Freshman medical students can participate in the Summer Research Training program in either Germany or Spain. Senior medical students can work in international clinical settings in large high-tech medical complexes as well as in very rural disadvantaged settings. The International Lecture Series brings students, faculty and staff together regularly to interact with researchers and clinicians from around the world. Our faculty presents their research in many international forums. Just this week, Dr. Stephanie Studenski returned from Italy where she delivered a paper to the World Health Organization.
International collaborations are currently underway with German and Japanese researchers.
Ivan Osorio and Larry Sullivan are both applying for international patents on their technologies. One of our most outstanding international initiatives is our KUMC-Kyrgyzstan Partnership . Dr. Fred Holmes initiated this exchange program for physicians and nurses in 1992. The State Department recently notified us it will extend through 1998. So far, we have hosted 74 physicians and 36 nurses from Kyrgyzstan, and 42 of our physicians and 16 nurses have traveled there.