It Happened Last Spring: Global Public Health Scholars Academic Showcase

Photo by Sibia Sarangan, courtesy of College Park Scholars.

The College Park Scholars Global Public Health program doesn’t get much mention on this blog, (mainly because it’s not open to current students) but that doesn’t mean we’re not fans of the two-year living-learning program. Students enter as freshmen and finish with a practicum—an internship, service learning, research, or study abroad experience—that they describe and present in a final poster. When we perused the posters presented at this year’s Academic Showcase, we were impressed by the number of students sharing important global health lessons with their peers.

Below are just a few of the posters from this year’s the College Park Scholars Academic Showcase, held on May 4th:

Maggie Fung
Global Pharmacies: A Look into Drug Delivery at the Local and Global Levels
“However, there are many other factors that affect drug delivery such as the cost of the drugs and availability of the drugs despite the presence of a pharmacy. … many countries, developed and developing, experience similar types of difficulties but on different levels.”

Julia Park
Public Health Issues as the East Meets the West
“Most importantly, I learned that public health does not just comprise of illness, treatment, and prevention. Public health in India encompasses religion, culture, policies, and education, which leads to treatments that cater to the individual needs of each patient.”

Alexandra Raymond
Developing a Sustainable Community in Los Andes, Guatemala
“Each day we spent on the reserve we learned about the different ways the community stay sustainable. For example, the reserve: ran on hydroelectricity, using energy from a river that ran through; built a local shop that provided everyday needs to the people; [and] organized a carpool system so people could travel to the city together.”