Ethiopia Platform
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Ophthalmology: Drs. Bezawit Tadegegne and Lemlem Tamrat visited the Kellogg Eye Center in May 2015 from the ophthalmology department at St. Paul’s Hospital. Dr. Bezawit is the ophthalmology chair and Dr. Lemlem is the residency program director. The visit was part of a collaboration between St. Paul’s and Kellogg to establish a training program for ophthalmologists at their hospital in Addis Ababa. The new ophthalmology residency program, which would be only the fourth such program in a country Drs. Lemlem Tamrat (left) and Bezawit Tadegegne (right) are of 80 million people, will begin training six residents per working with UM pediatric ophthalmologist, Dr. Monte Del year in September 2015. Jonathan Greene, MD, Kellogg Monte, to establish a training program in ophthalmology assistant professor of Ophthalmology, and Monte Del at St. Paul’s Monte, MD, Skillman Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology, are leading the Kellogg team in this effort. Expanding Education Programs: Dr. John Williams, Horace W. Davenport Collegiate Professor of Physiology and Professor of Internal Medicine, is building on his work with the EM-PACE program by collaborating with two universities as they build capacity for basic medical sciences education. He is consulting with Addis Ababa University as they plan for a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science and with St. Paul’s Millenium Medical School as they consider a Masters of Physiology degree. Future Collaborations: Two major leadership visits foreshadow new collaborative opportunities between the University of Michigan and institutions within Ethiopia. Representatives from Addis Ababa University and St. Paul’s Hospital and Millennium Medical College visited UM to identify opportunities for collaboration on efforts to improve curriculum in areas such as health education and basic science teaching. The College of Engineering hosted the Chair of the Addis Ababa City Water Master Plan Committee, the Dean of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Chair of Biomedical Engineering Department, and the Director of Addis Ababa Institute of Technology; and the Director of the Institute of Development Policy and Management.
EM-PACE Symposium Held in Addis Adaba
More than 40 University of Michigan (UM) community members, representing 10 different UM schools and units, traveled to Addis Ababa in January 2015 to participate in a symposium assessing the progress that the EthiopiaMichigan Platform for Advancing Collaborative Engagement (EM-PACE) program has made thus far in expanding collaborations between UM and institutions in Ethiopia, and determining goals for the future. Another 60+ participants came from various universities and medical colleges in Ethiopia, as well as the Ministries of Health, Education, and Science and Technology. The two-day program included sessions led by faculty from both UM and Ethiopia, which focused on education, faculty development, and research collaborations. The Medical School was one of several UM partners on the EMPACE grant funded in 2013 to create a transformative platform for collaboration in Ethiopia addressing some of the most pressing problems identified by country leadership. Supported by the Global Challenges for Third Century grant from the Office of the Provost, grant investigators sought to develop and codify a UM model for collaboration in order to position the University as a preferred institutional partner in future collaborative efforts. Nearly three-dozen students from across the UM campus traveled to Ethiopia to work on research projects The EM-PACE symposium allowed opportunities for both largeas part of the grant during Summer 2014. Another group of and small-group engagement students closed out funded projects during Summer 2015. Page 20 globalreach.med.umich.edu