At the beginning of 2020, due to financial constraints and staff capacity, the GlobeMed network went through a resize. We committed to maintaining all of the chapters at minority serving institutions and historically Black colleges and universities. However, some of them asked to pause operations, as this decision happened as the COVID-19 pandemic was starting and many students didn’t know what to expect from their universities. As the situation, both at GlobeMed and at universities, has changed, we've been supporting students at those institutions to re-found their chapters, after a hiatus. E ..read more

Kelsey Glotz is a bedside nurse working as a beside nurse at a children's hospital in the neurology, neurosurgery, and endocrinology unit after graduating from Loyola University in Chicago. During her time as a part of GlobeMed at Loyola University, her chapter was partnered with Jambi Huasi, and organization that brings indigenous healing practices as well as Western medicine practices to the communities they serve. Kelsey talks about her experience as Director of Community Building for her chapter, advocating for medical decisions, and how she decided to have a home birth for her second chil ..read more

Kaleb Whitfield, GlobeMed at Georgia State University, and Ngozi Elobuike, GlobeMed at Howard University, both attended minority serving institutions, thought they wanted to become medical doctors, and had their lives changed from their GlobeMed experience. Communications Intern Caitriona Greene talked with Kaleb and Ngozi about what it was like to be a founding member of a chapter, how they changed their career paths, and the value of a GlobeMed experience. GlobeMed at Georgia State University on Instagram GlobeMed at Howard University on Instagram Art & Global Health Center Africa Nanch ..read more

Alex Moran, GlobeMed at the George Washington University alumnus, is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles. He's built a career around global research with a particular focus on HIV. He talks with Communications Intern Caitriona Greene about how GlobeMed gave him a foundation in working with local organizations, finding a passion for global and public health, and crucial skills he's picked up along the way. One of the skills he mentioned was learning a statistical programming language, such as R or Python. Codecademy is a free, online source where you can lea ..read more

The 2022 GlobeMed at University of Colorado, Boulder's Grassroots On-Site Work (GROW) interns were the first people from their chapter to visit their partner in-person since 2019. Shreya Sharma, Jeremiah Diaz, and Grace Matsey talk with Communications Intern Caitriona Greene about what their days were like in rural Nepal, how they worked together as a team, and what some of their biggest lessons were from their experience. Check out GlobeMed at University of Colorado, Boulder's Instagram. Learn more about Himalayan Healthcare and their work in Nepal. To learn more about GlobeMed's impact, chec ..read more

Victoria Inojosa is a GlobeMed at Loyola University alumna who went on to get her law degree from Cornell University. She talks with Communications Intern Caitriona Greene about the foundation that her GlobeMed experience gave her, how she ended up working specifically with people who are on death row, and the ways that the legal system is stacked against people. To learn more about some of the things Victoria mentioned, check out the links below. 25 Years of the AEDPA: Where do we stand? Anti-gay prejudice may have driven jurors to sentence a man to death. His execution is today. Season 2 of ..read more

Stevie Askew is a GlobeMed at Northwestern University alumna and worked as a Chapter and Partnership Coach at GlobeMed HQ for the 2021-2022 academic year. She talks with Communications Intern Caitriona Greene about what it was like to grow up on the far South Side of Chicago and then see similarities in a rural community in Uganda. She shares about how going on her Grassroots On-site Work, or GROW, internship at Adonai Child Development Center contributed to her desire to become a physician. Stevie also talks about what it's been like to work at HQ and what some of her successes have been and ..read more

GlobeMed at University of Rochester alumna, Nisha Arya, speaks with Communication Intern Caitriona Green about her experiences and what she's learned about equitable community partnerships. Nisha talks about her Grassroots On-Site Work (GROW) experience, what it was like to lead globalhealthU sessions, and what is important to her when partnering with a community. Nisha worked with GlobeMed at University of Rochester's partner Social Organization for Voluntary Action, based in Odisha, India on her GROW trip. Some of the things that Nisha and Cat mentioned: Spectrum Jubilee YouTube videos Gard ..read more

Sarah Stern is a GlobeMed at Columbia alum and currently works as a Health Educator at the Center for American Indian Health at Johns Hopkins University, creating curriculums in partnership with tribal communities that further public health initiatives. Growing up in the capital of the Cherokee Nation (Tahlequah, Oklahoma), Sarah witnessed the overwhelming need for public health programs within her community and became interested in sustainable health initiatives at a young age. Sarah graduated from Columbia University in May of 2016 with an honors degree in Gender and Sexuality Studies a ..read more

GlobeMed was founded in 2006 by a group of passionate students who wanted to engage in global health in a way that had a lasting impact. The model they came up with has chapters of university students working in one-to-one, long-term partnership with a groundbreaking grassroots organization in Asia, Africa, or the Americas. As a part of this partnership, students participate in a Grassroots On-site Work, or GROW, internship with their partner, giving them an opportunity to learn directly from global health experts. As part of our ongoing celebration of GlobeMed turning 15, Communications Inter ..read more