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 comprises 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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Global REACH by the Numbers

185
UMMS Faculty in our Global REACH network
32
UMMS students embarked on int'l educational experience in 2024-25
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International students and scholars hosted at Michigan Medicine through Global REACH in 2024-25
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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Research Training

CMB Biomedical Research Fellowships

Funded the CMB Foundation and facilitated by Global REACH, these fellowships offer early-career researchers or advanced students to spend up to a year working with mentors at highly-ranked academic institutions in China.

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My Faculty Finder

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Faculty Mentorship Grants

Supporting faculty engaging students in meaningful in-country global health experiences. Now accepting applications.

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Featured News & Stories

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Department News

Global REACH Welcomes Hospital Leaders from China and Ukraine

Global REACH welcomed 23 hospital administrators representing four institutions in two countries—China and Ukraine—for the spring 2026 session, marking the first multinational Global Executive Education cohort.
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Department News

Brazil visit strengthens oral, cardiovascular health partnership

A new international collaboration to explore the intersections between oral and cardiovascular health in women is progressing after a small group of researchers and clinicians from Brazil visited Ann Arbor this spring.
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Dermatology resident’s China rotation highlights value of global training

Leaders in Dermatology at Michigan Medicine are expanding a program that enables select residents to pursue a clinical experience abroad during the final year of training, with one resident having visited China late last year and three more expected to train abroad in the coming months.
2026 Awards for Outstanding International Engagement winners Elafros Hsu Beharry
Department News

Global REACH Honors 2026 Awardees for Outstanding International Engagement

Global REACH is proud to announce the winners of this year’s awards program: Assistant Professor of Neurology Melissa Elafros, MD, PhD; Surgery Resident Phillip Hsu, MD, PhD; and Kelly Beharry, a third-year U-M Medical School student.
Shane Quinonez
Department News

Quinonez named Director of Global REACH

Shane Quinonez, MD, who has served as Interim Director for the past year, has been appointed Director of Global REACH, effective March 1, 2026.
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Department News

Kellogg Eye Center Team Returns to Ethiopia to Strengthen Partnership

A team from the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center recently visited its longtime collaborators in Ethiopia for the first time in more than five years.