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From Classroom to Clinic: How SIFH in Uganda Transformed a Healthcare Student blog careers in global health clinical observations community stories fimrc fimrc programs global health volunteer program medical professional medical rotation program medical student peru professional development public health sihf summer international health fellowship travel uganda volunteer experience Feb 13, 2026

Understanding global health takes more than lectures and textbooks. It requires immersion, humility, and real-world experience.

For Tea Sweeney, a Global Public Health and Africana Studies student at Binghamton University, the Summer International Health Fellowship (SIFH) in Bududa, Uganda became t...

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SIFH: The Global Health Fellowship That Transforms Students Into Real-World Changemakers blog fimrc fimrc fellow global health medical student peru sihf summer international health fellowship travel uganda volunteer volunteer experience Dec 29, 2025

Understanding global health is not something you learn from a textbook,  it’s something you live.
FIMRC’s Summer International Health Fellowship (SIHF) is designed exactly for that: to immerse students, pre-meds, public health majors, and healthcare professionals in a month-long, intensive, hands-on ...

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Undergraduate and Graduate Student Volunteers Bring Invaluable Skills and Perspectives to Global Health Programs costa rica ethical volunteering global health graduate student medical rotation program medical student nicaragua peru project alajuelita project bududa project huancayo project limĂłn sihf summer international health fellowship uganda undergraduate student volunteer experience Mar 25, 2019

Jessica Southern recently transitioned to a new role as Key Relations Manager at FIMRC HQ after spending more than seven years as Field Operations Manager at Project Limón, Nicaragua. Jessica is sharing her insights on the value of partnerships since she took on this new role.  

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