Sumner's research includes investigating motorcycle injuries in Tanzania.
Published February 26, 2013, last updated on April 9, 2018 under Education News
Five Duke medical residents and trainees have begun their global health clinical research projects in Africa and South Asia as 2012-2013 Fogarty Fellows. The VECD Fogarty Global Health Fellowship is a prestigious opportunity awarded to a select group of trainees each year.
Funded by the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health, the global health fellowship enables trainees to engage in a year-long mentored research project at an international training site.
This year, Fogarty fellows Paul Park, Matthew Rubach, Steven Sumner, Gayani Tillekeratne and Sky Vanderburg are working in Kenya, Tanzania and Sri Lanka on projects related to chronic diseases, bacterial infections, injury, environmental health and fever.
The program is led at Duke by Nathan Thielman and Eric Velazquez through the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health. Duke is one of four institutions that is part of the VECD Global Health Fellowship Consortium. Other collaborating institutions include Vanderbilt University, Emory University and Cornell University.
2012-2013 Fellows from Duke University:
Paul Park, MD
Resident, Internal Medicine & Global Health Pathway, Duke Master of Science in Global Health, Duke University
Fellowship Site: Moi University, Kenya
Research Topics: diabetes, chronic diseases, HIV co-morbidity
Matthew Rubach, MD
Fellow, Infectious Diseases, Duke University
Fellowship Site: Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania
Research Topic: bacterial zoonoses
Steven Sumner, MD
Resident, Internal Medicine & Global Health Pathway, Duke Master of Science in Global Health, Duke University
Fellowship Site: Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania
Research Topic: environmental health, injury
Gayani Tillekeratne, MD
Fellow, Global Health Pathway, Duke Master of Science in Global Health, Duke University
Fellowship Site: Ruhuna University, Sri Lanka
Research Topic: febrile illness
Sky Vanderburg, MD candidate
Medical Student, Third Year Global Health Study Program, Duke University
Fellowship Site: Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania
Research Topics: febrile illness, bacterial zoonoses, global oncology
