can look
• 12:04like and the day to
• 12:05day aspects of it and,
• 12:07has opened so many doors
• 12:08for me about what I
• 12:09wanna consider,
• 12:11in my future career. But,
• 12:12yeah, I could talk about,
• 12:14this fellowship experience forever. I
• 12:17just had an amazing time
• 12:18and could chat about it
• 12:20forever. So I think I'll
• 12:21pause there,
• 12:22and happy to answer any
• 12:24questions or dive into any,
• 12:26specific areas that I mentioned
• 12:27or did not mention.
• 12:39I
• 12:40was trying to stop share
• 12:40so we could see each
• 12:41other.
• 12:48Does this count for your
• 12:49APE as well? Yes. It
• 12:51can.
• 12:53YIGH does not
• 12:55facilitate whether or not this
• 12:56works with your APE, so
• 12:57it's something that you'll have
• 12:58to talk to,
• 13:01the,
• 13:02office of public health practice
• 13:04to ensure that it qualifies.
• 13:05All of the placements should
• 13:07qualify, but we are not
• 13:08in charge of,
• 13:10ensuring that this meets any
• 13:11type of,
• 13:14school credit for any of
• 13:15the programs.
• 13:18I will say, personally, I
• 13:20already had something else that
• 13:21qualified for AP, but I
• 13:22know quite a number of
• 13:23the fellows were able to
• 13:25use their placement, and it
• 13:26was approved for AP. So,
• 13:28yeah, echoing what Abby said,
• 13:29check-in with, OPHP.
• 13:33And, as long as you're,
• 13:34like, timely with the deadlines
• 13:36or just communicate with them,
• 13:37usually, it's a pretty smooth
• 13:39sailing process.
• 13:41Was there anything you wanted
• 13:42to change about your internship,
• 13:44Shankiri?
• 13:45Is there anything you wanted
• 13:46to change about? Oh, I
• 13:48mean, I think hindsight is
• 13:50always twenty twenty. I think,
• 13:51like, Abby, you and Lauren,
• 13:54were really great about telling
• 13:55us, like, you know, this
• 13:56is ten to twelve weeks,
• 13:57so, like, go in with
• 13:58your goals, go in with
• 13:59your plan.
• 14:00But, you know, maybe it's
• 14:01just me, but I think
• 14:02a few other fellows shared
• 14:03the sentiment is, like, nothing
• 14:05can prepare you for just
• 14:06how short and quickly it
• 14:08goes by sometimes. You really
• 14:10dive into the work, which
• 14:11was really great. I know,
• 14:13like, myself in particular, I
• 14:14really felt like my supervisor
• 14:14treated me as an equal.
• 14:14And so,
• 14:16equal and so, really got
• 14:17a good sense of the
• 14:17work. And I just wish
• 14:18it was longer, but I
• 14:20think if I could go
• 14:21back, I think I would
• 14:22maybe take that piece of
• 14:28advice a bit more to
• 14:29heart. Like, I think I
• 14:30did a good job of
• 14:31thinking about my goals and
• 14:34the work plan going into
• 14:35my placement. But I think
• 14:37if I could go back
• 14:38maybe,
• 14:39after, like, you know I
• 14:41would go in with my
• 14:42plan, and then I think
• 14:43one thing I would change
• 14:44is maybe after the first
• 14:45couple of weeks, go and
• 14:46revisit my goals and my
• 14:48plans once I had a
• 14:49better sense of the workplace
• 14:51dynamics, the structure, and the
• 14:52pace of the work, and
• 14:54see if any of, like,
• 14:55my goals or work plans
• 14:56needed to be adjusted so
• 14:57I can make the most
• 14:58of my time there.
• 15:00You know, with research or
• 15:02policy work, you'll definitely have
• 15:03a work plan, but there's
• 15:05so many factors at play.
• 15:06There can be delays in,
• 15:09you know, connecting with people
• 15:10or something else that comes
• 15:12up or an urgent task
• 15:13that comes your way, and
• 15:14that there just can be
• 15:15a lot of factors that
• 15:16shift the pace of the
• 15:17work, which is very much,
• 15:19you know, simulates the real
• 15:20world environment and working in
• 15:22health policy or public or
• 15:24global health.
• 15:25So I think it would
• 15:26just be,
• 15:28you know, thinking about those
• 15:29systems and structures that can
• 15:31really help you maximize your
• 15:33time there and not only
• 15:35in just the work that
• 15:35you're doing, but, like, connecting
• 15:36with more people,
• 15:38Any other questions? Oh, you
• 15:38can also feel free
• 15:40to come off mute if
• 15:40you prefer, but I can
• 15:41keep reading them from the
• 15:41chat as well.
• 15:51Good questions,
• 15:53if that's okay. One for
• 15:54Shania, one for Abigail.
• 15:56For the actual application,
• 15:59I saw that it has
• 16:00like, you put your top
• 16:01two placements that you wanna
• 16:02be at. And so I'm
• 16:04interested in the GaBi ones,
• 16:05and there's two placements within
• 16:06GaBi, but I've put both
• 16:08of those individual as my
• 16:09top two. Mhmm. That's correct.
• 16:11Okay. Okay. Yeah. That's what
• 16:12I thought. Different. Yeah. Go
• 16:13ahead. Okay.
• 16:15And then, Shangere, I wanted
• 16:16to ask, regarding, like, logistics
• 16:18of living in New York
• 16:19City, coming from New Haven,
• 16:21did you, like, sublease an
• 16:22apartment for the three months,
• 16:24or, like, how did that
• 16:25work?
• 16:26Yeah. So for me personally,
• 16:29I,
• 16:31looked at universities around New
• 16:34York City and if they
• 16:35had residences and if they
• 16:37were doing summer housing,
• 16:39I knew I wouldn't be
• 16:40able to, like, get to
• 16:41the city and, like, tour
• 16:42places,
• 16:43before I got there for
• 16:45my placement. So I just
• 16:46felt more confident living in,
• 16:48like, student housing for a
• 16:49university. So,
• 16:50NYU does a lot of
• 16:52buildings. I lived at the
• 16:54new school, which was first
• 16:55Avenue on seventeenth Street, which
• 16:57was,
• 16:58you know, like,
• 17:00like, a very short distance
• 17:01from the UN, which is
• 17:02on forty fifth Street.
• 17:04And so many other schools
• 17:06do that. So I would
• 17:06definitely recommend,
• 17:08student housing for universities. So
• 17:10you open it up to
• 17:11students that don't just, go
• 17:13to that school.
• 17:15I also know other fellows
• 17:16in the program. They got
• 17:18a short term lease. They
• 17:19were, there's so many Facebook
• 17:21groups or friends of friends
• 17:23where they got recommendations.
• 17:25So there's so many avenues
• 17:26you can look for, and
• 17:27happy to chat more about
• 17:29that afterwards as well or,
• 17:30like, connect folks with people.
• 17:33But I would say start
• 17:34early because, the price and
• 17:36the availability
• 17:37the price can definitely increase
• 17:38closer too,
• 17:40and, it can go quite
• 17:42quickly, especially if you're in
• 17:43a city like New York
• 17:45City. It just turns over
• 17:46really quickly, and so many
• 17:47people are coming in this
• 17:49summer. But, yeah, definitely reach
• 17:50out to, like, your network.
• 17:53There's always things opening up.
• 17:54But, I personally went through,
• 17:56university student
• 17:58housing.
• 17:59Perfect. Thank you.
• 18:01Taylor, I wanna answer your
• 18:02question. You asked if we
• 18:04don't have experience in global
• 18:05health nor are doing the
• 18:06global health concentration,
• 18:07will that be a problem
• 18:08in the application?
• 18:10What we look for in
• 18:11the application, if you read
• 18:12the questions too, is really
• 18:13what is your interest in
• 18:14global health? What are you
• 18:16passionate about? Does this align
• 18:17with your future career goals?
• 18:20So if you don't have
• 18:21experience in global health yet,
• 18:22but this is something you're
• 18:23interested in learning more about
• 18:25or,
• 18:26want to get experience in
• 18:27and you're passionate about it,
• 18:29that's really what we're looking
• 18:30for.
• 18:31You know, and some of
• 18:32the things that that people
• 18:34work on here domestically also
• 18:36relate to kind of the
• 18:37issues in global health as
• 18:38well. So I think, really,
• 18:39it just depends on how
• 18:40you're framing, what your experience
• 18:42and interests are,
• 18:43when we review those those,
• 18:46essays that you're gonna be
• 18:47writing.
• 18:49I hope that's helpful to
• 18:50your question.
• 18:55You're welcome.
• 19:03I did also put the
• 19:04list of the twenty twenty
• 19:06five leadership and global health
• 19:07fellowship placements for people to
• 19:08review if you haven't found
• 19:10those yet. So, again, we
• 19:11have twenty two placements, and
• 19:13in each placement, it goes
• 19:14over where it's based. So
• 19:16for those of you asking
• 19:17about kind of living situations,
• 19:19the ones that, IRC tend
• 19:21to be remote.
• 19:23UNDP
• 19:25is in person in the
• 19:26city.
• 19:27World Bank is in DC,
• 19:29and a couple of them
• 19:30are in Geneva in, Switzerland.
• 19:32So it just really
• 19:33depends on the placement and
• 19:35what they're looking for.
• 19:37The start dates and end
• 19:38dates, I just wanna say,
• 19:39placements excuse me. Placements will
• 19:41take students as early as
• 19:43May,
• 19:45but it you can negotiate
• 19:46or work with your organization
• 19:48on when you want to
• 19:49start, when you can start.
• 19:52They do prefer people start
• 19:53by, you know, early June,
• 19:56and then those can go
• 19:58through August.
• 19:59Some people do tend to
• 20:00work, with the organizations through
• 20:02the fall for a bit,
• 20:03not at the same level,
• 20:05obviously, because you're students first.
• 20:07But I know some people
• 20:08have worked on policy briefs
• 20:09or reports or other things,
• 20:11after they've come back for
• 20:13the fall. So that's really,
• 20:14again, up to you. Our
• 20:15expectation is only that you
• 20:17complete the
• 20:18agreement for,
• 20:20the ten to twelve weeks
• 20:21over the summer and that
• 20:22you commit to doing this
• 20:23full time. So I know
• 20:24I've had sometimes people ask
• 20:25in the past, like, can
• 20:26I still be working somewhere
• 20:27else full time? Or, really,
• 20:29you can see the expectations
• 20:30in the the TORS are
• 20:31that you work
• 20:33nine to five. So if
• 20:34you're doing, you know, something
• 20:35else on weekends or in
• 20:36the evenings,
• 20:37that's up to you. But
• 20:38the the
• 20:39primary focus should be this
• 20:41internship for the summer if
• 20:42you are applying and agree
• 20:43to do this.
• 20:51Are there any other questions?
• 21:04Shankiri or Alisa, is there
• 21:06anything that
• 21:07you've thought about that you
• 21:08wanna make sure
• 21:09is said before we
• 21:11close here shortly then?
• 21:15Maybe, like, a final word
• 21:17I'll say. You know, if
• 21:18the inter if the fellowship
• 21:20is of
• 21:21any little semblance of interest,
• 21:23just go for it.
• 21:25For me personally, I felt
• 21:26like a lot of my
• 21:28global health experience was,
• 21:30you know, from coursework
• 21:32or just, you know, some
• 21:34course based research projects that
• 21:36had some connections to global
• 21:37health. And so I was
• 21:38really eager to,
• 21:40get more hands on experience
• 21:42and be able to apply
• 21:43my public health knowledge. And
• 21:44I really feel like,
• 21:47I strongly articulated that, and
• 21:49I think that can go
• 21:50a long way. And so,
• 21:52you know, we all have
• 21:54really unique perspectives that are
• 21:56needed in global health. So,
• 21:58just kind of like a
• 21:59reassurance piece. You know, if
• 22:01there's a position that stands
• 22:02out to you, definitely go
• 22:04for it, throw your hat
• 22:05in the ring.
• 22:07And, I'm also happy to,
• 22:09like, connect afterwards and answer
• 22:11any questions that come up.
• 22:12It's such a wonderful fellowship
• 22:14experience. And,
• 22:15one thing I really liked
• 22:16about it is that you're
• 22:18not on your own, whether
• 22:19you're virtual or in the
• 22:20city alone.
• 22:22You know, having this network
• 22:23of fellows is such a
• 22:25great way to stay in
• 22:26touch with people doing similar
• 22:28work and get support along
• 22:29the way. And I feel
• 22:30like that was something that
• 22:32really appealed to me about
• 22:33this fellowship that differs from
• 22:34a lot of other summer
• 22:35internships available.
• 22:37So,
• 22:38I would say it's such
• 22:39a unique fellowship experience and
• 22:40being able to get so
• 22:41much support to do,
• 22:43you know,
• 22:44global health work where you're
• 22:46grappling with real world challenges
• 22:48and solutions is,
• 22:50so amazing. And I don't
• 22:51know what how many other
• 22:52places you can do that.
• 22:53So, yeah, just wanted to
• 22:54re up that.
• 22:58Thanks, Shankari.
• 23:04Any final
• 23:05questions
• 23:07from anyone else? Let me
• 23:09put the thing back up.
• 23:12Do we know usually how
• 23:13many applications,
• 23:16the leadership in global health
• 23:17fellowship gets every year?
• 23:21That's a great question,
• 23:22and it's
• 23:24changed. Sorry. I'm trying to
• 23:25do two things at once
• 23:26here. Let me go back
• 23:27to the end.
• 23:32So the program has grown
• 23:33year over year. So last
• 23:34year, there were, I think,
• 23:35ninety seven applicants total for
• 23:38the twenty two placements that
• 23:39we had.
• 23:41So it's it's competitive.
• 23:43You know, I think when
• 23:44when the fellowship first started
• 23:47out, it was, you know,
• 23:47a handful of students, and
• 23:49then it grew to ten
• 23:50or twelve, and then it
• 23:51doubled,
• 23:53last cohort. And this cohort,
• 23:54it's staying at the twenty
• 23:55two. So I I'm not
• 23:57sure
• 23:59what to expect
• 24:01this year in terms of
• 24:02applicants, but I'm guessing it'll
• 24:03probably be about,
• 24:04around a hundred again.
• 24:14Share the timeline again. Sure.
• 24:15I can go back to
• 24:16that.
• 24:19And I can answer if
• 24:20there's any specific questions that
• 24:21anyone has in here about
• 24:23the timeline as well.
• 24:42And, again, this is our
• 24:43ideal timeline. I just want
• 24:44to reiterate that working with
• 24:46these organizations and,
• 24:49the people that you interview
• 24:50with would be your supervisor.
• 24:52We don't go through
• 24:53an HR process or something
• 24:55like that. The the people
• 24:56that,
• 24:57are reviewing these, that would
• 24:58be your direct supervisors and
• 25:00managers. So,
• 25:01they're people running these programs
• 25:02that you're applying to. So
• 25:04sometimes, you know, they're on
• 25:06work travel or things can
• 25:07take a little bit longer.
• 25:08So this is
• 25:09what we're aiming for,
• 25:11and we will let you
• 25:12know if the timeline shifts
• 25:13at all for any reason.
• 25:20Alright. Well, I wanna thank
• 25:22you all again for being
• 25:22here for the leadership and
• 25:23global health fellowship,
• 25:25information session.
• 25:27If you do have any
• 25:28questions,
• 25:29in the meantime,
• 25:30my email is Abigail dot
• 25:32r dot Smith at Yale
• 25:33dot e d u. So
• 25:35please feel free to reach
• 25:36out to me with anything,
• 25:38that you that comes up
• 25:39after this. And this,
• 25:41info session will be
• 25:43up uploaded onto our website
• 25:45if anyone needs to watch
• 25:46it again or share it
• 25:47with someone else who couldn't
• 25:48make it today.
• 25:49And
• 25:51we hope that you have
• 25:52a great rest of your
• 25:52week.