UNL student named NIH/Fogarty international clinical research scholar

University of Nebraska-Lincoln doctoral student Nancy Heng-Hsian Liu has been selected as a scholar by the National Institutes of Health/Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program.

Originally from Dallas, Liu came to UNL in 2005 to join the lab of Will Spaulding in the Clinical Psychology and Training program. She is in Beijing on a Fulbright fellowship, studying the prevalence and risk factors of suicide ideation. She will spend next year as a Fogarty fellow exploring her interest in the development of health systems in resource-poor areas. She will conduct public policy-related research at the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The NIH/Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars program pairs U.S. graduate students with international students in the health sciences, creating an international community of global health research scholars. These paired scholars receive one year of mentored clinical research training at an NIH-funded advanced research center in a developing country. This year, 33 U.S. scholars and 33 "twin" international scholars with similar training and background will train in developing countries around the world.

The program is administered through the Support Center at Vanderbilt University's Institute for Global Health, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the Association of Schools of Public Health.