Our interns come from diverse backgrounds but they all hold one critical thing in common: a strong commitment to improving medical conditions in the developing world. Below you can learn about who they are, what they've done and where they're going.
Please check back soon for updates, as we will continue to add intern profiles as time permits.
Andrew Adelman
Andrew joined Global Healing while studying development and public health at UC Berkeley during the 2009-2010 academic year. His work in our downtown Berkeley office supported our Moldova, Roatan and Nepal programs. As a program intern, Andrew completed a variety of tasks including research, outreach efforts and managing donations.
After graduating, Andrew received a fellowship from American Jewish World Service to join the HALO Medical Foundation, a grassroots group working to improve health and living conditions for underserved communities in eastern Maharashtra, India. He worked abroad for one year developing his international development acumen from both the American and local teams.
He is currently studying law at Georgetown University as a Global Law Scholar and hopes to continue pursuing international development through policy work.
Nicole Sirivansanti
Nicole was Global Healing's first program intern. She began working with us after serving as an AmeriCorps member with Jumpstart for Young Children. Following her time with GH, she engaged in outreach and recruitment for the Global Health Fellows Program, based in Washington, D.C.
More recently, Nicole worked as a Graduate Student Researcher for the Bixby Center's Dr. Malcolm Potts and has earned a graduate degree from the Maternal and Child Health program at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. During her summer internship at Population and Community Development Association (PDA) in Thailand, she helped conceptualize and pilot the Barefoot MPH program.
Nicole is currently developing a Girls Club literary curriculum for Hausa speakers in Nigeria. She will relocate to Cambodia in August 2011 to begin work with the Population and Community Development International - Cambodia (PDI-C). PDI-C focuses on sustainability and building community capacity through village microfinance and partnering with local institutions to deliver maternal and child health education.
