January 28, 2010 - 6:37am
by Katharine Boyle Last summer I spent two months in Haiti working at GHESKIO, an HIV clinic, located in Port-au-Prince. I was interested in working at GHESKIO because it is a locally-run clinic, and its doctors have helped forge a path for providing HIV care in Haiti and other developing countries. ... Read More
October 9, 2009 - 7:31am
by Cora Walsh
Cora and the pediatric nutrition team
Following my first year of medical school, I had the opportunity to spend the summer in Port au Prince, Haiti at the GHESKIO center for clinical care and research in HIV/AIDS and related diseases. Through clinical rotations I was able to learn from... Read More
September 8, 2009 - 8:22am
by Carlo Canepa
Carlo leads a training session on solar-powered head lamps
Liberia: it's hard to know what to expect. A few ideas come to mind: bucket showers, friendly faces, a rich culture, and crippling poverty exacerbated by civil war. But what do I, a first year medical student, know beyond that... Read More
June 6, 2009 - 4:00pm
Dr. Beatrice Im, an Assistant Professor at WCMC, is worked in Mwanza, Tanzania, at Weill Bugando between 2007 and 2009. Dr. Im worked with students, residents, and interns in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Bugando Medical Centre and played an important role in the mission to treat... Read More
June 6, 2009 - 4:00pm
by Lisa KingI met my first pediatric AIDS patient today. She’s in the bed by the window wearing a red jacket, and that’s not her mother sitting on the foot of her bed, that’s a woman from the orphanage where she lives. Her smile charms me instantly- melts me to the core really. I flip through her chart... Read More
June 6, 2009 - 4:00pm
by Erin McClellanIn the summer of 2008, Mallory Delehanty and I spent six weeks working at Fundacion Tierra Nueva health clinic in south Quito, Ecuador. The clinic was founded by a Catholic, Italian Priest in 1970 and offers primary care and specialty care at low cost. It primarily serves the working... Read More
June 6, 2009 - 4:00pm
by Erica Miller
Cornell University student Erin Byrt ('09) (left) and WCMC student Erica Miller ('11) (right) at Weill Bugando
I had the tremendous opportunity to study at the Weill Bugando Medical Center and Bugando University School of Health Sciences in Mwanza, Tanzania during the summer between my... Read More
June 6, 2009 - 4:00pm
Monica Prieto, a second-year medical student at WCMC, participated in a pediatrics project at Bugando Medical Centre (BMC) in Mwanza, Tanzania during the summer of 2008. Monica's general interests lie in pediatrics, community medicine, and minority health. After a memorable college internship at a... Read More
April 6, 2009 - 3:00pm
The issues of global health and poverty seem far removed from the consciousness and conscience of most Americans. On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where Weill Cornell is located, the global health crisis feels remote indeed. Often, we lose touch with our collective ethical obligation to remediate... Read More
March 19, 2009 - 8:28am
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