One of the conversations happening at univer-

sities across the country is how better to pre-

pare students to enter their professional careers

directly after graduation. Internships are one of

the best ways to gain experience critical for

landing post-graduate dream jobs. And why

not gain credit for the work you do?

Because local is part of global, the GPH Minor

created an internship program starting with

seven local organizations. These opportunities

reflect the diversity of GPH students; some will

work directly with care recipients, while others

will pursue careers in health advocacy or public

-health policy.

The Director’s Internship Challenge is raising

funds to awards students $500 toward un-paid

internships. GPH stakeholders are challenged

to match the Director’s $500 donation or a

portion of it. Use the “donate” button at http://

hs.umt.edu/globalpublichealth. Be sure to des-

ignate Internship Challenge in the comments.

GPH also maintains a list of outstanding na-

tional and international internships See list on

Page 2.

For more information about internships contact Program Coordinator Kelly Yarns @ kellly-

yarns@mso.umt.edu or see the GPH website: http://hs.umt.edu/globalpublichealth/

Fall 2018 Issue #4

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Local Internships ............... 2

EAC New Members ............ 2

EAC-Dr. Barger-Kamate .... 2

EAC Award Winner ........... 3

Dr. Koehn’s New Book ....... 3

Peace Corp Prep Program . 3

GPH Grad In the News ...... 4

GPH Alum in Zambia ........ 4

Koehn/Ngai Scholarship

Winners .............................. 5

First GPH Intern ............... 5

2018 Spring Lecture Series 6

GPH Alum joins WAMMI . 6

Program Coordinator ........ 6

Global Public Health Newsletter The University of Montana

2019 SPRING LECTURE SERIES

GPH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Keep your Wednesday evening’s free for the 2019 Spring GPH Lecture Series: “Global

Public Health: Experiences and Insights!” The talks are presented by people working

in the field of Global Public Health. Spring 2019 series topics include: community de-

velopment in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains; public health challenges of migration; un-

tangling the mystery of community behavior change; health education through the

Peace Corps; addressing maternal mortality, Borneo: the interconnection of environ-

mental & human health, Montana to Mali: a UM grad’s journey to a global health ca-

reer; how Special Olympics fosters systems change; what global health research teach-

es about Montana health care; rural healthcare in India; a Global Grizzly Ugandan

experience; and more! Talks are Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm in Gallagher #123.

The 2018 Spring Lecture Series was recorded by Missoula Community Access Televi-sion and are available online at the GPH website or mcat.org (thanks MCAT!)

More Local Internships Opportunities to come!

GPH staff will continue to develop internships through the year

• YWCA Missoula: Placement in one of a variety of YWCA programs aimed at fulfilling their mission of “eliminating

racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.”

• Poverello Center’s Medical Respite Program: Assist the Medical Respite Care Coordinator with research, connecting

clients with resources, and community outreach.

• Consumer Direct Hospice: Join a Hospice Care Team working directly with hospice patients.

• Missoula League of Women Voters: Monitor health-related legislation during the 2019 Montana Legislative session.

• Missoula Medical Aid: Help organize their annual Salsa Ball fund raiser. There is also an opportunity for native or

fluent Spanish speakers to translate during medical missions to Honduras.

• Missoula Forum for Children and Youth: Assist with substance-abuse prevention for children and youth programs.

• UM’s Global Grizzlies summer health worker volunteer trip

• International Opportunities: IE3'international internships and the Centre For Social Medicine in the Loni-Pravara

area of India, Unite For Sight, and others

• Missoula City-County Health Department Health Promotion Division programs:

THE EAC WELCOMES NEW MEMBER, DR. BREANNA BARGER-KAMATE

GPH INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

I grew up in Arlee Montana, a small town 30

minutes north of Missoula. I attended the Univer-

sity of Montana, initially studying political science

and French. I returned for an additional year of

pre-medicine study to qualify for medical school. I

had my first experiences with global health re-

search working as a research assistant to Dr.

Peter Koehn on his transnational competency

work. After completing my undergrad, I moved to

Washington DC where I worked at the National

Institutes of Health on a project that took me to

Mali. During this year I also applied to medical

school. In the fall of 2004, I began my studies at

Montana State through the WWAMI program.

After my third year of medical school I was accept-

ed into the Forgarty International Health Scholars

program. In the fall of 2007, I returned to Mali for

a year. I helped conduct one of the earliest trials of

using intermittent preventive treatment for malar-

ia in school children. With this came abundant

clinical experience and a front line education in

health disparities.

In 2008, while seeing patients on the pediatric

ward, I was increasingly concerned about the

number of patients dying from poverty. They

simply could not afford their diagnostic work up

or treatment. I wrote an email home and within

days several friends and family members had

donated a few thousand dollars to help pay for

care. At the end of rounds, the pediatric team

would assess the needs of patients and determine

who would need financial support. We would go

and purchase the studies and medicines needed to

continue patient care. The program became a huge

success. Mali Medical Relief Fund was born! Pa-

tients benefited from the care they received, and

the medical team is able to do much more to help

patients in financial difficulty.

We continued our work even after I left to return

to the USA. We had a reliable team of physicians

and medical students who continued to refer pa-

tients and provide care. Over the years, we have

benefited from generous donors who have helped

our organization grow. The Mali Medical Relief

Fund now supports 5 sites around the country and

is able to provide complex surgeries including

brain surgery, complex orthopedic surgeries, and

even prostheses.

I completed my training in pediatrics and pediat-

ric emergency medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital

in Baltimore, MD. My day job is that I am an at-

tending pediatric emergency medicine physician

at Providence Sacred Heart in Spokane Washing-

ton. I continue on as the Chief of Operations and

Chair of the board of Mali Medical Relief Fund. I

am thrilled to be a part of the global health exter-

nal advisory committee. I had such a wonderful

start to my career at UM. I hope many others are

able to join in the exciting field of global health.

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EAC Member Breanna Barger

-Kamate in Mali

Buckle Up Missoula County

Cancer Control

DUI Task Force

Emergency Preparedness

Infectious Disease

Let’s Move! Missoula

Missoula Invest Health

Suicide Prevention

Tobacco Free Missoula County

The Mali Medical Relief Fund

pays for the medical care for

Malians in need. 100% of do-

nated funds go directly to

patient care.

https://

malimedicalrelief.org/

WELCOME NEW

EAC MEMBERS!

Since Spring 2017, 8 Global

health professionals have

joined UM’s GPH External

Advisory Committee.

Alexandra Enders, OTR/L

Phillip Seidenberg, MD

Sarah Webb, MPH

Jonas Attebery, MD

Julie DeSoto, MPA, MPH

Mary Nielsen, MSN, RN

Tim Nielsen, RPT

Breanna Barger-Kamate, MD

Annie Linn, MPH

“I am emerging as a more informed, passionate, and active global citizen.” -GPH student

PEACE CORP PREP CER-TIFICATE IN HEALTH

UM and the Peace Corps have a Memorandum of Under-

standing that brings significant changes to UM’s Peace

Corps Prep Program. UM’s PC Prep Programs specializa-

tions coincide with the Peace Corps sector specific areas.

UM students can earn PC Prep certificates in the work

sectors of: Health; Agriculture; Environment; Education;

and/or Community Economic Development. In addition to

course work, students are required to complete 50 hours of

service learning that coincides with their sector-specific

course work and participate in professional development.

As part of their course work, PCP students take 3 intercul-

tural competence courses.

If interested in the health

specialization, contact the

faculty advisor Prof. Curtis

Noonan. For more infor-

mation about the PC Prep

program, visit the PC Prep

page on the IDS website:

umt.edu/PeaceCorpPrep.

GPH Director Peter Koehn’s new book spotlights the powerful contemporary inter-sections of inequality, human movement and health. “Writing this book brought together my concerns for people on the move and for issues of global health,” said Koehn,. “Mitigating negative health impacts on, and of, the most vulnerable of the world’s transnationally mobile people is the principal outcome I aim for with this book.” Transnational Mobility and Global Health treats interconnected health and migra-tion themes not covered elsewhere under one cover: health tourism, conflict-induced and other “survival”-population movements, humanitarian crises, human rights, the health-development linkage, migrant-health care and health-competency education. The book also considers global health vulnerabilities in the wake of climate change, and the biomedical, ethical and governance challenges of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Transnational Mobility and Global Health is the fourth book Koehn has published in the past four years. His other recent titles address the role of universities in sus-tainable development, climate change, and transnational university partnerships.

Kirstin Tucker, a GPH minor majoring

in human biology and pre-med was

awarded the External Advisory Commit-

tee Award for her volunteer service

learning trip to the Iganga District Hos-

pital, Uganda, with the Global Grizzlies.

“During my time in Uganda, I learned

about their health care system, and

about how they are able to provide

healthcare to the entire district with

very limited resources. I gained once in

a lifetime experiences, and it was in part

due to the support and education pro-

vided by the Global Public Health Pro-

gram.” Kirsten stayed for 8 weeks after

the Global Grizzlies left.

“Growing up, I was always interested in

the healthcare field. I was first intro-

duced to global health when my family

adopted my younger brother from Chi-

na. He was born with a cleft lip, and a

team of US doctors fixed his lip and

gave him a chance at life. Then, after

graduating high school I was able to

travel to Guatemala for a week. This

introduced me to their healthcare sys-

tem, and to the areas in which it needs

to be improved. Combined, these expe-

riences made me realize the importance

of public health, especially in global

setting. So, when I found out that the

University of Montana offered Global

Public Health as a minor, I knew it

would be a perfect fit.

My goals are to graduate this spring and

then apply to medical school. As a doc-

tor, I plan on working both domestically

and globally. The Global Public Health

minor will provide me with the

knowledge and cultural understanding

needed to be successful in my future

goals.

As a Global Public Health minor I have

had my world view expanded, and my

eyes opened to global issues and their

complexities. I have also been equipped

to begin to unravel those complexities

and succeed with my goals. I am excited

to continue my education this year and

continue my growth within Global Pub-

lic Health!”

KIRSTEN TUCKER WINS THE EAC AWARD!

Kirsten Tucker

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GPH DIRECTOR PETER KOEHN’S NEW BOOK: “TRANSNATIONAL MOBILI-

TY AND GLOBAL HEALTH: TRAVERSING BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES”

WHAT’S NEW WITH THE GPH PROGRAM

Core faculty Joel Iverson and

Annie Belcourt joined the GPH

Faculty Steering Committee.

New GPH Courses

Core: IDS 497-02 Communica-

tion for Social and Behavior

Change

Core: IDS 497-01 Monitoring and

Evaluation in International De-

velopment

Core: ANTY 126 Anthropology

and Global Health

Content: PSCI 448 Health Care

Policy

Thank you to Fall 2018

guest lecturers:

“Global Migration” by Wilmot Collins,

Helena mayor, former refugee, Child Protection

Specialist with Mt Dept of Health and Human

Services, UM Helena College Adjunct Professor,

Retired US Navy Reservist.

“US Immigration & Refugee Policy in the

Trump Era” by Dr. Susan Martin, Profes-

sor Emerita in International Migration at

Georgetown University, Chair of the Working

Group on Environmental Change with the

World Bank and past Executive Director on the

US Commission on Immigration Reform.

IN THE NEWS: GPH GRADUATE TEAGUE RUTHERFORD

RACHEL SCHMOKER, 2015 GPH GRADUATE AND PEACE CORP VOLUNTEER IN ZAMBIA

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Rachael Schmoker, 2015

GPH graduate, is in her

second year in Zambia as a

Health Extension Agent

with the Community

Health Improvement Pro-

ject, a Peace Corp project.

Rachael is keeping a blog

called Under the Baobab

Tree about her experience.

https://

rschmokerpeace-

corps.wordpress.com/about/

One of her main projects is to help fund and build a Health Post.

Donations can be made here: https://www.peacecorps.gov/donate/projects/

completion-of-the-health-post-project-pp-18-611-021/

Teague Rutherford Photo by the Missoulian

“… if one advances confi-dently in the direction of their dreams, and endeav-ors to live the life which they have imagined, they will meet with a success unexpected in common hours… If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now, put the foundations under them. – Henry David Thoreau in you." -Paul Theroux

Global Public Health minor Joshua “Teague” Rutherford started a four-year program

at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health this fall. He also plans to pursue a

Masters degree in Public Health. Teague graduated on the spring 2018 Dean’s list

with a Human Biology bachelor’s degree, and minors in GPH and Native American

Studies. Teague plans to return to a Montana reservation as the first dentist from the

Fort Belknap reservation.

Teague, along with fellow GPH minor and Global Grizzly Andrew Honkin, volun-

teered in a rural hospital in Iganaga, Uganda, during the summer of 2017. Teague

reflected that the dental care he observed in Uganda reminded him of his home on

the Fort Belknap Reservation. While there are more dental resources at Fort Belk-

nap, there is a strong need for dental education, a better dentist to patient ratio, and

education about diets high in carbohydrates. Global Grizzlies is a student group who

organize an annual month-long volunteer experience abroad. Both Teague and An-

drew were awarded the GPH program’s External Advisory Committee Award, a $500

award to support an experiential learning experience for GPH students.

Teague and Andrew teamed up to present an hour-long talk about their experience

as part of the Spring 2018 Global Public Health Lecture Series. These talks were rec-

orded by Missoula Community Access Television (MCAT) and can be viewed via the

GPH website.

The Missoulian featured Teague in its March 5, 2018 Monday Montanan section:

https://missoulian.com/news/local/monday-montanan-joshua-teague-rutherford-

heads-to-dental-school/article_f8b0fd70-7cde-56aa-a575-cd84aea51def.html

Ariana Valenzuela has a deep passion for helping others and values pre-

ventative health. She plans to pursue a Master’s degree in Public Health

after she graduates with her Anthropology undergraduate degree in the

spring of 2019. Ariana has an interest in studying infectious diseases

and epidemiology and hopes to work toward protecting people from

their devastating effects. In her own words: “I am excited to be a part of

preventative medicine in hopes of creating a healthier population…”

Ariana is inspired by her grandmother who immigrated to the United

States’ from Sinaloa, Mexico and worked very hard to raise her family.

She got her first taste of working internationally while excavating 17th

and 18th century human remains at an archeological site in Poland as

part of the Slavia Foundation 2017 field school.

Sophia Deroo chose to work toward the Global

Public Health Minor because of her long-time pas-

sion for health and nutrition and first-hand obser-

vations of social inequality both in the United

States and abroad. She was awarded a Koehn/Ngai

Scholarship for Fall 2018. Sophia is also the first

GPH Intern working with girls through the YWCA

in Missoula. Because local is part of global, the

GPH program is partnering with local health relat-

ed organizations to provide experiential learning

experiences for our students.

“Food has been a big part of my life because I grew

up with a French father and an Argentinian mother

who both love to cook. Also, as I traveled the world,

I had the wonderful opportunity of eating a num-

ber of different cuisines. To me, food is one of the

most important aspect of health in a society,” said

Sophia. She discovered her passion for health as a

teenager when her mother began working with a

nutritionist.

Sophia credits the combination of her interest in people’s well-being and her pur-suit of her major in political science with drawing her to the minor in GPH. She believes that politics and health are related nationally and globally. “The global title of this degree really stood out to me because I grew up traveling around the world to countries such as Thailand and Indonesia where public health is a major concern,” she said. While traveling she no-ticed a strong connection between people’s health and how their governments invest in short and long-term well-being.

The GPH Minor “has helped me expand my Western perspective of health and health policy and enabled me to view health as an interconnected issue involving culture, wealth, environment, ethics and policy.” - GPH Student

SOPHIA DEROO, KOEHN/NGAI SCHOLARSHIP WINNER AND FIRST GPH INTERN

ARIANA VALENZUELA, KOEHN/NGAI SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE KOEHN/NGAI SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS!

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OPPORTUNITIES

Scholarships and Awards

The Global Public Health Program has

two affiliated scholarships/awards:

◊ The Peter H. Koehn & Phyllis B.

Ngai Scholarship

◊ The Global Public Health External

Advisory Committee Award

GOOD LUCK IN FINALS!

Peter, Kelly, and Delyla

New Program Coordinator

I’m Kelly Yarns and I joined the Global Public

Health Program as program assistant for the 2017

-2018 academic year and have returned as the

Program Coordinator for the current academic

year. I have extensive program development ex-

perience combined with a deep interest in tradi-

tional health modalities. I am trained in Western

Herbal Medicine and am a massage therapist. I

turn to plant allies whenever possible, preferring

those that I can harvest in the wild or grow. I

enjoy everything that gets me out from under a

roof and into wild places in all weather.

Organizing the Lecture Series was delightful. I

enjoyed meeting our speakers and hearing about

their experiences in Global Public Health. Meet-

ing with the local organizations who have agreed

to partner with the GPH program to offer intern-

ship opportunities for our students is another

highlight of my work with GPH. Each of these

organizations

offers a unique

experiential

learning op-

portunity for

Global Public

Health stu-

dents.

Growing up in

a medical fam-

ily, I had never

really considered the public health aspect of

health care. Working with the GPH program has

opened my eyes to the vast body of knowledge

and experience that work on the public level to

keep our human communities healthy.

I graduated from UM in 2009 with a Bachelor’s

degree in Economics and minors in mathematics

and International Development Studies.

Global Public Health Minor University of Montana

Director: Dr. Peter Koehn

peter.koehn@ umontana.edu (406) 243-5294 LA348

Program Coordinators:

Kelly Yarns, kelly.yarns@mso.umt.edu (406) 270-

0869

Delyla Wilson Delyla.wilson@mso.umt.edu

(406)243-6752 | (406) 544-5940 SS 302

A special thank you to all of our 2018 GPH Spring Lecture Series speakers. The series was a

great success! The lectures covered a wide variety of topics. Sarah Webb of Days for Girls

spoke about economic empowerment of women through accessible menstrual hygiene solu-

tions. Food and Nutrition topics included former Public Health Department Sanitarian, Joe

Russell speaking on food safety in the Republic of Georgia and Professor Nora O’Brien of

Cork, Ireland, presented her research on nutrition in rural Ethiopia. Other topics included

education for deaf or blind Kenyan children, the likelihood of global pandemics, poverty as

an illness in Haiti, advanced cardiac care in developing nations, an update on the Global

AIDS crisis, and other challenging developing world health topics. Videos can be accessed at

http://hs.umt.edu/globalpublichealth/lecture-series/videos-2018.php

2018 SPRING LECTURE SERIES

GPH ALUM MADISON SCHWARZKOPH AC-CEPTED INTO WWAMI MEDICAL PROGRAM

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“The GPH minor truly helped me to prepare for my trip with Global Grizzlies as

well as my interview for medical school. I loved that I was able to explore other

topics I was passionate about while completing my prerequisites for medical

school, and plan to continue to use what I learned as a physician to help others in

Montana, the United States, and around the world.” — Madison Schwarzkoph

Madison Schwarzkoph began the University of Washington’ School of Medicine WWAMI

Program last August. WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) is a

competitive regional medical education program heralded as one of the most innovative

medical education and training programs in the country. Each state supports the medical

education of its students who, as part of the medical education, complete clinical rotations

to a variety of sites and environments within the five-state region to learn and experience

very different facets of medicine. One of the goals of the program is to alleviate shortages of

healthcare programs in rural and underserved urban areas. The program has been recog-

nized by the Association of American Medical Colleges with the Outstanding Community

Service Award and has been identified as the nation's top primary-care, family medicine

and rural medicine training school by U.S. News & World Report for the past 23 years.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

2019 SPRING LECTURE

SERIES

When: Spring 2019

Wednesdays 6:30 to 8:00

pm

Where: Gallagher Busi-

ness Building, #123

What: A series of talks

given by professionals

working in the field of

Global Public Health!

Available as a 1 credit

course: PSCI 191

Free and Open

to the Public!