Sustained International Collaborations:

CGH Runners

Provost Gene Block and Dean Tim Garson visit the UVa-UFC favela Project with Dr. Aldo Lima Co - Principal Investigator in Fortaleza Brazil

  • In Brazil, Ghana, South Africa, China, Philippines, Bangladesh, and India both sides benefit a win-win situation 

  • Over 200 UVA CGH Scholars have experienced life-changing work abroad (>50 this year from 30 Departments) 

  • Over 80 NIH, Fogarty, and Rockefeller Fellows from abroad have been trained, with 100% returning home to become leaders and collaborators 

  • New curricula, including courses, lectures, minor in global public health

CGH Runners

Dr. Anastacio de Sousa (First CGH Fellow from Fortaleza who became Secretary of Health for Ceará), Dean Tim Garson,Provost Gene Block, Dr. Richard L. Guerrant, Rector Manasses Fonteles and Dr. Aldo Lima at the 25th year celebration of UFC-UVa collaboration in Fortaleza, Brazil.