OU-HCOM

Student Travel Awards Program
Application

Name:

Email Address:

OU-HCOM Rank:

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4

Program of Interest:

	TDI Ecuador Research - Summer 2013 (Due March 1, 2013)
	Ecuador Clinical - Summer 2013 (Due March 1, 2013)
	Healthcare in Botswana - Summer 2013 (Due March 1, 2013)
	Child Life in Cape Town, South Africa - Summer 2013 (Due March 1, 2013)

(Note: Travel Awards are not available for Independent Clinical Rotations.)

Have you submitted an online application to the program? Yes No

Submit a 500-word essay on the following topic. Please note that papers not adhering to this guideline will not be considered for funding.

Topic: Discuss one or two important health issues in the country to which you are travelling. Focus on the public health, cultural, and socioeconomic aspects of the problem and potential solutions. Choose from the following list:

High infant mortality
Malaria
Intestinal infections - parasitic & other
Malnutrition
Dengue fever
Tuberculosis
Vaccine preventable illness
HIV
STIs
Access to care
Nutrition transition
Anemia

Essay: