Having been abroad as an infant with only pictures to prove to myself that I had been to Vietnam and France, I would definitely consider this my first international trip. My only real worries and concerns that I had prior to departure were 1) the mosquitoes and 2) being mistaken for a local and not …
Hello everyone! My name is Kathleen, and I am one of the five accepted into the MHIRT Fellowship as a part of the 2018 Taiwan team. I am originally from Denver, CO, and I am a rising senior at CU Denver majoring in Bioengineering. My experiences in MHIRT have been tremendous thus far, and I …
The excitement of going abroad finally set in once saw were en route to Narita. After weeks of preparing, the time has finally come and I was ready for what the summer had in store. Once we landed in Kaohsiung, we stayed overnight but took a train to northern Taiwan. The high speed railway is …
Week 1 I’ve been in Taiwan for 7 days now. It’s nothing like I thought it would be but that’s not saying much since I didn’t know what to expect. The food is great; the cars are normal size; almost everything has an English translation; and people aren’t staring at me like I thought they …
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SDSU Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training
