International Training Programs

Ongoing Programs

KEMRI-UCSF Infectious Disease Research Training Program
This two- to four-year program trains Kenyan master’s and doctoral students to perform epidemiological, clinical, and basic science STI research in order to develop a multidisciplinary team of researchers in Kenya. Since its inception in 2005, 11 scholars have completed the program.

Student Training Education Program (STEP)
STEP provides rotations for health professional students and residents at sites within the Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES) network of clinics in Kenya. This program began in 2006 and 88 residents and students have completed the training.

Completed Programs

The William and Flora Hewlett Fellowship in Reproductive Health Policy
From 1989 to 2005, this fellowship sponsored 31 senior fellows from Latin America for nine months at UCSF to develop special expertise in the area of reproductive health policy. Among the successful graduates of the program are professors in key universities in Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru; leaders in government and health, including Mexico’s Ministry of Health; and leaders directing community-based organizations.

Post-Abortion Care in Central America
From 2000 to 2005, Bixby Center faculty directed a training program to establish a Post-Abortion Care unit in teaching hospitals in El Salvador and Guatemala to improve access to quality care for women who have complications related to incomplete or unsafe abortion. The project has trained a core group of hospital staff and physicians in a variety of family planning services.

International Family Planning Leadership Program (IFPLP)
Between 2000 and 2006, the Bixby Center carried out training for 270 family planning managers and practitioners from developing countries in collaboration with the Public Health Institute and UC Berkeley. The IFPLP provided scientific knowledge, developed skills relating to program management and evaluation, and offered leadership training and in-country technical assistance. Trainings at UCSF included participants from Ethiopia, India, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sudan. Trainings conducted in Guatemala and the U.S. included participants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico. For more information, please visit the IFPLP website.

Training on Ethical Issues in HIV/AIDS Research
From 2003 to 2008, this training served to build capacity in UC Berkeley, UCSF, and collaborating Indian institutions to conduct ethically sound HIV/AIDS research and to promote cross-cultural understanding of ethical issues in HIV/AIDS research in India.

Vietnam Medical Education Program
Between 2004 and 2009, the Bixby Center collaborated with Pathfinder International to hold annual courses for policy makers and clinical teachers from all eight Vietnamese medical schools on reproductive health curriculum reform, evidence-based medicine, problem-based learning, and policy. The courses brought together UCSF faculty and leadership with high-level members from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and Training as well as medical school deans, department heads, and faculty in Vietnam.