The Brown Global Health Faculty Development Fellowship was started in 2010 to provide FM physicians with the additional global health, health equity, and faculty development skills necessary to assist with the development of pre-doctoral, residency, clinical, and research education in underserved settings locally and globally. As an academic family medicine department with a long history of involvement in global health, the Department of Family Medicine at Brown is particularly well situated to provide faculty development in this area. This fellowship was developed and is funded through a unique, sustainable collaboration between Blackstone Valley Community Health Care (BVCHC) and the Department of Family Medicine. The community health center, the family medicine department and the associated hospital provide a rich learning environment. BVCHC was chosen because, in addition to their care of underserved communities in Rhode Island, their staff is actively involved in global health.
Overall Aim of the Program:
- To prepare family physicians for future leadership roles in global health, health equity, and medical education.
- To create a partnership with local community health centers to promote shared commitment to the underserved.
- To work in concert with other undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate global health training programs at Brown University.
- To train US faculty who can serve as interim faculty for emerging family medicine residencies globally until each program is able to graduate their own faculty.
- To work together as faculty and fellow family physicians to critically examine the impacts of colonialism on global health and apply anti-oppressive approaches to advance health equity locally and globally.
Specific Educational Goals
By the end of the fellowship program, fellows will demonstrate the additional clinical, teaching, scholarly and leadership skills necessary for work as a family physician in resource-limited settings.
Eligibility Requirements
- Completion of an accredited family medicine residency program in the US
- Board eligible or board certified in family medicine
- Excellent academic and clinical record
- Commitment to the care of underserved populations
- Experience working in resource-limited settings
- Demonstrated teaching and leadership experience with strong leadership potential
- Dedicated to self-directed, lifelong learning
FM global health fellows are based at the BVCHC clinic and collaborate with residents and faculty from the Brown Residency International/Global Health Training Pathway (BRIGHT), which includes trainees from the Departments of Family Medicine, Medicine, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Infectious Disease. We have partnerships with the Academic Model Providing Access to Health Care in Kenya. See attached brochure for more information.
For more information, please contact:
Lynn Menatian call 401-921-7981 ext. 77981
Brief Overview of the Fellowship Experience
- Fellowship typically extends from August 1st to July 31st
- 17 patient facing clinical hours in primary care per week at a Federally Qualified Health Center
- Three months/year of global health time at AMPATH
- Twice monthly didactics
- One hour mentor meetings 1-2 times a month
- All fellows pursue an MPH at Brown with a global health concentration
- Two weeks of inpatient family medicine per year
- Opportunity to precept residents in FM clinic at least once monthly
- Opportunity to teach FM residents in a variety of topics - POCUS, global health, anti-racism, travel medicine etc
- FMOB opportunities available for fellows with prior adequate residency or fellowship training
Application Requirements
- We are accepting applications for the GH faculty development track for 2025.
- Applicants must be board eligible in Family Medicine. We are unable to offer J1 visas at this time.
- The fellowship is two (2) years in duration and you must live in Rhode Island. It cannot be completed remotely.
- We will no longer be offering one-year fellowship options.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Please send your CV, a personal statement, and three letters of recommendation (one by your program/residency director) to Lynn Menatian by Monday, November 10, 2025. In your personal statement, please include reflections on what global health equity means to you and your vision for your personal involvement in global health and health equity work post-fellowship.
Interview Process and Timeline
Application Deadline: Monday, November 10, 2025 by midnight EST
Virtual Interviews: Rolling until mid December 2025 on select Thursdays
First offers for fellowship positions: Monday, December 8th, 2025
For more information, please contact:
Lynn Menatian call 401-921-7981 ext. 77981