Editor’s Note: On November 10, 2014, Jennifer Hatfield, Ph.D., associate dean for global health & international partnerships at the University of Calgary, will speak at Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Global Health Conference. She’ll address ethics in global health partnerships. We asked her to share some of her thoughts on the subject in advance of Read more
Global Health
Talk about a doctor on the move. For nearly four decades – from Guatemala to Uganda and points in between, Dr. Jerry Paccione Jr. has been a galvanizing force in promoting global health. His drive to treat patients in remote areas where health care is extremely limited has resulted in one of Einstein’s most vibrant Read more
“Yair,” the nurse said in a serious tone, “necesito que me ayudes”—“I need you to help me.” The urgent request occurred while I was working in the O2 Traveler’s Clinic in Cusco, Peru, as part of Einstein’s Global Health Fellowship Program‘s medical Spanish program this past summer. There, I was part of the team; I Read more
I am not a doctor. I haven’t spent much time working in hospitals. That made working at a malaria research ward in the African country of Malawi a challenge—and an experience that continues to inspire me. I’m a fourth-year Ph.D. student performing my thesis research in the laboratory of Dr. Johanna Daily. What drew me Read more
I left New York on a chilly New Year’s Day to embark on a research and care mission in southern India. The experience would expose me to a fascinating culture and allow me to pursue my clinical research passion: reversing the tide of diabetes, a disease that is projected to reach epidemic proportions in Read more
He arrived looking nervous but determined. As a young man diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 14, Rajesh had been cared for since his adolescence at the diabetes clinic at the Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, India. Throughout his many years as an outpatient, he had developed close relationships with Read more
