UNIVERSITY COALITIONS for GLOBAL HEALTH

Stephanie DeVita-Gutendorf is the 2007-2008 global health outreach fellow of the University Coalitions for Global Health.

As the fellow, Stephanie is responsible for all UCGH programming. She works closely with the steering committee members to guide UCGH projects and campaigns.

This year she hopes to improve the UCGH website, expand organizational membership and build a sustainable student network on campuses across the nation.

Prior to this position, Stephanie completed her bachelor’s degree in international relations with a focus in global health and minors in non-profit management and Spanish at Seton Hall University. Her advocacy experience includes her two-year class presidency and involvement in a variety of activism campaigns on her campus.

An Ohio native, Stephanie has an extensive background in the medical field, ranging from working with the Human Rights Clinic at Doctors of the World, where she trained doctors to recognize the signs of torture and helped refugees find asylum in the United States to her summers spent volunteering at an HIV/AIDS clinic.

Contact Stephanie directly at sdevita@globalhealth.org.

About the Fellowship…

Each spring the Global Health Council, in conjunction with the UCGH steering committee, selects the next UCGH outreach fellow to coordinate all UCGH activities. The fellowship is open to all interested individuals looking to gain global health organizing, outreach and policy experience. This one year position located at the Global Health Council in Washington, D.C.

All interested applicants are encouraged to apply through the Global Health Council’s website.