The UAB Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures offers a number of scholarships to assist with the study of languages overseas.
The UAB Department of Epidemiology at the University of
Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health is offering research training opportunities to minority
undergraduate, graduate and health professions students who have an interest in the areas of nutrition,
tropical infectious diseases, reproductive health and/or sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS and
chronic disease. As a recipient of one of these competitively awarded training positions, funded by the
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, you will have the
unique experience of helping others while you learn in Ghana, Guatemala, Jamaica, or Peru.
Participating
undergraduates and health profession students will spend 12 weeks (usually mid May- August) at their
foreign training sites under the guidance of a UAB supervisor and a foreign mentor. Graduate students
usually spend three months overseas, but may be eligible for up to six months of training.
Traineeship Includes:
- Monthly stipend
- Living allowance
- Travel expenses
- Resource expenses
