AMSA Global Health 4-Week Place-Based Scholarship
In alignment with CFHI's commitment to delivering the best global health programs, we are excited to present the CFHI AMSA Global Health Scholarship. We will award one scholarship worth $1000 for a 4-week place-based program in 2024.
AMSA - American Medical Student Association is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States. Today, AMSA is a student-governed, national organization committed to representing the concerns of physicians-in-training.
Eligibility: Applicant must be an AMSA member. Any student currently enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or post-graduate program who plans to participate in a place-based CFHI program taking place in 2023. Student must also demonstrate a proven commitment to global health and accurately portray how a CFHI program will make her/him a better future physician.
How to apply: Applicants will be asked to upload the following:
2. Letter of recommendation (professional or academic)
3. Personal CV (Curriculum Vitae)
Award Details: The student selected for the AMSA Place-based scholarship and receive a $1000 award that will go toward the program fee of a 4-week CFHI Global Health Education Program taking place in 2023. To review the possible opportunties, please visit the webpages for CFHI Global Health Education Programs.
Deadline: January 26th, 2024
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Previous Recipients:
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Amanda Amen is a 4th year medical student at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis where she completed a major in Anthropology with a concentration in Global Health and minors in Biology and Arabic. She will begin an emergency medicine residency at UCLA Ronald Reagan/Olive View medical centers in July, 2020 and is interested in global health, social emergency medicine, and critical care. She participated in the Community and Tropical Medicine program in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. |
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Sara Fassio is a 4th year medical student at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. She received her undergraduate degrees in Microbiology and Spanish from Oregon State University, where she participated in a CFHI program in Ecuador as a premed. Her interests lie in women's health, advocacy, and global health with the goal of improving access to care and addressing healthcare disparities. She will be participating in the Hospital Medicine in Latin America program in Córdoba, Argentina. |
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Paul Chakkaphak is a first year medical student at the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is from Jacksonville, FL and received his undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University. After completing his degree, Paul worked in several fields before discovering an interest in medicine while traveling in various parts of Texas and northern Mexico. He is passionate about using his medical degree as a means to serve those disadvantaged and medically-underserved communities which first inspired him. He will be participating in the Intensive Beginner Spanish and Healthcare Program in Oaxaca, Mexico, with the goal of better preparing himself to work with Spanish speaking patients in his future practice. |