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Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Global Health Fellowship Consortium announces the 2012-2013 Fogarty Fellows

The Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Global Health Fellowship Consortium (VECD) is pleased to announce the selection of the 2012 VECD Fellows. Funded by the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health this fellowship program, which is in its first year, provides year-long global health mentored research traineeships for 8-14 fellows annually.  The first cohort of fellows includes two U.S. medical students, 9 U.S. post-doctoral fellows and 3 post-doctoral fellows from Haiti, Zambia, and Vietnam.

Global Fellowship in Malawi Inspires Vanderbilt Medical Student

Brian Barnett, a fourth year student at Vanderbilt School of Medicine, discusses the valuable experience he has earned through his Fulbright-Fogarty fellowship, from overseeing a research project, to eventually analyzing data and disseminating his interpretation. Because of his time in Malawi, Barnett says there will always be a global component to his work.