Engaged Opportunity Grants
Cross-Cultural Global Health Student Engagement and Research Presentation
Funding travel for student and community partner participation at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference
Since 2007, faculty from Cornell’s Global Health Program and Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University-College have worked together to design, implement and evaluate an innovative experiential learning program for students from both universities.
With support from this grant, four students attended the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference and presented case studies that highlighted the innovative and community-based engaged research work.
The Conference: Consortium of Universities for Global Health
Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Culture, Language and History; Education; Health, Nutrition and Medicine; Law, Government and Policy
The Team
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Jennifer DiPietro, Division of Nutritional Sciences
College of Human Ecology
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Anum Hussain ’19
College of Human Ecology
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Mia Haller ’19
College of Human Ecology
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Erin Kim ’20
College of Human Ecology
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Hannah Rashdan ’19
College of Human Ecology
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Sammy Evance
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
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Bilal Ahmad
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
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Lilian Marwa
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
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Ssemmanda Joseph
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
- Community partner: Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
Engaged Opportunity Grants
Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.