Global REACH
International Partnerships Based on Trust, Built to Last

Supporting and facilitating global health activities and programs for faculty, trainees and students seeking international learning experiences.

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For Students

Explore resources supporting international educational experiences for UMMS students.

For Faculty

Explore funding opportunities and other resources to help faculty engage with collaborators overseas.

About Us

Global REACH facilitates international partnerships, programs and exchanges across the UMMS campus. Meet the team and learn about what we do.

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Education and Training

Global REACH supports experiences and training to help our UMMS students, colleagues and partners engage in global health across all stages of their career.

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International Partners

Global REACH creates and maintains collaboration agreements with 30-plus partner institutions around the world. Such agreements govern student and scholar exchange, research collaborations and other activities.

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Faculty Network

Our faculty network boasts more than 200 colleagues from nearly every UMMS department and discipline who are engaged around the world in meaningful collaborations.

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International Visitors

Global REACH helps to welcome many dozens of students, scholars, and healthcare leaders visiting Michigan Medicine from abroad each year.

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Faculty in our Global REACH network
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Papers by Global REACH Faculty Associates authored with foreign co-authors in 2018-19
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UMMS students had international experiences across 17 countries in 2018-19
Global Health Awards: Submit a Nomination

Global REACH seeks to recognize outstanding international engagement among members of the U-M Medical School. Our team is accepting nominations in three categories—faculty, students, residents/fellows—with plans to honor winners during a spring global health forum in April.

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April 21, 2025
Spring 2025 Global Health Forum

Our Spring Forum will bring together members of the UMMS community with a shared interest in global health and international collaborations. Join us to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year and share information about how Global REACH can help students and faculty pursue their global health goals.

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Department News
Partnering to improve child psychiatry training, services in Uzbekistan
Psychiatry Mohammad Ghaziuddin travels to Uzbekistan on Fulbright Scholarship to help establish a formal child psychiatry training program
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Department News
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Department News
Awards for Outstanding International Engagement
Global REACH is seeking nominations for awards honoring outstanding international engagement among members of the U-M Medical School.
UMMS student Amy Kwarteng with other participants at the Winter Schools 2024 session.
Department News
Winter is coming: Brazil partner seeks applicants for Winter Schools program
2025 FMUSP Winter Schools program applications now open, funding available
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Department News
New surgery fellowship program in Ghana marks first graduation
A fellowship program to train Ghanaian colorectal surgeons has produced its first graduate and is expanding with continued support from Michigan Medicine and others.
David Bradley in Rwanda
Department News
'Delighted with our progress': Pediatric cardiology training program grows in Rwanda
What Professor of Pediatrics David Bradley started in 2022 has grown into a sustainable program, with the first trainee nearing graduation and others close behind in a growing pipeline.