The FICRS program is a one year research fellowship supported by the Fogarty Center, a division of the National Institute of Health (NIH), for doctoral-level grad students in the health sciences. It provides the opportunity for mentored research in developing countries with the goal of encouraging them to pursue NIH-funded research in their careers. There are approximately 30 US scholars at 20 sites throughout the world.
http://www.fogartyscholars.org/scholars/international-clinical-research-scholars-program
Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore:
Chrisitian Medical College (known as CMC Vellore) is one of India's largest and most reputable medical centers. It is a tertiary care referral hospital, and treats patients from all over India and the world.
The history of the college's founding is quite interesting: (from Wikipedia)
"The idea of starting a hospital occurred to Ida Sophia Scudder in the late 1800s, when Ida visited her medical missionary father,John Scudder, Jr., at his post in Tamil Nadu. One night, Ida was asked to help three women from different families struggling in difficult childbirth. Custom prevented their husbands from accepting the help of a male doctor and being without training at that time, Ida herself could do nothing. The next morning she was shocked to learn that each of the three women had died. She believed that it was a calling and a challenge set before her by God to begin a ministry dedicated to the health needs of the people of India, particularly women and children. Consequently, Ida went back to America, entered medical training and, in 1899, was one of the first women graduates of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University;
Shortly thereafter, she returned to India and opened a one-bed clinic in Vellore in 1900. Two years later, in 1902, she built a 40-bed hospital. In 1909, she started the School of Nursing, and in 1918, a medical school for women was opened under the name Missionary Medical School for Women. The medical school was upgraded into a university affiliated medical college granting the degree of M.B.B.S. in 1942, under the name Christian Medical College. Men were admitted to this college in 1947, ten in a class of 35."
http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/
Vellore, India:
Vellore is a small city in the southern Tamil Nadu state of India. The city lies between Chennai and Bangalore and has a population of approx. 1 million. It is considered a hub for medical tourism, and world-class medical and technological education.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/tamil-nadu/vellore
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