Global Health Immersion Program
**GHIP is managed by the Department of Global Health. For information, please see the GHIP website linked below**
**Click here to view the 2019 GHIP Information Session. (The video begins @ 6 min. Q&A with a 2019 GHIP participant starts @ 25 min.) Click here to view the Information Session PowerPoint.**
An experience-driven investigation of an issue will be developed by the student while participating in the Global Health Immersion Program (GHIP). This III program is for students with a strong interest in global health and underserved communities and is particularly suited to students on the Global Health Pathway. Students spend 8 weeks at a UW-affiliated partner site in a developing country, and are supported by local site faculty and by the GHIP Faculty Director, who is based in Seattle. GHIP students work with local partners to understand social determinants of health, conduct a community needs assessment, and devise and implement a project to improve the health of local communities.
| General Timeline | |
|---|---|
| November 3, 2021 | GHIP Information Session, 3 pm (PT) via Zoom |
| 12/04/21 | GHIP Applications open here. |
| 01/08/21 | GHIP Applications due |
| 02/28/22 | Accepted students commit to a project |
| March 20-21, 2022 | Mandatory orientation |
| Summer 2022 | Engage in your project |
| Fall 2022 | Attend the post-GHIP seminar in Seattle and present your work at the Medical Student III Poster Session |
Contact
- Faculty Director: Dr. Jason Beste, bestej@uw.edu