Pritzker News
Pritzker Student Receives FIC/Ellison Overseas Fellowship
Shaun Odell
May 23, 2007—Third year medical student Shaun Odell recently received the 2007–2008 FIC/Ellison Overseas Fellowship in Global Health and Clinical Research. The training program pairs U.S. graduate students with low-and middle income country students in the health sciences. Awardees receive one year of mentored clinical research training at an NIH-funded institution in a developing country. Shaun will work at the Chiang Mai University Research Institute for Health Sciences in Thailand, under the mentorship of Dr. Chris Beyrer of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. The focus of Shaun’s work will be HIV and STD transmission and prevention.
The FIC, the Ellison Medical Foundation, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases jointly support the fellowship program. The Association of American Medical Colleges and the Association of Schools of Public Health provide program support for recruitment and review.
Shaun is a third generation University of Chicago medical student. He is the son of John Odell MD ’79 and grandson of William Odell MD/SM ’56.
For a listing of other international and research opportunities available to medical students, please visit the International Opportunities page.
