Dr. Eric Larson joined VIA’s volunteer program in Hong Kong in 1968. This international service experience was the beginning of a rich career in medicine and medical research. This year, Dr. Larson released his book, Enlightened Aging: Building Resilience for
This coming spring we have an amazing team of social innovation coordinators. Learn more about these energetic innovators who are excited to inspire the next generation of changemakers in the US and Asia!
Exploring Social Innovation – 2018 February
One of this summer’s GLE participants, David, was unable to travel to attend the program in person in Thailand, but he didn’t let that stop him. Below is David’s reflection about what it was like to join the program virtually.
About the Enlight Scholarship
The Enlight Scholarship can be applied to the 2018 Indonesia Summer Internship in Indonesia. This is both a merit and need-based scholarship. Award amounts will be determined based on the student’s qualifications for the program
We learned clinical English, patient privacy, USMLE, design thinking, and so on. Especially, LGBTQ＋ health issues thinking left a strong impression on me. In the first LGBTQ＋ class, our lecturer told us that he had two mothers. I was surprised
My name is Xinhui Liu from Shanxi Medical University in China. This is the first time for me to be in US. Although it’s only been a week, I am already in love with Stanford and San Francisco. Getting to
Hello! My name is Tamara Solorzano and I am the Assistant Program Director for the VIA MED program. My impression of this program on the first week summed up on one word is: engaging. There is nothing complacent about my
Hello everyone, my name is Keita Morikawa. I’m a fourth-year medical student from the University of Tokyo. It’s been almost a week since I came to Stanford. So far, Stanford proved to be one of the best places I know
September concludes an exciting season of summer programs with VIA. In both the US and Asia, we welcomed new staff, launched new programs, and welcomed over 250 new participants and student coordinators to our community.
New Staff
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Exciting news for VIA!
VIA alumni and staff met today in Jakarta with President Obama as part of a small roundtable convened to discuss how young people create change in their communities. The VIA community members were alumni from Haverford
