THE HUMPHREY FELLOWS

Each year at Rollins, mid-career professionals from around the world take part in the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program. President Jimmy Carter established the program in 1978 to honor the late vice president for his long-time advocacy of international cooperation. Emory is one of 15 U.S. campuses that host Humphrey Fellows in a variety of disciplines. To date, 175 fellows have studied at Emory since 1993.

Emory has offered a concentration in HIV/AIDS since 2004. Of the 12 fellows studying at Rollins this year, 10 are focusing on the epidemic. After a year of study, these fellows will return to their respective countries—Burma, China, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—to practice what they have learned as administrators, clinicians, educators, policy experts, and human rights activists. “We are living in a world where AIDS will be with us for the rest of our lives,” says physician Qi Li, a 2011 Humphrey Fellow from China.

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