DGHI Awards Student Research Grants for Summer 2008

The Duke Global Health Institute has awarded nearly $80,000 to 21 graduate, undergraduate, and medical students grants for summer research. 

The students will be working on projects in eight different countries: India, Haiti, Singapore, Tanzania, South Africa, Togo, Rwanda, and Uganda.  The grants will assist the students with travel expenses and research/service material costs.

Medical students plan to study topics such as infant and child nutrition, the health care system in Singapore, and HIV testing in infants.  Undergraduates will work in areas such as empowering children orphaned by AIDS in Rwanda, studying virology with regard to the developing world, and assessing equipment use, functionality and repair at Mulago Hospital in Uganda, which received life-saving usable surplus equipment through the Duke Global Health PLUS program last year.  A group of five undergraduate and graduate students will also travel to Tanzania to study the mental health of hospital patients. 

“We had many applications for these grants, and were impressed with the passion that so many Duke students have for pursuing global health experiences,” said Sumi Ariely, student project coordinator for the Duke Global Health Institute.  “We look forward to funding more students in the future.”

For more details about DGHI student grants, visit the education pages.