National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) reposted this
NIMHD Director Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Ethnicity and Health, Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Obesity Branch Chief Dr. Anne E. Sumner were invited to plant a redwood tree at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) main campus in Butaro, Rwanda. The UGHE invitation honors the legacy of Dr. Paul Farmer, global health pioneer and UGHE founder and inaugural chancellor. The tree planting also recognizes Dr. Sumner’s role as the founding director of the NIH-Rwanda Health Program and Dr. Pérez-Stable's enduring support for the program. The NIH-Rwandan Health Program is an international collaborative effort to help build an NIH-trained research workforce in Rwanda. Under the program, physician fellows spend a year at NIH then return home as clinician scientists to conduct research and help improve health of Rwandans. The program contributes to research capacity building and workforce diversity. Learn more about it and its past fellows: https://bit.ly/4evRFNU #WorldDiabetesDay
