Links of Interest
Connect to useful websites at Penn and Beyond
Websites of interest are organized under the following headings:
Penn Global Engagement
- Penn Libraries Resources for Global Partners
- Botswana/Penn Partnership (includes opportunities for Penn students)
- International Educational Development Program (includes International Internship Program)
- Population Studies Center/Social Networks Project: Kenya & Malawi
- International Student and Scholar Services: International Affairs @ Penn
- Penn Compact: Engaging Globally
- Penn Partnerships for Global Health
- Hewlett Award for Innovations in International Offerings
Penn Schools Global Engagement
- Annenberg School for Communication
- School of Arts and Sciences
- School of Dental Medicine
- School of Design
- Graduate School of Education
- School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Law School
- School of Nursing
- School of Social Work (International)
- Wharton School
Penn Centers & Institutes
- African Studies Center: Resources on African Health & Diseases (includes job info)
- Advanced Study of India
- AIDS Research (CFAR)
- Center for Health Disparities Research -- School of Nursing
- East Asian Studies
- Environmental Studies
- Global Studies @ the School of Arts & Sciences (SAS)
- Latin American & Latino Studies
- Middle East Center
- South Asia Center
Academic Engagement Beyond Penn
- American Medical Student Association (AMSA) (Global Health Resources)
- American Medical Student Association (AMSA) (International Health Opportunities Search Engine)
- AMSA/IFMSA Research & Clinical Opportunities
- Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative
- Bridging the Gaps
- Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
- Duke Global Health Institute
- Emory Global Health Institute
- Global Health Education Consortium (GHEC; formerly IHMEC)
- Global Medical Brigades (Penn has a Club)
- Harvard Global Health Institute
- International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA)
- Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health
- The Lancet Student
- MEDSIN-UK
- Stanford Medicine Center for Global Health
- Students4Students
- Tulane University Office of Global Health
- Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (Penn chapter)
- U of Arizona Global Health: Clinical and Community Care -- Free Summer Course
- UCSF Global Health Sciences
- U of Nebraska
- U of Washington Department of Global Health
Governmental Organizations
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Canadian International Development Agency
- Centers for Disease Control, Epidemiology Elective for Senior Med Students
- Centers for Disease Control, Office of Global Health
- Institute of Medicine (of the National Academy of Sciences)
- International Development Research Centre (Canadian)
- US Agency for International Development
- US Agency for International Development Global Health Office
- US Dept. of Health & Human Services
- US Peace Corps
- US State Department Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets
International Organizations
- Disease Control Priorities Project (World Bank Group)
- International Red Cross
- International Monetary Fund
- Pan American Health & Education Foundation
- Pan American Health Organization
- United Nations & related international organizations
- World Bank
- World Health Organization
Non-Governmental Organizations
- Acción Médica Cristiana
- African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP)
- Africare
- American Academy of Family Physicians (International)
- American Cancer Society: Surveillance and Health Policy Research
- American College of Emergency Physicians: International Rotations (See "Rotations" for International Opportunities)
- American Council for Voluntary International Action
- American Friends Service Committee
- American Medical Women's Association
- American Public Health Association
- American Refugee Committee
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (International Resources)
- Belize Rural Elective Program
- Building Bridges Coalition (includes search engine for organizations & volunteer opportunities in specific locations)
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Californians For Pesticide Reform
- Canadian Network for International Surgery
- Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief
- Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH)
- Center for Global Safe Water
- Center for Healthy Development at Georgia State University
- Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
- Child & Family Health International
- Christian Connections for International Health
- Children's Heart Link
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia -- Alliance for International Medicine
- Common Hope
- Cross-Cultural Solutions
- Doctors on Call for Service
- Doctors for Global Health
- Doctors Without Borders USA
- Global Forum For Health Research
- Global Health Council
- Global Health Corps
- Global Service Corps
- Global Medicine Network
- Habitat for Humanity
- Himalayan Health Exchange
- Hope Alliance
- International Alliance in Service and Education
- International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH)
- International Healthcare Opportunities Clearinghouse
- International Medical Corps
- International Medical Volunteers Assoc.
- International Rescue Committee
- MAP International
- Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)
- Network of Community Oriented Educational Institutions for Health Sciences
- Network Towards Unity for Health
- Nicaraguan Network
- Operation Giving Back -- American College of Surgeons (volunteer opportunities search engine)
- Operation Smile
- Orbis International
- Oxfam
- Partners in Health
- Physicians for Human Rights
- Project Concern International
- Project Hope
- Public Health Jobs Worldwide
- Rotary International
- Timmy Global Health (1-week missions)
- Unite for Sight (volunteer opportunities in Ghana and India)
- Yachana Foundation
Teaching Modules in Global Health
- Ecohealth (Environmental Change & Our Health)
- GHEC
- Health Sciences Online
- Stanford Ethical Challenges in Short-Term Global Health Training
- University of Pittsburgh Supercourse
- USAID Global Health eLearning Center Training
Information Resources/References
- Albert Schweitzer Institute
- Centers for Disease Control Travel Information
- Environmental Change and Diarrheal Disease: A Natural Experiment (Eco Dess)
- Fogarty International Directory of Grants and Fellowships in the Global Health Sciences
- Ford Foundation
- Gapminder
- Gates Foundation
- Global Health Programs @ Penn: Bibliography
- Global Public Health: an international journal for research, policy & practice
- Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
- Association for Community Health Improvement
- Hesperian Foundation
- Library of Congress Country Studies
- Médecins Sans Frontières Research for Health Workers in Developing Countries
- MacArthur (The John D. and Catherine T.) Foundation
- Penn Issues in Global Health Course References
- Population Institute
- Population Reference Bureau
- Research funding opportunities
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Teaching Aids at Low Cost
- Travel Visa Information
- TropIKA/Tropical Diseases Research to Foster Innovation & Knowledge Application
- Weather
- World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency)
- Worldmapper (animations comparing socioeconomics and demographics of different parts of the world)
Last updated: November 20, 2012
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