Program Description

The Center's Global Health Research Internship Program provides students with real-life, hands on experience in research practice and intervention development to benefit mothers and children in a low-income country.

2023 COHORT

CLCD’s Health Research Internship program gives students the opportunity to experience real-life, hands-on research practice, and intervention development to benefit mothers and children in a low-income country.

The Center for Learning and Childhood Development-Ghana (CLCD) is a collaborative, research-based not-for-profit organization that aims to improve early childhood development outcomes in Ghana. The Center's program areas are newborn and child health, developmental delays and disabilities, and early childhood education. The program has four main components: 1) Participation in a research project or community service project, 2) mentoring from leading researchers and service providers, 3) Training to enhance professional development, and 4) Facilitating student engagement in Ghanaian culture through visits to heritage sites.