Global Health News and Events
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Zika Virus Symposium - From Z to A
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MUSC Emergency Medicine Resident Presents Malaria Research Findings
Congratulations to Lacey Menkin, MD, a resident in the MUSC Emergency Medicine Division, who presented at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly regarding her team’s research findings on the diagnosis of malaria at a clinic in Uganda. Despite a 2010 edict from the World Health Organization requiring confirmatory testing of suspected malaria before treatment, the majority of health care providers in rural Sub-Saharan Africa continue to treat suspected malaria using only clinical judgment. This is also the case with a large number of short-term mission teams, |
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MUSC Students Around the Globe
Ever wonder why global health matters to MUSC students? Check out what some of the former Center for Global Health travel grant recipients had to say about how an overseas experience shaped their perceptions about practicing health care in the U.S.
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Center for Global Health 2016 Travel Grant Finalists Announced
Trainee Travel Grant Awardees
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A world beyond Grey's Anatomy: Reflections from Ashley Hall students
Tackling HIV and diabetes in Tanzania. Battling Ebola on the front lines of West Africa. Fighting global tobacco. These aren’t the typical topics most high school students learn about in their ninth grade biology class. But Allison Sill Bowden isn’t your typical teacher at Ashley Hall. “Our class is currently studying about bacterial and viral infections, but I was eager to expose my students to some of the most pressing health |
MUSC Global Health Symposium November 3-4, 2015
Tuesday, November 3
8:00 am Registration and Coffee 8:30 am Welcome |
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MUSC Advocate Takes on Sickle Cell Disease
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An Inside View of Medical Mission in Honduras
By Shakira Lynn
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Student Reflection from the Field: Elizabeth Bernard
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Reflections from Thomonde, Haiti: Melissa Hite
By Melissa Hite
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Bailey Beauclair, College of Health Professions
The developed world has a surplus of knowledge, expertise and technological innovation at its disposal. Just in the past year the world did not know it would have an 
On May 16, 2015, I began my journey back to Olancho, Honduras on my third mission trip with Mercer on Mission. As the nurse practitioner with this group my primary role is to assist with the assessment and treatment of patients; however, I also work with students to help guide the flow of clinic and patient care. This year our group consisted of nursing, pharmacy, medical,
It is difficult to begin to describe how truly wonderful my trip to Uganda was. As I sit to write this reflection, I am still in amazement that I was able to have this experience, see the sites and patients that I saw, and meet so many magnificent people. It provided more educational and personal growth than I could have ever imagined. I met so many remarkable people along the way, including the clinic team that I
Joining Service Learners International (SLI) as a first year in medical school was not an easy decision, as there were many enticing opportunities for that “last summer of life”; however, I valued its foundation as a student-led organization that allowed a deeper level of involvement in the trip planning and also allowed continuity in a global project for the duration of medical school.