Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla and community partners from the Fondo Comunitario Mónica Gendreau-Fundación Comunitaria de Puebla kicked off a school gardening and hydroponics research study in a middle school in a rural community near Puebla, Mexico .
Read MoreThe first-ever psychiatry residents in the Spanish Language Immersion elective also enjoyed host family time in Puebla and teaching Intro to Psychiatry for BUAP students.
Read MoreAs part of the AMPATH/MAPAS México partnership, the community health promoter or “promotora comunitaria de salud" initiative launched in 2023 with $500,000 in funding support from Astellas Pharma Inc., in alignment with the company’s “Access to Health” initiative.
Read MorePandemics and virtual connections know no borders. While an in-person summit on shared health challenges is currently impossible, on Nov. 17, 2020, three institutions united to discuss their on-going work in health equity and thoughts on COVID-19’s transnational impact in Texas and Mexico.
Read MoreIn 2019, the team conducted a community needs assessment that was supported by the President’s Award for Global Learning at The University of Texas at Austin. An abstract that described this assessment and its results titled “Understanding community health needs and forging an academic global health partnership in Puebla, Mexico” was published in 2020 in The Lancet. The assessment is informing many of the initial initiatives of the new AMPATH partnership.
Read MoreThe 2018-19 President’s Award for Global Learning was the inaugural program of the International Board of Advisors at the University of Texas at Austin. Through the President’s Office, the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, and Texas Global, the program was created to educate global leaders and participate in a cross-cultural experience to increase the global engagement of UT Austin.
Read MoreAn interdisciplinary team of students and three faculty advisors won one of the inaugural President’s Award for Global Learning from the University of Texas for their proposal entitled “Health and Housing: A Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Low-Income Communities in Puebla, Mexico.”
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