FAIMER is pleased to announce the selection of 17 winners of its 2015 Student Projects for Health competition. The Student Projects for Health competition—supported by the Global Education in Medicine Exchange (GEMx)consortium and FAIMER—will be a feature of the joint conference of The Network: Towards Unity for Health (TUFH) and the South African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE) that will take place September 12-16 in Gauteng Province, South Africa. The theme of the conference is “Education for Change.” Winners will be invited to attend the conference and present their projects. The award includes a travel grant of $2,000 and free conference registration.
The Student Projects for Health competition recognizes students who have made outstanding contributions to projects that successfully promote community health and well-being, and was open to all undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in any course of study who have been participating in such projects.
The winners of the 2015 Student Projects for Health competition are:
Nahyeni Bassah, Cameroon
Amy Booth, South Africa
Giancarlo Bruno, Italy
Sheila Chang, United States
Savo Bou Zein Eddine, Lebanon
Thomas Jeo Joseph, India
Martha Kirabo, Uganda
Amanda Liewen, United States
Thomas Mathew, India
Abhishek Mittal, India
Faith Nawagi, Uganda
Ubenthira Patgunarajah, India
G. Sundar Raajan, India
Mina Tanaka, United States
Deborah Uwadia, Nigeria
Karthikeyan V., India
Bessie Xijin Zhang, United States
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(posted June 16, 2015; updated June 1, 2016)
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