Projects conducted in other countries are at the specific requests of on-site medical directors and usually require fluency in the native language. A study conducted by a graduate student in mass communications at Texas Tech University and a medical student from Puerto Rico who wrote an implementation plan for a Volunteer Blood Bank in Central America.
Diverse expertise is needed and all disciplines are encouraged to participate.
Projects usually are initiated because of a need determined by the medical director of a partner-site but talented faculty are encouraged to propose collaborative research. Travel funds are limited and assessed on a project by project basis.