Anubha Agarwal will be working with DGHI faculty member Gerald Bloomfield to study the health impacts of indoor air pollution in Kenya.
Published July 23, 2013, last updated on April 9, 2018 under Education News
The Duke Global Health Institute’s first class of Doris Duke fellows at Duke University will begin their work in East Africa this month. With the goal of producing future leaders in global health clinical research, the program involves training and 8-9 months of mentored clinical research in the field.
The inaugural members of the prestigious Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellowship at Duke University are U.S. medical students Anubha Agarwal, Julia Beamesderfer and Jing Ren. They are embarking on their yearlong clinical research projects this month at one of two DGHI Priority Partnership Locations in East Africa: Eldoret, Kenya or Moshi, Tanzania.
Agarwal, Beamesderfer and Ren will study the health impact of indoor air pollution, malaria and infectious diseases under the mentorship of DGHI faculty Gerald Bloomfield, Wendy O’Meara and Elizabeth Reddy.
This is the first year Duke is offering the fellowship DGHI’s Dennis Clements is the program’s faculty advisor. Funding for the fellowship comes from a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Click on the video below to hear from the students on choosing Duke, more on their projects, and what they look forward to this year.
