Global Health Pathway

The FACES Coalition partnered with the Global Health Fellows Program-II and GlobeMed to diversify the global health workforce. Many of the students we work with in FACES programs come from an immigrant, multi-lingual and multi-cultural experience.  Perhaps more importantly, they come with lived experiences that make them better able to serve patient populations who suffer from the impacts of poverty, trauma, and displacement.

In an effort to capture our students’ inherent skills and distance traveled to better serve communities oversees, FACES Coalition partnered with GHFP-II to build curriculum for youth interested in a career in global health.  The goal of this work was to build sustainable pathways for high school students interested in working in global health and to bring their assets to the effort of the United States to positively impact the world’s health and well-being.

Read our blogs highlighting our work in global health careers preparation:

Why “At-Promise” Youth are Good for Global Health

Building a Competent Global Health Workforce Starts With Empowering Local Youth

The Business Case for Investing in Youth Through Global Health Education

Lived Experience and Diversity Are Essential to the Future of Global Health

Immersing Youth in Global Health

FACES Summer Medical Academy Teaches Culturally Sensitive Care

A Systems Strengthening Approach to Supporting our Global Health Youth

Leveraging Lived Experiences for Global Health

Each summer from 2016-2018, USAID’s Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP) II and FACES for the Future Coalition brought FACES Scholars from across California to Washington, DC for mentorship and career exploration. The Global Health Youth Summit (GHYS) was a week-long event and was designed to support the development of the next generation of global health professionals through career exposure and access at the earliest levels.

Each GHYS Scholar is left with a stronger desire to work in global health professions, and a better sense of where their skills and interests might fit in. Participant Sonya M stated, “Before going to Washington, DC I barely had any knowledge of what global health even was. Leaving this trip I was fully aware of what global health is and the mission of global health workers, and now I am determined that I want to be a global health worker. This program opened up many doors not just for me, but also for my fellow peers to pursue a career with global health.

The profound impact of the GHYS is captured in the videos below.

View our Video Series on Global Health Career Pathways

• Anna Blankenberger, MPH

  Director of Learning & Training, GlobeMed

  

Anna Blankenberger, MPH

Director of Learning & Training, GlobeMed

BIO

Anna Blankenberger is the new Director of Learning & Training with GlobeMed. Anna received her B.A. in Interpersonal & Public Communication at Central Michigan University and then received her MPH in the Community Health Science Division at the University of Illinois-Chicago. She has extensive background abroad from teaching English in Ecuador to conducting community assessments in Honduras. She is enthusiastic about using her focus on systems change, community development, and health inequity to collaborate with FACES.

• Carol Brosgart, MD

  Senior Advisor on Science & Policy / Viral Hepatitis Action Coalition, CDC Foundation

  

Carol Brosgart, MD

Senior Advisor on Science & Policy / Viral Hepatitis Action Coalition, CDC Foundation

BIO

Dr. Carol L. Brosgart, MD, is a Pediatrician and serves as a Consultant to biotechnology companies. Dr. Brosgart is a Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of Global Health Sciences, Biostatistics and Epidemiology in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). From 2011 to 2013, she served as Senior Advisor on Science and Policy to the Division of Viral Hepatitis at the Centers for Disease Control and to the Viral Hepatitis Action Coalition at the CDC Foundation. Dr. Brosgart is an invaluable partner to FACES’ work to develop global health pathways for youth.

• Esther Tahrir, MPH

  Founder and Director, GOJoven International & Medtronic Philanthropy Global Health Leaders, Public Health Institute

  

Esther Tahrir, MPH

Founder and Director, GOJoven International & Medtronic Philanthropy Global Health Leaders, Public Health Institute

BIO

Esther Tahrir, MPH, is founder and director of Global Health Leaders and GoJoven International at the Public Health Institute. She directs and advises multiple global youth engagement and adolescent health projects at PHI that benefit Latin America, Africa and Asia. FACES currently leverages Ms. Tahrir’s experience building and implementing global health programs for youth to gain feedback on curricular modules and webinar content. Going forward, Ms. Tahrir will inform FACES’ effort to educate students and alumni on global health issues that are most relevant to their local communities.

• Dr. Michael DeRosa, MPH, PhD, PA-C

  Chair, Physician Assistant Department, Samuel Merritt University

  

Dr. Michael DeRosa, MPH, PhD, PA-C

Chair, Physician Assistant Department, Samuel Merritt University

BIO

Dr. Michael DeRosa is the Chair of the Physician Assistant Department at Samuel Merritt University and a practicing Physician Assistant. Dr. DeRosa holds his undergraduate degree in Psychobiology and his doctorate in Neuroscience studying specimens from the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program. He completed two postdoctoral fellowships in neuroimmunology working at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Berlex Biosciences. Dr. DeRosa leads Samuel Merritt University students on two global health trips per year to provide care for patients in rural Panama. FACES will leverage Dr. DeRosa’s global health experience to inform curriculum and training for FACES students.

• Sara Lamson Nathan

  President and CEO, AMIGOS de las Americas

  

Sara Lamson Nathan

President and CEO, AMIGOS de las Americas

BIO

Sara Lamson Nathan, CEO of AMIGOS de las Americas, leads the development of vision and systems to ensure that AMIGOS programs stay relevant, sustainable, and impactful. Prior to working at AMIGOS, Ms. Nathan served as Associate Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. FACES will leverage Ms. Nathan’s extensive expertise in building in-country global health experiences for youth to inform curriculum development as well as visioning about future global health internships for FACES students and alumni.

• Josie Ramos, MA

  Director of Programs, Rise Up, Public Health Institute

  

Josie Ramos, MA

Director of Programs, Rise Up, Public Health Institute

BIO

Josie Ramos is a founding member of Rise Up, a program of Public Health Institute. In addition, she was the principal investigator for GOJoven’s 2012-15 Summit Educational Scholarship Fund, which supports youth health leaders’ educational goals, and the program manager for the GOJoven’s Belize Pilot Program. Ms. Ramos has presented to FACES students about her experience in a webinar about global health competencies. In the future, Ms. Ramos will act as a thought partner for FACES about global health internship opportunities for youth.