Medical College of Wisconsin Global Child Health Program

The Medical College of Wisconsin Global Child Health Program believes that all children, everywhere, deserve excellent healthcare. By learning from and partnering with pediatric providers in resource-limited settings, our goal is to build capacity, strengthen clinical care, and conduct innovative and impactful research for children around the world. We aim to support, educate, and connect pediatric providers to engage in global health in a longitudinal, bidirectional, and anti-colonialist way.

Faculty and staff from the Global Child Health Program (l-r): Dr. Kelli Brown, Tifany Frazer, Dr. Connie Shumba, Dr. Megan Schultz, Dr. Kelly Graff, Dr. Katie Ryan, Dr. DeMarco Bowen.

Global Child Health Program Missions

Community Engagement

Provide pre-departure trainings for pediatricians working abroad, offer ‘local global’ volunteer opportunities for faculty/trainees, and advocate for global child health policy at state and national levels.

Education

Teach and mentor the Community and Global Health Track (CGHT) pediatric residents, organize two Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds per year, and incorporate global health topics into pediatric residency/fellowship curricula.

Patient Care

Collaborate with medical schools and hospitals in resource-limited settings to provide quality pediatric education and clinical care.

Research

Support faculty/trainees with grant seeking, grant applications and the IRB process, and one pediatric faculty seed grant per year from the Office of Global Health.

Message from the Director

Megan Schultz, MD, MA Megan L. Schultz, MD, MA
Associate Professor
Director, Global Child Health

As Director of Global Child Health, I support and connect pediatric faculty and trainees at Medical College of Wisconsin/Children’s Wisconsin in their global health endeavors. A range of pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists collaborate on research, medical education, clinical care, and community engagement to advance healthcare for children around the world. Our team is dedicated to the idea that all children, everywhere, deserve excellent health care, whether that be a child with cancer in Siem Reap, Cambodia, or a member of the Lac du Flambeau tribe in northern Wisconsin. We are fortunate to have national leaders in multiple global child health disciplines, from refugee care to diabetes self-management, from procedural sedation to emergency medicine. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions – we always love a good collab!

About the Global Child Health Program

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Recent Publications by Our Faculty

Prevalence of Diabetes and the Relationship Between Wealth and Social Demographic Characteristics Across 6 Low-and-Middle Income Countries. (Marfowaa G, Campbell JA, Nagavally S, Dawson AZ, Walker RJ, Egede LE) Glob J Health Sci 2024;16(4):22-31

Hartford EA, Rees CA, Kihurani I, Hussain SR, Seifert E, Schmid A, Bacha T, Chen CC, Schultz ML. Educational interventions to improve pediatric emergency care: A qualitative assessment of the perspectives of African healthcare workers. PLOS Glob Pub Health 2025 Jan 7.

Prevalence and correlates of pre-diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa using Demographic and Health Survey Data: a cross-sectional study. (Walker RJ, Thorgerson AM, Yan A, Williams JS, Campbell JA, Dawson AZ, Renta V, Egede LE) BMJ Open 2023 Oct 18;13(10):e069640

Paediatric trauma education in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic literature review. (Rivas JA, Bartoletti J, Benett S, Strong Y, Novotny TE, Schultz ML) J Glob Health 2022 Dec 29;12:04078 PMID: 36580057 PMCID: PMC9801138 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85145242274 12/30/2022

High Rates of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in HIV-Positive Individuals Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Botswana. (Ryan K, Anderson M, Gyurova I, Ambroggio L, Moyo S, Sebunya T, Makhema J, Marlink R, Essex M, Musonda R, Gaseitsiwe S, Blackard JT) Open Forum Infect Dis 2017;4(4):ofx195 PMID: 29062862 PMCID: PMC5641381 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85040341511 10/25/2017

More Than Just a Passport: Resources and Implementation Strategies to Optimize Preparation for Global Health Work. (Winter JJ, Gladding S, Schultz ML, Bensman R, Lam SK, St Clair NE) Pediatr Ann 2023 Sep;52(9):e330-e334 PMID: 37695285 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85170488081 09/11/2023

Pediatric procedural sedation in African clinical settings: A mixed methods study of African providers' sedation practices. (Schultz ML, Melby A, Gray R, Evans FM, Benett S, Niescierenko ML) Afr J Emerg Med 2023 Sep;13(3):204-209 PMID: 37692456 PMCID: PMC10491935 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164744081 09/11/2023

Antimicrobial Resistance Trends at a Pediatric Hospital in Guatemala City, 2005-2019. (Graff KE, Windsor WJ, Calvimontes DM, Melgar MA, Galvez N, Rivera JG, Dominguez SR, Asturias EJ, Gordillo MR) J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2021 Aug 26 PMID: 34437683 08/27/2021

Prevalence of food insecurity and association with mental health in an indigenous population in Panamá. (Walker RJ, Dawson AZ, Campbell JA, Egede LE) Public Health Nutr 2021 Dec;24(17)

Recent Global Child Health Grand Rounds

Pediatric Travel Medicine: Global Child Health Preparedness | Dec 6, 2024

Decolonizing Global Child Health: Focusing on Bidirectional Education, Research, Community Engagement and Clinical Care | June 14, 2024

Equitable Paediatric Emergency and Critical Care Services in Africa: Bridging the Gap | Dec. 1, 2023

The Archebald Pequet Lecture: The Health Emergency of Climate Change and Pediatrics | July 28, 2023

Refuge for Refugees | Dec. 2, 2022

COVID-19 in the Global South: Lessons from Sierra Leone and the Midwest Consortium of Global Health Educators | Sept. 24. 2021

Global Child Health Education at MCW

GME Scholars in Global Health for any resident or fellow (PDF)
A two-year curriculum available to all MCW trainees on broad global health principles and topics.

Pediatric Residency Global Health Track
A concentration focused on community and global health available to MCW pediatric residents.

Collaborating Institutions and Organizations

American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Global Health
MCW Global Child Health faculty and residents are contributing members of this AAP section.

Consortium of Universities for Global Health
MCW faculty, residents, and students are contributing members of this international consortium.

MCW Office of Global Health
The Office of Global Health trains the next generation of global health leaders and addresses global health inequities across neighborhoods and nation.

Midwest Consortium of Global Health Educators
Global Child Health faculty and residents are contributing members of this multi-institutional collaboration to advance training in global child health.

Women in Global Health
MCW faculty are contributing members of this international collaborative focusing on gender equity in global health.