Description: One-year fellowship (GO-E program). Utilize Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Fogarty Global Health Fellowship to conduct funded mentored research in eye health. The fellow also works closely with the Public Health School. Research work is required. Emphasis is on supporting national programs that focus on eliminating trachoma (refer to GET2020) in countries such as Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia.

Fellowship Director: Dr. Danny Haddad

Overseas location: Ethiopia (Addis Ababa), Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Jordan (working with refugee eye care), West Africa (Ebola eye care: Quiet Eye West Africa/EVICT Study)

• Note: Location can depend on fellow’s preference (Partners include Himalayan Cataract Project, Orbis International, Sightsavers International, The Carter Center). Please refer to this website for complete partner organizations list

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Local community support: Georgia Vision Network, Migrant Farmer Vision Project

Apply via: sfmatch.org

Visa Sponsorship: Unknown

Contact: jane.kuhlenbeck@emory.edu

GO-E Map: Where We Work

Refugee Eye Care