AMA announces medical student winners of 2018 Global Health Challenge

CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) and the AMA Insurance Agency today announced that a team of medical students from California Northstate University, College of Medicine (CNUCOM) is the winner of the 2018 AMA Global Health Challenge. Based on their essay and video submissions, the five-member team—known as the “CNUCOM Global Health Dream Team”—has won the opportunity to work alongside Timmy Global Health to care for patients in underserved populations abroad. 

“It is my pleasure to congratulate the California Northstate University, College of Medicine ‘Global Health Dream Team’ for winning the 2018 AMA Global Health Challenge. By winning the contest, this five-medical student team will have the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally while providing health care to some of the world’s most vulnerable populations,” said AMA President Barbara L. McAneny, M.D. “Through their upcoming service trip abroad, these future physicians will gain global health experiences that will help them foster a lifelong passion for service to the neediest populations, both at home and abroad, and develop a deeper understanding of the social determinants of health—leading to better health outcomes for patients.”