2025 Study Abroad: India

Through support from a UWB Study Abroad Launch Grant, faculty Linda Eaton and Jamie Shirley traveled to Vellore, Tamil Nadu in August 2024. Vellore, a city in southern India, is home to the Christian Medical College (CMC), which provides medical care to the local urban and rural communities. Linda and Jamie met with faculty at the College of Nursing to plan the study abroad program: Population Health in Cultural Context: India. They were also able to visit nurse-led community clinics in surrounding villages.
Linda and Jamie are particularly excited about the program due to their involvement with CMC in the past. Linda previously co-led UW study abroad programs for four years and Jamie visited independently 35 years ago.
The study abroad program offers students an experiential learning opportunity while examining how resource limitations and the social determinants of health intersect with population health. Students will work in the community setting to explore innovative systems of community care intended to reduce health inequities, the impact of health and social policies, and the cultural influences of post-colonialism and historical caste-based system.
The program is open to all SNHS students. Students will participate in weekly classes during the summer quarter leading up to two weeks in India in August.
The priority application due date is January 31, 2025. Information sessions will be held in December and January. For further details, please contact uwbworld@uw.edu.