Emory’s Global Health Distinctions Program announces new interns

The Department of Medicine is pleased to share that new scholars have been selected for the J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program’s Global Health Distinctions Program (GHDP). The scholars will train under program directors Paulina Rebolledo, MD, MSc, and Russell Kempker, MD, MSc.

Established in 2007, the mission of the GHDP is to provide Emory’s internal medicine residents with training and mentoring in global health. The program prepares residents for field experiences in which they learn, build local capacity and sustainable relationships, and become inspired to consider careers in global health. GHDP graduates have a thorough understanding of active global health issues, hands-on domestic and international field experience, and a network of contacts that includes regional and national global health leaders. Since 2007, more than 50 internal medicine residents have participated in the program.

Selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, the following five interns have been selected for the GHDP. They will embark on a two-year program that includes a longitudinal global health curriculum and clinical rotations in Tuba City, Arizona through the Indian Health Services and in Addis Ababa, Ehtiopia, or Tblisi, Georgia.

• Aakriti Arora
• Charlie Fortin-Leung
• Chloe Lalonde
• Christina Lin
• Rahul Patel

Congratulations to the selected GHDP scholars! We know this program will be a highly enriching experience as they embark on their global health careers.