UIC College of Medicine and the International Emergency Medicine and Health Fellowship program in the department of Emergency Medicine are partnering with Engeye Health Clinic (EHC) in Uganda to initiate a global health program. This program aims to provide an international clinical experience for students and to help build sustainable programs and projects with the goal of improving the health of the surrounding community and country.

Our first trip will be August 2010 comprised of a team of attending physicians with extensive global health experience and medical students from UIC. This trip will have a clinical component where students will be exposed to the health needs of the community. Main health issues that Engeye Health Clinic face are malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, malaria, women’s health, and mother/baby health. We are also going to be conducting an assessment of the community to help plan for future cooperation with EHC. We hope that through this partnership any interested medical student will have the opportunity to gain exposure to global health.

If you would like to find out more about this upcoming trip, please contact Meredith Hill, MS4 at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Janet Lin, MD, MPH at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

To learn more about the UIC International Fellowship Program, visit uic.edu.