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.

David Bradley Rwanda
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 Blog
Worldwide Wolverines

Our new blog features reflections from University of Michigan medical students and visiting trainees as they learn, grow and collaborate across borders.

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Student Support
Introducing new grants, increased funding amounts

Global REACH is pleased to announced increased baseline funding amount for most UMMS student grants. We have also recently introduced a new funding mechanism specifically geared toward M1 and M2 students seeking an international educational experience.

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Featured News & Stories See all news Touring Rocha lab space in NCRC
Department News
Modeling oral, heart health connections: Global REACH grant supports new partnership
The newest collaboration supported by Global REACH aims to explore connections between oral health and cardiovascular health among women.
FMUSP delegation with Marcos Montagnini
Department News
Leaders from the University of São Paulo visit UMMS to deepen ties, expand exchange
Leaders from the University of São Paulo visited UMMS to renew collaborations, explore new research partnerships, and reaffirm student exchange agreements.
Lian Chen and Tim Johnson
Department News
After time at UMMS, visiting scholar publishes call for more leadership training in China
After completing a UMMS leadership program, a visiting doctor from China is encouraging healthcare leaders in her home country to launch similar training initiatives.
Tim Johnson in Ghana
Department News
‘His legacy will live on forever’: WHO Director General pens tribute to Dr. Tim Johnson
Colleagues, collaborators, and friends at U-M and throughout the global health community are mourning the recent loss of Dr. Timothy R.B. Johnson.
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Department News
Tradition meets Tech: UMMS Students Explore Medicine in China
Medical students spent two weeks in China as part of a unique program that combined clinical and cultural exchange.
Global Executive Education participants - outdoor challenge program
Department News
Learning to lead: Global partners visit UMMS for Executive Education
About 20 visiting physicians and health administrators from China spent much of May in Ann Arbor to glean insights about healthcare administration from Michigan Medicine leaders.