GE/NMF International Medical Scholars Program
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Funded International Fellowship OpportunityIn partnership with GE’s Developing Health Globally Program, NMF is pleased to request applications from qualified rising 4th year minority medical students for an ALL EXPENSE PAID externship in Africa.
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2011 GE Scholars Help Baby Ray
While working in the maternity ward at Kintampo Municipal Hospital, in Kintampo, the newest Ghana NMF site, we fell in love with an abandoned newborn who we named Ray. We cared for Baby Ray at the hospital as if he were our son...
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Established in 2005, the GE Medical Scholars Program is an international fellowship offered annually to eligible 4th year minority medical students. GE/NMF International Medical Scholars Program complete a two-month elective in Ghana or Uganda, which focuses on critical regional health care needs. The Class of 2011 is comprised of fourteen outstanding 4th year medical students from 10 states and 13 medical schools. There were many qualified applicants this year, and the International Advisory Board chose the Class of 2011 based on the strength of their medical school recommendations, personal statements, academic achievements, and interviews.
| Name | School | Site |
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| Tisha Barnett | Stony Brook School of Medicine | Ghana |
| Kerry-Ann Kelly | Morehouse School of Medicine | Ghana |
| Prescilia Isedeh | Meharry Medical College | Ghana |
| Shakaria D. Johnson | Medical University of South Carolina | Ghana |
| Maria Berenice Nava | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA /Drew Medical Education Program | Ghana |
| Anne-Lise Paisible | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Ghana |
| Joanna J. Parga | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Ghana |
| Stephanie Staples | Temple University School of Medicine | Ghana |
| Kathy Jo Carstarphen | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Uganda |
| Ijeoma Ejigiri | NYU School of Medicine | Uganda |
| Allen P Hoang | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Uganda |
| Leonard Moore | Morehouse School of Medicine | Uganda |
| Karen Revere | University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine | Uganda |
| Natasha L. Spencer | Florida State University College of Medicine | Uganda |
NMF is grateful to the GE Foundation, the GE African American Forum, and the extraordinary people involved in the GE Africa project. These organizations provide the necessary support for the GE/NMF International Medical Scholars Program so that collaboratively we can to improve healthcare for the people of Ghana and Uganda.
NMF is currently accepting applications for the following programs:
