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RAHI–SATHI Indo-U.S. Collaboration: The Evolution of a Trainee-Led Twinning Model in Global Health Into a Multidisciplinary Collaborative Program

Apurv Soni, Nisha Fahey, Abraham Jaffe, Shyamsundar Raithatha, Nitin Raithatha, Anusha Prabhakaran, Tiffany A Moore Simas, Nancy Byatt, Jagdish Vankar, Michael Chin, Ajay G Phatak, Shirish Srivastava, David D McManus, Eileen O'Keefe, Harshil Patel, Niket Patel, Dharti Patel, Michaela Tracey, Jasmine A Khubchandani, Haley Newman, Allison Earon, Hannah Rosenfield, Anna Handorf, Brittany Novak, John Bostrom, Anindita Deb, Soaham Desai, Dipen Patel, Archana Nimbalkar, Kandarp Talati, Milagros Rosal, Patricia McQuilkin, Himanshu Pandya, Heena P Santry, Sunil Thanvi, Utpala Kharod, Melissa Fischer, Jeroan Allison and Somashekhar M Nimbalkar
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2017, 5(1):152-163; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00190
Apurv Soni
aUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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  • For correspondence: Apurv.Soni@umassmed.edu
Nisha Fahey
aUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
bDes Moines University, Des Moines, IA, USA.
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Abraham Jaffe
aUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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Shyamsundar Raithatha
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Nitin Raithatha
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Anusha Prabhakaran
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Tiffany A Moore Simas
aUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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Nancy Byatt
aUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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Jagdish Vankar
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Michael Chin
aUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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Ajay G Phatak
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Shirish Srivastava
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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David D McManus
aUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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Eileen O'Keefe
dBoston University, Boston, MA, USA.
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Harshil Patel
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Niket Patel
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Dharti Patel
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Michaela Tracey
aUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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Jasmine A Khubchandani
aUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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Haley Newman
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Allison Earon
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Hannah Rosenfield
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Anna Handorf
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Brittany Novak
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John Bostrom
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Anindita Deb
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Soaham Desai
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Dipen Patel
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Archana Nimbalkar
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Kandarp Talati
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Milagros Rosal
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Patricia McQuilkin
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Himanshu Pandya
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Heena P Santry
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Sunil Thanvi
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Utpala Kharod
cPramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India.
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Melissa Fischer
aUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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Jeroan Allison
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Somashekhar M Nimbalkar
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RAHI–SATHI presents an innovative twinning model of global health academic partnership, resulting in a number of successful research activities, that features trainees or students as the driving force, complemented by strategic institutional support from both sides of the partnership. Others can promote similar student-led initiatives by: (1) accepting an expanded role for trainees in global health programs, (2) creating structured research and program opportunities for trainees, (3) developing a network of faculty and trainees interested in global health, (4) sharing extramural global health funding opportunities with faculty and trainees, and (5) offering seed funding.

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Background: In recent years there has been a surge in the number of global health programs operated by academic institutions. However, most of the existing programs describe partnerships that are primarily faculty-driven and supported by extramural funding.

Program Description: Research and Advocacy for Health in India (RAHI, or “pathfinder” in Hindi) and Support and Action Towards Health-Equity in India (SATHI, or “partnership” in Hindi) are 2 interconnected, collaborative efforts between the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) and Charutar Arogya Mandal (CAM), a medical college and a tertiary care center in rural western India. The RAHI–SATHI program is the culmination of a series of student/trainee-led research and capacity strengthening initiatives that received institutional support in the form of faculty mentorship and seed funding. RAHI–SATHI's trainee-led twinning approach overcomes traditional barriers faced by global health programs. Trainees help mitigate geographical barriers by acting as a bridge between members from different institutions, garner cultural insight through their ability to immerse themselves in a community, and overcome expertise limitations through pre-planned structured mentorship from faculty of both institutions. Trainees play a central role in cultivating trust among the team members and, in the process, they acquire personal leadership skills that may benefit them in their future careers.

Conclusion: This paradigm of trainee-led twinning partnership promotes sustainability in an uncertain funding climate and provides a roadmap for conducting foundational work that is essential for the development of a broad, university-wide global health program.

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  • ↵* Co-first authors.

  • Received: 2016 Jun 14.
  • Accepted: 2017 Jan 25.
  • Published: 2017 Mar 24.
  • © Soni et al.

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RAHI–SATHI Indo-U.S. Collaboration: The Evolution of a Trainee-Led Twinning Model in Global Health Into a Multidisciplinary Collaborative Program
Apurv Soni, Nisha Fahey, Abraham Jaffe, Shyamsundar Raithatha, Nitin Raithatha, Anusha Prabhakaran, Tiffany A Moore Simas, Nancy Byatt, Jagdish Vankar, Michael Chin, Ajay G Phatak, Shirish Srivastava, David D McManus, Eileen O'Keefe, Harshil Patel, Niket Patel, Dharti Patel, Michaela Tracey, Jasmine A Khubchandani, Haley Newman, Allison Earon, Hannah Rosenfield, Anna Handorf, Brittany Novak, John Bostrom, Anindita Deb, Soaham Desai, Dipen Patel, Archana Nimbalkar, Kandarp Talati, Milagros Rosal, Patricia McQuilkin, Himanshu Pandya, Heena P Santry, Sunil Thanvi, Utpala Kharod, Melissa Fischer, Jeroan Allison, Somashekhar M Nimbalkar
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RAHI–SATHI Indo-U.S. Collaboration: The Evolution of a Trainee-Led Twinning Model in Global Health Into a Multidisciplinary Collaborative Program
Apurv Soni, Nisha Fahey, Abraham Jaffe, Shyamsundar Raithatha, Nitin Raithatha, Anusha Prabhakaran, Tiffany A Moore Simas, Nancy Byatt, Jagdish Vankar, Michael Chin, Ajay G Phatak, Shirish Srivastava, David D McManus, Eileen O'Keefe, Harshil Patel, Niket Patel, Dharti Patel, Michaela Tracey, Jasmine A Khubchandani, Haley Newman, Allison Earon, Hannah Rosenfield, Anna Handorf, Brittany Novak, John Bostrom, Anindita Deb, Soaham Desai, Dipen Patel, Archana Nimbalkar, Kandarp Talati, Milagros Rosal, Patricia McQuilkin, Himanshu Pandya, Heena P Santry, Sunil Thanvi, Utpala Kharod, Melissa Fischer, Jeroan Allison, Somashekhar M Nimbalkar
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