Scholarly Projects & Scholarly Work

In March 2025, med student and participant in the Global Health Distinction Track, Rhen Davis traveled to Pittsburgh, PA to attend the 2025 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference (EHDI) at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.  During this time, Rhen was not only able to learn and network, but he also presented his research poster titled, “Addressing Global Hearing Impairment in Low-Income Countries Such as Peru.” Research for his project was conducted in part while on his Global Health rotation with the Vive Peru program in Trujillo, Peru.

In April 2024, med student and participant in the Global Health Distinction Track, Molly Courtright presented her poster titled “Building Better Health: Evaluating Needs for Sustainable Impact at Kapsowar Mission Hospital – A Global Health Needs Assessment Study” at the  Annual Research Day hosted by the College of Medicine- Tucson.  In year 1 of med school, Molly traveled to Kenya where she spent two-weeks rotating at the Kapsowar Mission Hospital gaining valuable field experience, basic knowledge, skills and learning more about the  relationship between health and the social determinants of health.

Recent graduate and participant in the Global Health Distinction Track Karol Kamel’s capstone project entitled “Complicated urachal cyst in two pediatric patients: a case report,” was published by BioMed Central (BMC) in March of 2023.  View Dr. Kamel’s full published article >>