The Global Pediatric Fellowship provides pediatricians with the skills to collaborate effectively with partners in global child health and support the development of essential child health services around the world.
The Global Health Pediatric Fellowship Program at Boston Children’s Hospital aims to train the next generation of pediatricians committed to building equitable access to heath around the world. Fellows develop the practical skills necessary to have successful careers in global health learning about advocacy, evidence-based health interventions, and service delivery, all through a lens of global equity.
Our goal is to train a cadre of pediatricians who have the skills and long-term commitment necessary to make an impact in improving global child health. Depending on the skill set and prior experience of the applicant, the Global Health Pediatric Fellowship will require a one- to three-year commitment.
During their training, fellows will have the opportunity to work in collaboration with partners around the world to support and contribute to pediatric medical education, strengthen existing child health programs, and promote access to pediatric health care.
During their clinical placement in Boston, fellows will combine clinical work in general pediatrics with a global health curriculum aimed at strengthening their core clinical, public health, quality improvement, and teaching skills relevant to global health.
Formal course work is an important part of fellowship. Opportunities for accepted and qualifying fellows to pursue, may include
a) Clinical Skills Week
The Global Pediatric Clinical Skills Week is an annual course which provides an overview of key topics for pediatric clinicians to help prepare them for clinical work in global contexts.
b) Seminar Series
This is a monthly seminar series which covers key concepts in global health development and humanitarian work. The focus of this series is on health delivery and understanding the landscape of global health and the role of health care providers. The seminar compliments the fellows' formal coursework with a focus on health service delivery and program implementation.
c) Decoloniality for Global Health Equity (DGHE)
This curriculum provides fellows with an opportunity to reflect on their work and grapple with how to decolonize our work in resource limited settings. Theories are discussed through didactics focused on key issues of health equity and working collaboratively with partners. Then concrete actions are incorporated such as skill building in advocacy methods and on-going project mentorship.
Fellows are expected to complete a scholarly project with oversight from faculty mentors over the course of their fellowship. Projects can be quality improvement, program management, curriculum evaluation or formal research. All projects are done in partnership with global colleagues and through a lens of decoloniality and social justice.
Throughout Boston Children’s as well as the broader Harvard Global Health Community, fellows have an opportunity to meet with faculty mentors and identify mentorship teams and projects. Small internal grants are available for project funding as well as assistance in identifying and applying for additional funding sources.
Fellows must attend the seminar series, clinical skills week and the Decoloniality for Global Health Equity series as well as present their work yearly. Fellows are expected to meet clinical obligations set forth by their
Dr. Maraisha Philogene received her medical degree from Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Washington. During her Global Health Pediatric Fellowship, Dr. Philogene worked in a variety of low-resource healthcare settings both domestically and abroad. She worked in Rwanda, Liberia, Tigray, Ghana and Indian Health Services in the Great Plains area. During her time, she worked on health system strengthening, capacity building and research projects to improve pediatric health care globally. She also provided clinical care, lectures and bedside teaching in a variety of clinical settings. She is currently a pediatric hospitalist at Boston’s Children's Hospital and is continuing her work in capacity building in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Kim Wilson, MD, MPH is a general pediatrician at Boston Children's Hospital and Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and in Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wilson's work focuses on strategies to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations domestically and internationally. In Boston, Dr. Wilson works clinically in primary care for an underserved community and has implemented programs to improve quality of health care for children with medical, developmental and social complexity. Dr. Wilson's global work began with a focus on improving the quality of newborn care, then transitioned to programs integrating services for health, nutrition and early childhood development. She has partnered with organizations in Rwanda, mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar to implement programs aimed to improve ECD outcomes. Dr. Wilson has also supported medical education in a global health context as a leader in the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda, as visiting faculty at the University for Global Health Equity in Rwanda, and as the founder and co-director the Global Pediatric Fellowship Program at Boston Children's Hospital.
Our graduated fellows have gone on to varied positions in pediatrics and global health, including as:
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