The U21 Health Sciences Group (HSG) was established to provide faculty within U21 member universities with a framework for exploring opportunities for collaborative research, information exchange, and sharing of resources. One of the inter-professional programs run by the U21 HSG is a summer school for students in health science disciplines.

A second program is the Global Learning Partnership project, which presents the opportunity to develop a cooperative relationship and opportunity for students and academics from the U21 HSG to interact with students and academics from other universities, including an invited university in a country with UN Millennium Development Goal needs. The partnership is founded on the building of a relationship between U21 HSG member universities and an invited partner.

2016 U21 Health Sciences Summer School: Early Critical Windows of Preventive Interventions Start Date: July 7, 2016 End Date: July 18, 2016 Location: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile UConn Representatives: Jordan D’Angelo (NURS ’17) and Aaron Plotke (CAHNR ’16) View this presentation on more details about the program topic

2015 U21 Health Sciences Summer School: Vulnerability, low budget healthcare Start Date: July 6, 2015 End Date: July 18, 2015 Location: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico UConn Representatives: N/A Read the brochure Read this student testimonial

2015 U21 Global Learning Partnership: MDG Health Start Date: (CANCELED) Due to the terrible earthquake that happened in Nepal on April 25, 2015, the U21 HS GLP 2015 has been postponed. New dates have yet to be set but will be announced on this website as they become available. All our thoughts are with colleagues in Nepal. Location: University of Kathmandu (non-U21) UConn Representatives: Minnie Yordon (SOM ’16) and Olivia Aseltine

2014 U21 Health Sciences Summer School: Substance Misuse Studies: A Harm Reduction Approach Start Date: July 7, 2014 End Date: July 18, 2014 Location: University of Auckland, New Zealand UConn Representatives: Rebecca Albanese and Sarah Kranz View this report/presentation of the program