{"id":9835,"date":"2026-06-01T13:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/publichealth\/?p=9835"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:40:11","slug":"public-health-studies-in-costa-rica-january-intersession-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/publichealth\/2026\/06\/01\/public-health-studies-in-costa-rica-january-intersession-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Health Studies in Costa Rica: January Intersession Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In it\u2019s second year, the Public Health Studies Costa Rica\u00a0Study Abroad Program\u00a0took 14 students on a\u00a010-day trip during January Intersession 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After participating in a prep-course\u00a0in the fall, students traveled to Southern, rural Costa Rica with two\u00a0PHS staff members, Keri Frisch and Cara McNamara.\u00a0Daily field excursions and classroom workshops were facilitated by\u00a0in-country partners Centro Interamericano para La Salud Global (CISG) and Child and Family Health International. The group visited\u00a0a primary care clinic, the border with Panama, a coffee farm, an indigenous community, as well as\u00a0a national park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through\u00a0this immersive experience,\u00a0students had the opportunity to learn about health and health system issues, including migrant\u00a0health and planetary health, from the perspective of Costa Rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As student Chisom Ezuma-Ngwu\u00a0explained<\/a>, the program “challenged [her] to rethink how health systems are created, sustained, and experienced by the people they are meant to serve”\u00a0 and how she envisions her future “at the intersection of clinical medicine, community engagement, and public health research.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Public Health Studies in Costa Rica: January Intersession Trip Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Photo of Rufous-tailed hummingbird by PHS graduate Elayne JIa
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