Global Health Student Research Training (SRT) is an intensive experiential learning program that engages second- and third-year undergraduates in the development, implementation and assessment of a community-based global health project. Students work on issues ranging from infant mortality and healthcare mapping to access to care for migrant populations, HIV/AIDS and substance abuse issues.
Working with a faculty director and a community partner, students are at the center of global health challenges and will have the opportunity to use skills learned in the classroom to support community-based partners.
SRT is offered through the Duke Global Health Institute and is part of the Bass Connections Global Health theme.
Timing
The program runs during the summer each year, with the application deadline in the preceding October.
Compensation
Participants receive a grant to cover their fieldwork experience and will be part of a small, collaborative team that will work together through the next year.
Explore Projects for Summer 2022
Explore global health challenges in local contexts
"Our fieldwork experience reinforced the notion that local is global. We were welcomed by the hospitality of the community and exposed to the richness of its culture and history, and we recognized how domestic health challenges equally deserve global health efforts."
–Han Nguyen '18 (Psychology and Global Health) and Joyce En-Hua Wang '19 (Neuroscience and Global Health)
Design and implement global health projects in the field
"Our primary project ... was to provide free eye exams at local schools and distribute glasses as needed to students [in Roatán, Honduras] ... After two months, we were able to reach more than 2,500 students in 20 schools, covering a large majority of the island. The vast majority of students had never received an eye exam before, so every day ... was extremely rewarding."
–Jesse Mangold '18 (Biology and Global Health)
Browse Past Projects
- Community-Engaged Sickle Cell Disease Research and Educational Outreach in Kalangala, Uganda
- Environmental Exposures: Health Outcomes for Minority Owned Auto Repair Shops
- Physical and Mental Health Support and Outcomes for Children in Residential Care Programs
- Reproductive Health in Western Kenya
- Saving Sight / Roatán
- Honduras: Saving Sight in Roatán
- India: Physical and Mental Health Support and Outcomes for Residential Care Programs
- Kenya: Cervical Cancer Awareness, Screening and Prevention in Western Kenya
- North Carolina: TROSA Model
- Ghana: Health and Well-being of Informal, Small-scale Gold Miners in Amansie West District, Ghana
- Honduras: Saving Sight/Roatán
- India: Physical and Mental Health Support and Outcomes for Residential Care Programs
- Kenya: WISER Community Programs Impact Evaluation
- Kenya: Cervical Cancer Awareness, Screening and Prevention in Western Kenya
- North Carolina: TROSA Model
- North Carolina: Improving Physical Activity, Nutrition and Social Support for Families through Community-based Partnerships
- Saving Sight: Roatán
- Physical and Mental Health Support and Outcomes for Children in Residential Care Homes
- Community Health in Rural Uganda
- Investigating Mechanisms for Disparities in Kidney Disease
- Reducing Health Disparities in Maya Guatemala
- Data Science for Women's Health