Global Women's Health Advanced Training Program

Trainees will be trained in the application of any and all of the department’s clinical programs to Global contexts. Clinical work will take place primarily at Michigan Medicine (12-16 months) and at one or more low and middle-income countries (LMIC - 8-12 months). The posting will be arranged immediately after acceptance to provide a coordinated experience that melds the research and clinical career goals of the trainee. 

Research may be conducted on a broad range of global women’s health topics. The Trainee could readily work with an interdisciplinary team tailored to the Trainee’s experience and career goals. Research experience will culminate in three projects:

• A systematic or narrative literature review
• A secondary data analysis project
• A clinical, health services, or policy research project involving original data collection

The department has funding that the Trainee may apply for to supplement their research projects.

Education in global health is a combination of regular mentorship meetings, on-the-ground experience in LMICs, participation in university-wide global health programs, seminars, and workshops, and auditing of masters-level courses (selected to complement the trainee's area of focus). 

University-wide global health and women’s health programs:

• Global Health Research Certificate Program
• Global REACH
• UM Center for Global Health Equity
• Institute for Research of Women and Gender
• International Institute

Opportunities for Masters-Level Coursework:

• Language courses
• Statistics (foundational workshops and advanced courses)
• Public Health Courses
• Public Policy Courses

The Department is home to 10 Board-certified and non-Board certified clinical and research fellowships in obstetrics and gynecology. To promote cross-specialty collaboration, all trainees take part in our Michigan Medicine Didactic Curriculum. These are ½ day educational seminars on numerous topics relevant to clinical research and academic leadership.  Topics include research design and implementation, identifying funding opportunities, manuscript timelines and preparation, how to be an effective teacher, and employment contracts. In addition, the department sponsors social events for fellows and advanced trainees across all specialties to further encourage collaboration and to help fellows build both a professional and personal network.

A Mentorship Team, consisting of the Program Director, a methodological expert, and a content expert, will support the Trainee during the program and throughout the Trainee’s career trajectory.

International travel for training, service provision and research will be an integral part of the Trainee’s experience. Fellows will spend 8-12 months of their fellowship in a LMIC. Program and University faculty members have carried out reproductive health research in more than 50 countries, with a focus in Ghana and Ethiopia, and have significant ties to the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international health and family planning organizations. In addition,  there are a variety of institutional resources available for collaboration and support.