Chia Family Health Fellowship Program

The Chia Family Health Fellowship Program was established in 1998 to improve health outcomes in defined communities in China through a variety of intervention and educational activities. The Fellowship supports selected Chinese women working in the health professions in Hunan and Yunnan for a six month fellowship training at Yale University, which is followed by them carrying out health work in their local communities in China. Since its establishment, the fellowship has created a network of program alumni who continue to collaborate on research and public health work. Four fellows are selected each year to receive training at Yale University. Starting in 2013, the fellowship has expanded to support four women from rural western Hunan, who will receive five month training at Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University.

Started in 2012, in partnership with Xiangya School of Medicine and affiliated institutions, four female health professionals are selected from western Hunan each year to receive training at Xiangya School of Medicine. Each Fellow is paired with a Xiangya faculty mentor to develop a project addressing health issues in her work setting or community. Chia Fellows from western Hunan spend five months in the spring of their fellowship year at Xiangya and affiliated institutions. While there, each Fellow is paired with a faculty advisor. The program of study is tailored to the needs of the Fellow and guided by the Xiangya faculty mentor. After five months, fellows return to western Hunan to implement the project they developed under the guidance of their faculty mentors.

Awardees

Yan Jin (1999), Liu Xinchun (2007), Liu Jia (2010), Xie Jianfei & Yan Chunli (2013), Qin Chunxiang (2016)