Displaced Hurricane Katrina Ford Foundation Fellows Enrolled in UNC School of Public Health
October 04, 2005 | |
CHAPEL HILL — Six fellows who were studying in the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program at Tulane University in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit have relocated to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Public Health. The fellows, who are from Vietnam and India, are health care leaders in their own countries.
They arrived in Chapel Hill in late September after spending more than a week in southeastern U.S. refugee centers following the storm. The six, who were enrolled in Tulane’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, have joined Carolina’s Departments of Health Behavior and Health Education and Maternal and Child Health for the fall semester. The Office of Global Health at Carolina’s School of Public Health is coordinating efforts to provide temporary housing, clothing, bikes and other needed items for the students. The fellows joining us at Carolina are:
The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program provides opportunities for advanced study to exceptional individuals from groups and communities that historically have been excluded from systematic access to higher education. The students use this education to become leaders in their respective fields, further the development of their own countries and foster greater economic and social justice worldwide.
SPH Office of Global Health contact: Gretchen Van Vliet, (919) 843-7723 or gretchen_vanvliet@unc.edu For further information please contact Ramona DuBose by e-mail at ramona_dubose@unc.edu. |