The University of Ghana is located in the capital city of Accra and, as an English-speaking country, has a long history of interaction with WUSTL researchers, especially those in medicine and social work. In fact, students from Ghana represent the second-largest group of international students at the Brown School, second only to Korea.
In addition to developing further strategic partnerships for collaborative research and study-abroad opportunities for WUSTL students and other McDonnell scholars at the University of Ghana, the university also is ideally located to serve as a home base for further collaborations in other African countries. The McDonnell Academy hopes to recruit its first scholar from Ghana this year.
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