Cervical Cancer Prevention Week with MSIH Alumna Dr. Jordann Loehr, ’10

During #CervicalCancerPreventionWeek, we would like to highlight MSIH Alumna Dr. Jordann Loehr (’10). Dr. Loehr is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist at the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic in Toppenish, WA, a healthcare center on the Yakama Indian Reservation. She is also the Women’s Health Medical Director for Remote Area Medical Guyana, managing a wide-reaching cervical cancer screening […]

First year MSIH students making the best of a pandemic

Michele Naideck had been in Cambodia for two-and-a-half years when the Coronavirus pandemic struck in early 2020. Her first two years were with the Peace Corps, and the latter part was with an NGO working for women’s empowerment. Michele, from Washington DC, had been planning to stay until May, but like so many others in […]

MSIH Alum Dr. Ofer Sagiv gets to the heart of the matter in the Virgin Islands

When it comes to more serious health issues, it can be difficult to find a specialist in the Virgin Islands. Either there isn’t one on island in the specialized field that you need, or so few of them that appointments can take weeks or even months. Dr. Ofer Sagiv, a visiting cardiologist and vascular specialist, […]

New Podcast – Coronavirus – the Medical Educator’s Perspective

List to a fascinating discussion between Prof. (emeritus) Mark Clarfield, former Director of MSIH, and Prof. (emeritus) Shimon Glick – one of the founders of the Ben-Gurion University Medical School. Together they discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect our society and future medical education.

Podcast with Prof. Mick Alkan – MSIH’s “Indiana Jones” of Global Health

Take a trip with MSIH’s own “Indiana Jones of Global Health” from the Negev to Cambodia, to Somali-land, Vietnam, and Papua New Guinea. Listen to polyglot, Prof. Mick Alkan and how he sees the Coronavirus pandemic affecting motivation of current health workers and would-be doctors. (You’ll be surprised by his answer). Spend an hour with […]

MSIH Gold Humanism Awards – 2021

The Gold Humanism Honor Society Despite disruptions caused by the 2020 Global Pandemic, five new MSIH students have been selected for induction into the Gold Humanism Honor Society for the year 2021. The new physicians will join the ranks of 60 other MSIH graduates who have already been elected by their peers for “demonstrating unusual […]

MSIH Professor Noah Liel-Cohen: Bridging the Gap between High Tech and Low Resource Settings

“8400 adopted the naming convention from the 8200 unit of Israel’s elite cyber intelligence corps,” explains Prof. Noah Liel-Cohen, newly-appointed coordinator of MSIH’s 4th year curriculum. “We are a network of Israeli leaders in every field of human endeavour that’s levering our combined knowledge and skills to advance and expand the country’s HealthTech ecosystem. As […]

Submitting your Medical School Application: What you need to prepare

Applying to medical school takes time and patience. It’s not something you should rush, and it’s a process you should spend some time preparing for ahead of your deadline.  If you want to study at your medical school of choice, you need to put the time and effort into preparing your documents and filling out […]

MSIH faculty and alumni research article published in Frontiers of Public Health

MSIH has a unique way of teaching Global Health. Unlike most medical schools where Global Health education is lecture-based, MSIH adopts a holistic approach by focusing on real patients, their families and communities as part of a practical curriculum. But is this approach better? Do students learn more? How would we know? This question was […]

Dr. Jonah Mink joins MSIH for the second time

MSIH Alumnus Teaches First-Year Global Health Course  Many university educators adhere to the belief that each class has its own personality. From year to year, that personality may change. Some classes are more engaged than others, some more dynamic. Others have troublesome relationships within, while others are smooth and agreeable, with mutual respect and life-long […]