Workshop: Internationalization of Medical Education

Jan Lüdert is Head of Programs at the German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York. Jan earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of British Columbia (UBC). He holds Harvard Kennedy’s School Public Leadership Credential; a First-Class Honors MA in International Relations from the Australian National University; and a BA in Public Policy from Hamburg University for Economics and Politics. He previously served as Associate Professor at City University of Seattle where he was the inaugural Director of Curriculum and Instruction. He held positions as Visiting Research Scholar at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at City University of New York's Graduate Center as well as Research Associate with the DFG 'Dynamics of Security' project at Philipps Marburg University. He is an alumnus of Seattle's World Affairs Council Fellows and UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues Scholar programs.

Anette Wu (Fortgang) is an associate professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S), Columbia University, New York, NY. Dr. Wu is the founder and director of the “International Collaboration and Exchange program – Preparing Global Leaders for Healthcare” at VP&S - a unique interdisciplinary, international student networking and exchange program that is based in the anatomy course (globally), with content that incorporates global health, public health, health equity, multiculturalism, diversity, and health law and ethics. The program partners 25 medical and health sciences schools on 4 continents, in order to impart leadership skills, convey international and interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration skills, transmit cultural competency skills, and provide a professional network for future global leaders in healthcare. Her educational research focuses on the internationalization of medical education in order to promote the improvement of global health and the reduction of healthcare nationalism and inequity. She has authored multiple articles on this topic, including internationalization of medical education “at home” approaches. Dr. Wu is currently a guest editor at Frontiers in Education regarding the issue of “Teaching and Learning in a Global Context” and an upcoming guest editor for BMC Medical Education in reference to “Internationalization of Medical Education”. Dr. Wu was elected to the Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators, an honorary society of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, in recognition for her excellence in education. She received her MD and PhD degrees from Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. For her PhD she completed a research scholarship at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Dr. Wu trained in General and Transplantation Surgery at Hannover Medical School, and the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. She completed a fellowship in Transplantation Immunology at Harvard Medical School. Subsequently, Dr. Wu received a Master’s Degree in Health Policy and Management from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.