Weill Cornell medical students who wish to complete a Global Health Elective should visit the Office of Global Health Education website and the Global Health website. Electives, with or without financial support, are available to students during the fourth-year, the summer following the first-year, and through a one-year scholarly leave after the third-year. Elective credit is available for fourth-year students.
After reviewing the above websites, questions relating to the elective and the application process can be addressed to:
The Office of Global Health Education
425 East 61st Street, Suite 321
New York, NY 10065
Madelon Finkel, PhD
Director of the Office of Global Health Education
E-mail: maf2011@med.cornell.edu
Office: 646.962.8038
Yasmine Reeder
Global Health Electives Assistant
E-mail: ygr2001@med.cornell.edu
Office: 212.821.0812
