Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowships in Public Health
The Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowships in Public Health are offered through a partnership between the Fulbright Program and the Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
The Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowships awards were established to promote the expansion of research in public health and clinical research in resource-limited settings. The Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowships were inaugurated in July 2011 with four fellows in Sub-Saharan Africa (Botswana, Malawi, and South Africa).
Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowships carry the same benefits as the traditional Fulbright Study/Research grants to the host country. The Fogarty International Center, NIH, will provide support to the research training site and may provide orientation for the fellows at the NIH.
The program is designed for candidates who are currently enrolled in medical school or in a graduate-level program and who are interested in global health. The basic requirements and process for applying for the Fulbright-Fogarty Program are the same as for any Fulbright U.S. Student Study/Research Grant.
Learn more about Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowships in Public Health here.
University of Arizona 2024-2025 Fulbright-Fogarty Fellows in Public Health
Nitya Devireddy
Mentor: Dr. Kacey Ernst
Fellowship site: The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Nitya Devireddy is a MD Candidate at the Penn State College of Medicine. She previously obtained her MPH from the SUNY Downstate School of Public Health and her B.S. in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention from the University of Southern California.
She is part of her medical school's Global Health Scholars Program and has previously conducted research in eyedrop compliance following cataract surgery in Koforidua, Ghana.
She is currently completing a Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health at the University of West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. Her project, "Understanding how Social Factors Impact Patients' Navigation of Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Pathways in Jamaica" is a mixed-method study that aims to understand diabetic retinopathy screening behavior in the Jamaican population.