Leadership in Global Health Fellowship Information Session 2024
February 05, 2024ID11274
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- 00:00All right. Why don't we get started?
- 00:03If we use kind of the rule for for events,
- 00:07usually you have about half
- 00:09show up that register.
- 00:10So I think we have a nice
- 00:12critical mass here to get going.
- 00:15So first of all, welcome everyone.
- 00:18Thanks for your interest in the Leadership
- 00:22and Global Health Fellowship program.
- 00:24My name is Mike Skenechi.
- 00:25I'm the deputy director of the
- 00:29Yale Institute for Global Health.
- 00:31I'll just take a moment to
- 00:34acknowledge a couple of people.
- 00:37First, my colleague Alyssa Cruz,
- 00:40who is our communications officer
- 00:43and has been involved with
- 00:45the fellowship program also.
- 00:47And she'll talk more a little bit later
- 00:50about her own experience with Josie
- 00:52Anne Alix from the School of Public Health,
- 00:56who was one of our fellows now last summer.
- 01:00It's great to have Josie Ann here.
- 01:04So what what I'm going to do is
- 01:07just share a very brief PowerPoint
- 01:10presentation describing the program.
- 01:13I would note that the this event
- 01:16is being recorded because we're
- 01:18going to edit it and then post it
- 01:20on our website for those who were
- 01:23not able to attend right now.
- 01:27And we have a nice small group here.
- 01:29So to the extent that you feel comfortable
- 01:31and to the extent you're able,
- 01:33it'd be great to to see folks on on video.
- 01:36I know for me it's nice to see some faces
- 01:39and as we go through the presentation,
- 01:42feel free to interrupt me,
- 01:45raise, you know raise hands,
- 01:47use the chat box to drop questions.
- 01:52I'll do my best to to keep keep my
- 01:54eyes on all the different boxes and
- 01:56maybe Alyssa might turn to you just
- 01:58to kind of acknowledge anything,
- 02:00any hands or any, anything in the chat box.
- 02:03So with that see something,
- 02:07see
- 02:11Q&A. Carla, we'll talk about
- 02:14eligibility in a in a slide or two,
- 02:16but thanks for your question.
- 02:19Thank you. Sure.
- 02:22So I am going to share my screen.
- 02:27Bear with me,
- 02:35hopefully you all are seeing my deck here.
- 02:44OK.
- 02:47Could someone thank you.
- 02:48Thank you, Alyssa.
- 02:49So again thanks so much for for
- 02:52joining today to learn a little
- 02:54bit more about the leadership in
- 02:56global Health fellowship program.
- 03:00Before we go into specifically
- 03:02into the fellowship program,
- 03:03just for everyone's awareness,
- 03:05I'm not sure you might be already
- 03:07already be aware of this background,
- 03:09but the fellowship program is one
- 03:12of really kind of the two signature
- 03:16student facing programs for the
- 03:18Yale Institute for Global Health.
- 03:21As I think everyone is aware,
- 03:23the institute is a program that's
- 03:25centered in the Health Science school.
- 03:26So it's really a partnership across
- 03:28the schools of public health,
- 03:30medicine and nursing,
- 03:31but it's meant to span across the campus.
- 03:34We have a set of activities
- 03:37specifically geared towards faculty
- 03:39at Yale and we also have a couple
- 03:42of student based initiatives,
- 03:44the fellowship program and our
- 03:46second being the Global Health case
- 03:49competition which some maybe even
- 03:51all of you have been a part of
- 03:53or will be a part of in a couple
- 03:56weeks time on the 17th of February.
- 03:58We're going to be having our our case day.
- 04:04So a little bit about the the,
- 04:06the fellowship program,
- 04:07we are actually going into our
- 04:11amazingly enough our fifth year.
- 04:13This is a program that is evolved into
- 04:17a partnership with the undergraduate
- 04:20Global Health Studies program,
- 04:21which is based at the Jackson
- 04:23School for Global Global Affairs,
- 04:26also the Career Services Center
- 04:28led by Felicia Spencer at
- 04:30the School of Public Health.
- 04:32They really our partners really help
- 04:36us in terms of outreach and also
- 04:40funding and support for the program.
- 04:44The vision for the program now five
- 04:47years ago was to establish establish
- 04:50a program that I mean the long term
- 04:54vision is really can we have a program
- 04:57where over time and as students take
- 05:01part in the program and then leave
- 05:04Yale that people who participate
- 05:08ultimately could start their careers
- 05:11in these types of institutions.
- 05:14As you can see most are for the
- 05:18focus I should say is really on
- 05:20large global Health Organization.
- 05:23So it's generally centered on major
- 05:27NGOs or multi lab organizations.
- 05:32They generally I would say
- 05:33have more of a policy focus,
- 05:36which I think complements well with other
- 05:39opportunities and funding opportunities
- 05:42for Yale students and trainees.
- 05:46It is meant to be open to
- 05:50students across the campus.
- 05:52So we have had Yale College undergrads,
- 05:56nursing, public health students
- 06:01from the medical school,
- 06:02from the law school.
- 06:04A key criteria is that you will
- 06:08continue to matriculate at Yale.
- 06:11So if you are a Yale college student,
- 06:13you could be graduating in May,
- 06:15unfortunately wouldn't be
- 06:16eligible for the program.
- 06:17So, so Carla,
- 06:19for you and your program,
- 06:21you'll have to remind me of kind
- 06:23of the requirements of that.
- 06:25But the base eligibility is for students
- 06:28and trainees who will kind of continue
- 06:30their studies at the university.
- 06:35So that's kind of the broad overview.
- 06:37The main anchoring component of the
- 06:40program is placement in an internship.
- 06:44So what we do is essentially develop
- 06:48partnerships with these different
- 06:51organizations and develop and curate
- 06:54a set of internship opportunities.
- 06:57So this is not something where we just
- 06:59connect you to Goblin for example.
- 07:01We work with each of these organizations
- 07:05to develop specific job descriptions,
- 07:08specific roles.
- 07:10These are generally summer internships,
- 07:13so I would say June to August time frame.
- 07:17In some cases those these opportunities have
- 07:21extended into the fall into the September,
- 07:24October time frame as well.
- 07:31This for this summer we have a
- 07:35total of 21 placements across the
- 07:38six organizations that are on on
- 07:42this slide that is an expansion
- 07:44of for 12 that we had last year.
- 07:46So really excited because it's you
- 07:49know the the program has garnered
- 07:51a lot of interest and so I'm
- 07:54excited that we'll be able to offer
- 07:57more placement opportunities.
- 07:58The other thing I would note about
- 08:01the placements that particularly
- 08:03with organizations like the Royal
- 08:05Bank and UNICEF they have been kind
- 08:07of founding partners in a sense.
- 08:09So we have a long establish a really
- 08:13nice track record with these different
- 08:15organizations over the past many years.
- 08:17In fact you know the expansion and
- 08:19placements I think is a is a reflection
- 08:21of how well it's been going for
- 08:23students and the different and the
- 08:26different organizations as well.
- 08:27So the anchoring piece of the fellowship
- 08:30program is the is the internship before
- 08:35the the couple other components before
- 08:38you go to start in the internship.
- 08:42We have an orientation day long program.
- 08:46Last year we did it in May which
- 08:48is really focused on building
- 08:50relationships within the full group,
- 08:54discussing what is global health and
- 08:56talk a little bit about expectations
- 08:59and what you might expect in the
- 09:02internship throughout the summer.
- 09:05We stay connected to all the
- 09:08fellows and the organizations.
- 09:09We also we offer,
- 09:11excuse me,
- 09:11office hours where you can engage
- 09:15with our program staff to discuss
- 09:18how things are going to troubleshoot
- 09:20any issues that you might be facing.
- 09:22And the last component I would,
- 09:24I would just note is that through
- 09:28funding for through the institute
- 09:31and in partnership with the Global
- 09:33Studies Program in the Career Services
- 09:35Center of the School of Public Health,
- 09:37we offer funding for these different
- 09:42placement opportunities which
- 09:44includes travel,
- 09:45lodging and costs related to the internships.
- 09:49Essentially what we do is once
- 09:52the placement is finalized,
- 09:54we work with each student individually
- 09:56to develop a budget and finalize the
- 09:59funding for for each of the internships.
- 10:02I'm just going to look at the
- 10:04check box to see, OK, great.
- 10:09So that's kind of an
- 10:11overarching summary we do.
- 10:15I just wanted to to note,
- 10:17we do at the end of the
- 10:20experience post a closing event,
- 10:23which we did in November,
- 10:26where we bring the group back together.
- 10:28It's just a nice opportunity to share and
- 10:32reflect on each individual experience.
- 10:36We were really excited this past
- 10:37fall to have Dean Randy from
- 10:39the School of Public Health,
- 10:40but also Indra and Raj Nooyi who are
- 10:43benefactors of the program participate
- 10:45in that in that closing event.
- 10:47You know because our part of our
- 10:49hope is that the cohort will stay
- 10:52connected in some way moving forward.
- 10:54In fact I've also I mean just that
- 10:57I've had the it's it's really been
- 10:59fun to see students in the program
- 11:01also participating in leading are
- 11:03things like our global health case
- 11:05competition and and individuals
- 11:07that have been part of the program
- 11:09are very active across campus in a
- 11:11variety of different global efforts.
- 11:16So that's kind of the summary
- 11:20of the fellowship, see if I
- 11:22could advance my slide here
- 11:29doesn't seem to want me to
- 11:30do that. So let me do this.
- 11:34I'm going to stop sharing and
- 11:35I'm going to try to share again.
- 11:49Oh, there we go. Very good.
- 11:51So a little bit about eligibility, funding.
- 11:53I mean, I've touched on this
- 11:56information a little bit already.
- 11:58As I noted, this is open to Yale
- 12:01students and trainings broadly,
- 12:02but you must be kind of enrolled at Yale
- 12:09and continue and coming
- 12:11back for the next semester.
- 12:14I noted the partnership with the Office
- 12:18of Career Services and Global Health
- 12:20Studies program and we work with
- 12:23again with each student to develop a
- 12:26budget for your for your internship.
- 12:28We opened up the application
- 12:31link on Friday on our website.
- 12:33You could also see a summary PDF of
- 12:36all of the different opportunities
- 12:37that will be open essentially
- 12:39for the next couple of weeks.
- 12:42It's a pretty straightforward
- 12:44application process.
- 12:46This gives you a sense of the of the
- 12:49timeline with applications due by the 16th.
- 12:54We then the end of the month beginning
- 12:58of March to do what we do is kind of
- 13:01a a review of all the candidates.
- 13:04We then select a certain number of students.
- 13:07Last year I want to say it was around
- 13:1025 or so students that got interviews.
- 13:14Alyssa and my colleague Nuktah Gok led
- 13:18the interview process and from there
- 13:21what we do is we compile essentially
- 13:24short lists that we share with the
- 13:28different hosts organizations because
- 13:29we feel it's important to them.
- 13:31We don't just say here's your student,
- 13:33we we we think it's important for
- 13:35them to have an opportunity to view
- 13:37to to review a couple of candidates
- 13:39to see who might be the best fit.
- 13:42There would likely be a second interview
- 13:45with any of the organizations where we
- 13:48have forwarded your your application.
- 13:50And in general,
- 13:52I would say our goal is to finalize
- 13:55decisions soon after spring break,
- 13:57recognizing that in,
- 13:59you know these organizations the
- 14:02individuals involved are pretty
- 14:04busy individuals.
- 14:05Sometimes it it might take a little
- 14:07bit longer to finalize decisions,
- 14:09but we're really eager to try to
- 14:11do that soon after the spring
- 14:13break period so that we could then
- 14:15finalize budgets and then plan and
- 14:17and host our orientation session.
- 14:20So that's kind of the overview
- 14:25of the program timeline.
- 14:27Before kind of formally going to questions,
- 14:29I wanted to turn it over to my
- 14:33colleague Josie Anne to describe
- 14:36her experience as you can see here
- 14:40last summer at the World Bank.
- 14:43Josie Anne is in the SBS department at
- 14:46the School of Public Health and I came
- 14:49to Yale from the University of Connecticut.
- 14:52And I think it's just a great example,
- 14:55really a stellar fellow that has
- 14:57participated in the program and not
- 14:59only a part of the fellowship program,
- 15:01but again variety of global
- 15:03health efforts on campus.
- 15:05So I'll turn it over to Josie Ann, please.
- 15:08Josie Ann,
- 15:09introduce yourself a little
- 15:10bit more and we'd love to hear
- 15:13more about your experience.
- 15:17Thank you, Mike.
- 15:19Hi, everyone. It's nice to meet you
- 15:22all and thank you for being here.
- 15:25As Mike said, my name is Josie Ann Alex.
- 15:29I'm originally from Rwanda,
- 15:31but I migrated to the US after
- 15:36spending many years in different
- 15:38refugee camps because of the genocide
- 15:41that was happening in my country.
- 15:44I completed my undergrad at
- 15:46University of Connecticut.
- 15:49Initially I thought I wanted to go into
- 15:52medicine and I had a change of heart
- 15:55when I was introduced to public health,
- 15:58the University of Connect.
- 16:01But specifically I took a global
- 16:04health course and that that's when
- 16:07everything connected for me and hence
- 16:10why I ended up choosing public health
- 16:13and also choosing Yale specific.
- 16:15And also because I knew that Yale has,
- 16:19because of the Yale Institute
- 16:21for Global Health and also some
- 16:22of the work that they were doing
- 16:25like in the I'll my CS like middle
- 16:27and middle income countries.
- 16:29And so yeah,
- 16:31that this past summer I completed an
- 16:34internship at the World Bank as Mike
- 16:38say and specifically I was in the World
- 16:41Bank Climate and Health department.
- 16:44So it's within the health and nutrition
- 16:48and population like global practice.
- 16:50So the World Bank climate and health
- 16:53team is supporting countries like to
- 16:56strengthen their health systems in
- 16:58order to mitigate but also to adapt
- 17:01to climate change like in the middle
- 17:03and the middle income countries.
- 17:05So I worked as an analyst like to
- 17:08support like climate and health agenda
- 17:11and middle and the middle income countries.
- 17:14So what does that entail?
- 17:16Well,
- 17:16I think you will all know that building,
- 17:19especially building climate to
- 17:21resilient health systems requires
- 17:24A systematic approach.
- 17:26So my the main task of my internship
- 17:29was to support the development of
- 17:33a decision framework for climate
- 17:36change and health systems adaptation.
- 17:39What the So what is the decision framework?
- 17:42Decision framework?
- 17:43Pretty much it's it's it's it's the
- 17:46main task of of the decision frameworks
- 17:48is to integrate like evidence on
- 17:51interventions and and provide like a
- 17:55systematic way that can be that can
- 17:59help countries to make like informed
- 18:02choices informed decision about their
- 18:04health interventions and policies.
- 18:07So I conducted A literature review
- 18:10like to showcase some of the evidence
- 18:14based intervention for climate
- 18:16change and the health adaptations.
- 18:19I also provided that I can identical
- 18:22and Technical Support and in terms of
- 18:26like finding like trying rating like
- 18:29finding like the best implementation
- 18:31lessons in the field of climate change.
- 18:35I was,
- 18:36I was,
- 18:37I was in person in DC which was a
- 18:40really great opportunity for me.
- 18:43I even though some work was,
- 18:46I was at the office twice a week,
- 18:48so like Tuesdays and Thursdays I
- 18:50believe and then Monday,
- 18:52Wednesday and Friday I worked from home.
- 18:56It was it was an amazing opportunity
- 18:58for me because I was able to.
- 19:00It was an opportunity to combine my
- 19:03interests like in policy development but
- 19:06also in health system strengthening,
- 19:09especially as they related to
- 19:11increasing the resilience of health
- 19:14systems. And it allowed me also opportunity
- 19:17to be able to connect to the dots
- 19:20especially between the climate change
- 19:23and universal health coverage efforts.
- 19:26So when I was applying to the fellowship
- 19:29I I actually did a little bit of
- 19:31research and and noticed that the
- 19:33health and nutrition population which
- 19:35is the department that I was under,
- 19:37they also focus on on on what
- 19:40they call climate smart UHC.
- 19:42And for me US universal health coverage
- 19:45is something that's dear to me.
- 19:48It's part of the strengthening
- 19:50health systems but it's also kind
- 19:52of like designated for me because
- 19:54I see UHC as like a social justice
- 19:57orientation to global health.
- 19:59And so it was it was the IT was
- 20:02the perfect internship for me.
- 20:05It also actually like kind of fits in
- 20:09in in in in my career goals and what
- 20:12I want to do when after I I live here.
- 20:15So it was also opportunity to not just on
- 20:18neutral advanced climate health agenda,
- 20:20which I was already working on here.
- 20:24Here in Connecticut of the governor,
- 20:26like helping people with disability
- 20:30prepared to you know in terms of
- 20:34like climate induced disasters.
- 20:35So I I was about to put all my past
- 20:39experiences and some of the you know
- 20:42like apply some of the things that
- 20:44I ran in my courses here I hear on
- 20:46the climate and health and and and
- 20:48it was an opportunity to see it being
- 20:51applied in the world and seeing it
- 20:53through the lens of the World Bank
- 20:56through the lens of their through
- 20:58the lens of their programs and
- 21:02the implementation interventions.
- 21:03It was, it was very cool,
- 21:04was an amazing opportunity and I'll
- 21:07stop here and be looking forward
- 21:10to any questions,
- 21:12to answering any questions that
- 21:14you might have.
- 21:18Thanks so much, Josie, and for a
- 21:21great overview of your experience.
- 21:23And so the rest of the time is yours.
- 21:26Open up the floor to any comments
- 21:28or questions that you might have.
- 21:34Oh my God, I had a question.
- 21:36Can you hear me?
- 21:37I can't, Joshua. Awesome.
- 21:39You know, when you look at the
- 21:42pasture applicants, you know,
- 21:44were there some common themes
- 21:46that the the students who replace
- 21:49had in their applications?
- 21:50Sort of Can you talk more about,
- 21:52you know, the application components,
- 21:54you know, what you all are looking
- 21:56for and also what the placement
- 21:58sites potentially are looking for as
- 22:00well and how students should keep
- 22:02in mind implementing their various
- 22:05skills and coursework relevant
- 22:07relevancies into their application?
- 22:10Yeah. Well, I I guess I
- 22:12would make 22 comments, one,
- 22:14you know in in terms of that and
- 22:17I'd welcome any comments from Alyssa
- 22:19as well because she participated
- 22:21in the interview process.
- 22:22But you know, I think you know one
- 22:26of the core things we're looking
- 22:28for individuals who really are
- 22:30interested in global health want to
- 22:32make a contribution in this field.
- 22:34So you know, we're looking for people
- 22:36who are really this is the direction
- 22:38that they want to want to go in.
- 22:40And the other piece I would
- 22:42say that that comes to mind,
- 22:43you know there's some have a
- 22:45particular focus for example,
- 22:47you know Josie Ann mentioned climate change.
- 22:49So to the extent that you could
- 22:51feature any you know studies or work
- 22:54that you've done that are relevant,
- 22:56I think to the to the specific
- 22:59opportunity would be important.
- 23:01I know for example with the climate change,
- 23:03any opportunities that we have
- 23:05with with climate change,
- 23:07we tried to engage with the Center
- 23:10on Climate Change and Health at the
- 23:12School of Public Health because
- 23:13I know that the students that
- 23:14are engaging with that,
- 23:15with that program and then also
- 23:18just to pay attention in in in some
- 23:21cases it's very specific that an
- 23:23opportunity is for a graduate student
- 23:26and they're looking for someone
- 23:28with a a specific qualification.
- 23:30So those are two or three general reactions.
- 23:32But listen,
- 23:33I don't know if you would add on
- 23:35to that having experienced the
- 23:37interview process directly last year.
- 23:38Yes.
- 23:38And having taken a look at
- 23:40all of those applications,
- 23:41there was quite a few.
- 23:43And then sitting through
- 23:44the interview process,
- 23:45I will say one thing that resonated
- 23:47and a common theme along all
- 23:50of the applicants is even if
- 23:51they didn't have as strong of
- 23:53a background in global health.
- 23:54And one of the questions I believe
- 23:56that's still on the
- 23:58application itself is how much
- 24:01background you have in global health.
- 24:03We do all like have flexibility with that,
- 24:06like you don't have to be as strong with
- 24:08a global health background in terms of
- 24:10like how many classes we've taken or
- 24:12how much direct experience you have.
- 24:14But if you show a genuine interest,
- 24:16it goes such a long way.
- 24:18So that was something I really
- 24:19noted amongst all the applicants,
- 24:21regardless of how much global
- 24:23health experience they had,
- 24:24they had such a strong and
- 24:26passionate interest in it.
- 24:27So that was
- 24:29the immediate thought I had and
- 24:33I had another question.
- 24:35Are there any figures that show how
- 24:38many students who were were placed
- 24:40in these internship opportunities,
- 24:41how many of them have converted
- 24:43into full time positions
- 24:46That's a that's a great question.
- 24:47We don't, you know we don't have
- 24:52kind of specifics on that
- 24:54more anecdotal Jon trail.
- 24:55So just to give a couple of anecdotes,
- 24:57it would be maybe even three years ago
- 25:01now we had a colleague, Tim DeVito,
- 25:03who's at the School of Medicine,
- 25:05who continued work that I had
- 25:08a consultancy with UNICEF.
- 25:09In fact, just Friday,
- 25:13Josie Ann's colleague Charlie
- 25:14Minakuchi from the School of
- 25:17Public Health was offered an
- 25:19opportunity at the World Bank.
- 25:20So we do there.
- 25:21We do have, there are anecdotal,
- 25:23but I don't have a kind of a comprehensive
- 25:28understanding of all all who
- 25:30have gotten opportunities out.
- 25:35Awesome. Thank you.
- 25:36And then I had a question for Josie Ann.
- 25:39Josie Ann, can you talk about,
- 25:40you know, you know,
- 25:41if at all how you were able to
- 25:43use your various background and
- 25:45skills and public health and global
- 25:47health and and even some of the
- 25:50courses that you've taken or that
- 25:51you had taken up until that point,
- 25:53how you were able to use that
- 25:55knowledge and and really become
- 25:57immersed in your internship and
- 25:59to use it as part of the team.
- 26:04Yeah, that's a really great question.
- 26:06Yes. So I I had to take in some
- 26:11climate and health courses,
- 26:13but I was also still new to the
- 26:16climate and health. So for me,
- 26:19I leverage a lot of my policy courses.
- 26:23Like I I have taken a course with
- 26:26Doctor Hicks only that touches on
- 26:28on a universal health coverage,
- 26:30but it also touches on a policy
- 26:33development as they apply to
- 26:35health system strengthening.
- 26:37I think another course that I can,
- 26:40I think that it really helped a lot
- 26:44is health policy course having having
- 26:47taken like rend about how health
- 26:50different health systems operate.
- 26:52But to tell you the truth,
- 26:54I actually for me I was looking for
- 26:58another reason why I applied it to
- 27:01this fellowship was because I was
- 27:04looking for opportunity to challenge
- 27:06myself and then something new.
- 27:08And I actually, like I said,
- 27:11I was new to climate and health,
- 27:13but I was willing to reign and
- 27:17I had documented how I have used
- 27:23previous experience in being able
- 27:25to adapt quick and drain.
- 27:27And so I noticed for me it wasn't
- 27:31mostly like the courses itself.
- 27:34It was a combination of courses,
- 27:37past experience,
- 27:38but also just the hunger that to image
- 27:43myself in a new topic in delaying.
- 27:46But of course I had to show evidence of that.
- 27:49How has it worked for me in the past,
- 27:51you know? And so I I am.
- 27:55I explained that in my interview.
- 27:58I showed examples of that being able
- 28:03to match myself as we're able to be
- 28:06able to jump into new challenges.
- 28:09For me that means I was an
- 28:12untraditional students I have had
- 28:13to it out my life all all the time
- 28:17and that's just and then constantly
- 28:19then sometimes even I've been thrown
- 28:22into new situations and and you know
- 28:25in the career changes and so it's a
- 28:27combination of all those things not
- 28:29not per SE like any classes I Yale
- 28:32or only my my my experience it's
- 28:35it's like all this like you know
- 28:38cycle and combination of everything
- 28:43awesome. Thank you. Thanks
- 28:45for those great questions.
- 28:48John Trav, any other questions? Yeah,
- 28:51I do. So I have a question about you
- 28:54know like the budget and the payments
- 28:57and stuff because well, this is a full,
- 29:00it's going to be like a full time role.
- 29:02And I know you mentioned that you work
- 29:05with students to develop a budget and all.
- 29:07Do you have like I don't know,
- 29:10just like on average how much people,
- 29:14I mean people who participate in
- 29:16this program are getting from the
- 29:18program to support, you know,
- 29:20their living expenses if it whether
- 29:23it's remote or international or even
- 29:24here in the US but they have to travel
- 29:26to like a new state like just. Yeah.
- 29:28And did going to Washington and all that.
- 29:30Yeah,
- 29:32yeah, no great question.
- 29:33I would say you know the the average
- 29:35award that we work to to give is around
- 29:38$6000 security to include all the
- 29:40different components that I mentioned
- 29:42earlier that said we do work with
- 29:44Felicia with each student because
- 29:45of exactly what you what you noted.
- 29:47Now Josie Ann was down in Washington we
- 29:53had fellows in Geneva with the global
- 29:56funding and and Gavi and so you know we
- 30:00obviously have to be responsive to that.
- 30:03So you know we work with each
- 30:05student if it's above 6000 we we we
- 30:08you know work with the students to
- 30:10define what that would would be and
- 30:12in general but Alyssa can correct
- 30:14I mean Alyssa can correct me but we
- 30:16have been you know able to figure
- 30:18out budgets and funding for all the
- 30:20students who participate never been
- 30:22in a situation where a student then
- 30:25has to to kind of find another pocket
- 30:27of funding to fill out the full budget.
- 30:32So and that's where the partnership
- 30:35with career services at public health
- 30:37and also the undergraduate program
- 30:38has been very, very instrumental.
- 30:44All right, thank you.
- 30:46And just another question as
- 30:48well for the second interview,
- 30:50second round interviews that is
- 30:52conducted by the organization.
- 30:55So right, just to clarify. OK,
- 30:57that's correct. That's correct.
- 30:59We and and and maybe just to further
- 31:02clarify what we do you know through
- 31:04the application process you know
- 31:05that you're you have top priorities.
- 31:07I would just say even in the interview
- 31:10itself though that could provide an
- 31:12opportunity where you might note you
- 31:14know one or two others that are of
- 31:16interest or I know I've I've had the
- 31:18experience I'm sure Alyssa has as
- 31:19well where we said Oh well have you
- 31:21considered this internship as well.
- 31:22And then what we do is,
- 31:24is is kind of create essentially short
- 31:26list with each of the opportunities
- 31:28share 2-3 candidates with each
- 31:30because again it's not just we
- 31:32don't just give them one and say you
- 31:34have to take this student.
- 31:36So yes each it it is the organization
- 31:40it's kind of an organizational entity.
- 31:42So myself Alyssa or any other we we're
- 31:44not involved in that part of it.
- 31:46It's kind of like a one-on-one and
- 31:48then they basically get back to us
- 31:50with whatever their final decision is.
- 31:55That's nice. Do people do you
- 31:57do you have like students on
- 31:59wait lists just in case we we do
- 32:02I couldn't give you like
- 32:04specific numbers but we do have,
- 32:06we do have a wait list in a sense
- 32:09because in some cases students
- 32:11might be you know they have a few
- 32:14irons in the fire and they might
- 32:17take a different opportunity so.
- 32:19So yes, we we kind of see where
- 32:22things net out the organization
- 32:24with the student and if any of if
- 32:27the student decides to do something
- 32:29totally different than create an
- 32:30opportunity for for someone else.
- 32:34All right. Thank you. All right, Felicia.
- 32:39Then Mike, I got another question here.
- 32:41So there are 21 placements across
- 32:43these six organizations this year.
- 32:45But of course you know the second round
- 32:48interview is for the organization
- 32:50to interview the students that
- 32:52you all referred are all 21 place.
- 32:55Well generally are all placements filled
- 32:59because again the the the ultimate
- 33:01decision is the organization right.
- 33:02But doesn't actually mean that they
- 33:04have to take the student that you
- 33:06know the that that you all referred.
- 33:08So are all those placements generally filled.
- 33:11Yeah, I mean it's a that's an
- 33:12interesting question John Trail,
- 33:13I mean because sure they could
- 33:15say Nah we don't like any but but
- 33:17the but the experience to date
- 33:19has been all get all get filled.
- 33:21In fact it's actually the experience
- 33:24has been the opposite in the sense
- 33:27where we have such good candidates
- 33:29that sometimes we advocate for one
- 33:31or two more you know depending on on
- 33:34budget and that's that sort of thing.
- 33:36So we have never been in a situation
- 33:39where you know last year we had
- 33:4112 placements though but we were
- 33:42only able to fit you know fine 10.
- 33:44So I feel confident that we will
- 33:47we'll we'll be able to fill all
- 33:50these different spots.
- 33:58How much time do students have
- 34:01to accept the offer once the offer is made?
- 34:05Oh, that's a great question.
- 34:07I mean I in a second here turn to
- 34:10Josie Ann to just reflect on your,
- 34:12it's your specific experience.
- 34:13But what I would say Felicia is,
- 34:16is you know it,
- 34:17it can be a little bit variable.
- 34:20I mean I guess one of the things I
- 34:22I would just stress is again just
- 34:24keep in mind that you know these
- 34:27are kind of program officers at
- 34:29these different organizations.
- 34:31They have lots of their own,
- 34:32lots of work priorities.
- 34:34So sometimes you know that it could be
- 34:36very quick or it could take a little
- 34:39bit longer than you might anticipate.
- 34:41Our goal is to try to do it,
- 34:43you know, soon after the spring break,
- 34:45you know into the beginning
- 34:47of April time frame.
- 34:49So that would be like,
- 34:49you know,
- 34:50kind of a couple weeks because
- 34:53obviously you're also sorting out
- 34:55your summer plans and weighing
- 34:57different opportunities and stuff.
- 34:59So I would say usually take
- 35:00probably a couple weeks.
- 35:01But Josie Ann, what was your,
- 35:03what was your experience?
- 35:04I know you were working with Zara Schuber,
- 35:06and I know Zara's really kind
- 35:08of on top of it because she's
- 35:10been such a great partner.
- 35:11But what was your experience?
- 35:13Yeah,
- 35:14Yes. So I called my second
- 35:18interview with the organizations.
- 35:20It was during spring break and then
- 35:24like I believe two weeks after that
- 35:28I I received the offer and I had
- 35:32like I believe also two weeks to
- 35:35make to make a decision because
- 35:38I I had also applied at you know
- 35:41like as a backup or as a backup.
- 35:44I had also that offers from other places,
- 35:48but yeah, so I believe for me
- 35:51after so spring break interview two
- 35:55weeks the decision then two weeks
- 35:59I had to make add it. Ygh.
- 36:01Know whether I'm accepting the offer or not.
- 36:09Right. Thank you.
- 36:13What
- 36:17else? Anything else on
- 36:19people's mind. Hi Sohani. Hi
- 36:22I have a quick question. This is for
- 36:26the nursing school students right?
- 36:28Is it possible, and I apologize if I
- 36:31skip this part or missed this part,
- 36:33but is it possible for students to
- 36:37sort of defer their internship to
- 36:40the next year considering, you know,
- 36:42nursing school has some of them
- 36:44have like a three-year program
- 36:47here at nursing school. So if they apply
- 36:49in the first year, can they sort of do
- 36:54like be on the wait list for the and
- 36:56then in the next year sort of go ahead
- 36:59with the internship? Is that doable?
- 37:02That's a very interesting question.
- 37:04So hi, We've never had that situation.
- 37:07The only reason, the one reason,
- 37:09the main reason it gives me pause to defer
- 37:12is because essentially each year in some
- 37:16cases the placements have stayed the same,
- 37:19but in many ways they also
- 37:21kind of evolved and changed.
- 37:23And actually the placements with Zara at
- 37:25the World Bank very much remind me of that.
- 37:28And because they, the placements are
- 37:30very responsive to current priorities
- 37:32and projects that they're focused on.
- 37:35So like the nature of the work,
- 37:37like the type of work you might
- 37:39be doing is very similar,
- 37:40but the nature of the changes.
- 37:42So, So I I honestly,
- 37:45I don't know if you can,
- 37:47I mean we've never had that situation of hey,
- 37:48we have this great, can they defer.
- 37:50It's almost like well if if you can't
- 37:52do it for this year just reapply
- 37:54again next year and and and you know
- 37:57see how what the process unfolds.
- 38:01OK, that makes sense. Thank you.
- 38:05Sure. Thanks for being here to represent
- 38:07your your students at the School of Nursing.
- 38:11Yeah, I'm I'm happy to.
- 38:12I know there is interest,
- 38:13a lot of interest here.
- 38:15Unfortunately it falls within class time
- 38:18frames. So a lot of them
- 38:19couldn't make it, but yeah,
- 38:21yeah, but I'm glad.
- 38:22Well, we have you know like as
- 38:24I noted we we're recording.
- 38:26But you know, and certainly for all of you,
- 38:28feel free to e-mail me afterwards
- 38:30with any questions that you might
- 38:32have that that we did get to discuss.
- 38:34Sounds good. Thanks.
- 38:37So honey, I just just to
- 38:39add on that real quick.
- 38:40I can give you an I guess an example
- 38:43from my experience at the World Bank.
- 38:45Even though I was working
- 38:46on a climate and health,
- 38:48there are times at that department
- 38:50needed because I arrived in June and
- 38:53it was towards the end of fiscal year.
- 38:55So everyone was you know,
- 38:57like it was like go time and there
- 38:59are times I was pulled away from the
- 39:03climate and health work and to go
- 39:05support the like like the health and
- 39:08nutrition or some other work that
- 39:10like my supervisor Zara Shuba was
- 39:12working on like in Saudi Arabia on a
- 39:14physical activity and things like that.
- 39:16So even though you might go into
- 39:19the organization and like oh,
- 39:21this is the task that you are going
- 39:23to with an idea of what you're
- 39:25going to be working on,
- 39:26you can also vary depending
- 39:27on like like Mike said,
- 39:29depending on what their priorities are.
- 39:32And and that was like an example of,
- 39:35of where I was put away to support other
- 39:39department during during my internship.
- 39:41No, that's fascinating.
- 39:42You know,
- 39:43it's always so great that you can do
- 39:46multiple things within the organizations.
- 39:48Yes, yes, yes.
- 39:49And which is why I say like be flexible,
- 39:53be organized.
- 39:53And I also advocate for yourself.
- 39:56I my supervisors,
- 39:57I don't know that even though I was
- 40:01interested in climate and health
- 40:04system adaptation and things like that,
- 40:06but also.
- 40:06I wanted it to learn from other
- 40:08department and see how that work.
- 40:10You know like the whole the because they
- 40:12they work for the whole department and
- 40:15like speaks it all fits into you know,
- 40:17itself.
- 40:17So I it wasn't only for the
- 40:20climate and health I had also
- 40:22expressed interest that I'll do.
- 40:24I want to learn from her colleagues also
- 40:26you know like if I met someone during,
- 40:29you know the meeting or in the elevator,
- 40:31I'll ask them what are they
- 40:32doing and they're like, Oh yeah,
- 40:33I can you know.
- 40:34And I talked to my supervisor
- 40:37and express interest as I called.
- 40:38I am also interested in development.
- 40:41I'm also interested in nutrition
- 40:43and other projects as well.
- 40:45And I would love to see how it
- 40:47all fits in into the the the goal
- 40:49of the World Bank into the goal
- 40:51of supporting health systems and
- 40:53adaptation in middle income countries.
- 40:55If I
- 40:57can just add on to to Josie Ann's
- 41:00comments there on kind of flexibility and,
- 41:04you know, further opportunity.
- 41:08This past summer, Josie Ann's
- 41:10colleagues Mohammed and Natalia,
- 41:11who were at UNICEF actually
- 41:14had an opportunity to to travel
- 41:17to UNICEF sites in Belize.
- 41:19And I can't, I can't remember the
- 41:21other country off the top of my head,
- 41:22But interesting based off of that experience,
- 41:26now we have 2 specific opportunities
- 41:28with regional office.
- 41:29Yeah, the the Latin American
- 41:31Caribbean regional office.
- 41:33So and I'm sure there's other stories
- 41:36of how students that, you know,
- 41:37this was kind of their base responsibility,
- 41:39but.
- 41:39But other opportunities came up as well.
- 41:42Yes, yes. And I can add on that.
- 41:45So I don't want to take too much time.
- 41:47But yeah, so for for me and that
- 41:50federal charity we are working on,
- 41:53the decision framework.
- 41:54It's kind of like it was the starting point.
- 41:57So we're part of foundation work and
- 42:00we actually expressed interest to
- 42:02our supervisors and that we wanted to
- 42:04continue working on and they were both
- 42:07to allow us to continue working on it.
- 42:09So to this day now,
- 42:11I'm still working on it on
- 42:13a consulting basis.
- 42:14And so this is also another
- 42:17opportunity like to be able to
- 42:19see the way through and actually
- 42:21also maybe that can develop into
- 42:24like future opportunities for
- 42:26a job or something like that.
- 42:37Thank you for that applause there, Felicia.
- 42:41Any other questions that we could answer?
- 42:47So just one
- 42:49last question I have because like a
- 42:51lot of these global health institutions
- 42:53that we are partnering with right
- 42:56now are very like out of reach for,
- 42:58you know, a lot of people.
- 42:59It's like like like UNICEF.
- 43:01When would you like get to work with UNICEF?
- 43:04You know, it seems very out of reach,
- 43:06but then also quite intimidating because
- 43:09these are like huge global health
- 43:12organisations and the work they do
- 43:14seem like so important to World Peace.
- 43:19So I guess I'm just like what would
- 43:21be your advice and like you know,
- 43:22how we approach the application And
- 43:24just like this whole process in general,
- 43:26what are some of the questions that we
- 43:28should be thinking through for our own,
- 43:29like, you know, professional development
- 43:31as well as personal development?
- 43:33Because in the end,
- 43:35I think the goal of the fellowship is
- 43:37really to develop global health leaders.
- 43:40And so just how should we be like
- 43:42thinking through this and what mindset
- 43:44should we use to approach, you know,
- 43:46this whole process of our client?
- 43:50Can you share your own personal
- 43:51reflections? I think that would
- 43:53be that would be great. Yeah.
- 43:56So for me like I say, I think
- 44:03I want to say that I was don't be
- 44:06afraid to express your objectives
- 44:08but also to advocate for yourself.
- 44:12You know, like for me I was
- 44:16emphasizing on like jumping at
- 44:20the opportunity new challenges.
- 44:23I was a non student and I'm like non
- 44:25traditional student and I was not
- 44:27afraid to jump into new challenges.
- 44:30But I also, I was also looking for
- 44:32opportunity for leadership skills and
- 44:34I expressed that in my my application.
- 44:37I expressed that in my interview
- 44:39with my supervisors and with the YGH
- 44:43team as well and and also my values.
- 44:47You know, like for me I came from,
- 44:50I felt like, you know,
- 44:52like especially women and women
- 44:54of Cara in global health space,
- 44:56they are under presentative.
- 44:59They presented underrepresented.
- 45:01And so I also spoke on that and that
- 45:04was also another reason why I was
- 45:07interested in being this this space.
- 45:09And I I showed and spoke about
- 45:13the importance of that,
- 45:15how the presentation matter.
- 45:18And you know,
- 45:20like together with my experience my,
- 45:23you know from being in the
- 45:25refugee camp to being here ill.
- 45:27But also continue seeing seeing how
- 45:30some of the health challenges are
- 45:32experienced in the refugee camp to this day.
- 45:33They still you know like relevant
- 45:36and people are still dying from the
- 45:38same causes And so I spoke from I
- 45:41I was honest and I spoke you know,
- 45:44from my heart.
- 45:45I expressed my interest but also
- 45:47I also show them how this week
- 45:51and fits into my career goals.
- 45:54So I'll say you know,
- 45:56like be honest and just you know
- 45:59like right from your heart and and
- 46:03also have an objective like why,
- 46:05why the leadership, why they were big,
- 46:09why climate in health.
- 46:10And so that that's what I did
- 46:13in my application.
- 46:17And I would just say I couldn't
- 46:18have said it any better than
- 46:20what Joshi Ann just described.
- 46:21And I think that that comes through
- 46:23in kind of that initial interview.
- 46:26I think that's very effective when
- 46:28you ultimately have an interview
- 46:29with the World Bank or UNICEF,
- 46:31whatever it might be.
- 46:32I think one of the things I hope one
- 46:35of the advantages fellowship program
- 46:37because these organisms are so big
- 46:39there's so many different programs and
- 46:42and everything that it it's just an Ave.
- 46:44to try to break that barrier a little
- 46:47bit so you can have access to the
- 46:49opportunity right and but I think at the
- 46:52end of the day Josie Ann is exactly right.
- 46:54You know you know why why do you want
- 46:57to do this what is your objective what
- 46:59are the different you know skills and
- 47:01experiences that you could bring to it.
- 47:03My experience has been is when,
- 47:05when, when,
- 47:06when candidates are very articulate on
- 47:08articulate on those kinds of points,
- 47:10Those are the most attractive candidates
- 47:12I think for the different organizations.
- 47:17Thank
- 47:20you.
- 47:25All right. Anything,
- 47:26anything else on people's minds
- 47:33not seeing any
- 47:34just get the application in.
- 47:37Yes. Yeah. Yeah. So application is live.
- 47:40Please get your application in.
- 47:42If you do have any questions you can feel
- 47:44free to reach out to me directly over e-mail.
- 47:47I'm happy to do my best to to respond.
- 47:50Josie Ann thanks for the offer to reach
- 47:53out if you if you want to get more
- 47:55of a personal perspective from Josie
- 47:58Ann in her experience and but again,
- 48:01thanks so much for your for your
- 48:04time for your interest as well.