Romanian Humphrey Fellow Vlad Mixich, affiliated with Emory University, organized a field visit on quality improvement in healthcare for six key Romanian healthcare executives and opinion leaders. The group visited five hospitals in Atlanta and had meetings with twenty-four medical doctors, nurses, and engineers who work in patient safety and healthcare quality improvement. Read more at: https://mailchi.mp/iie/humphrey-fellowship-weekly-report-may-6-10-2019

Reflecting on the study visit, Vlad said: "It was a transformational visit for the Romanian team and I know that back home they will start changing things around them. Sharing knowledge is the most powerful change tool we have."

Part of the U.S. Embassy’s outreach events in March, during Women’s Month, Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, currently Fulbright visiting scholar at the University of Bucharest, met with students from the I. L. Caragiale High-School in Bucharest (March 6), and, via DVC, spoke to high-schoolers in Bacau and Baia Mare (March 26 and 27) at the American Corner at the National Library in Bucharest. The topic of Dr. Godeanu-Kenworthy's lectures was “Influential Women who Changed American History", followed by an interactive section. The high-schoolers enthusiastically brainstormed what type of events, monuments, and actors would best help local communities to learn about, and celebrate, the women who made an impact on Romanian history, and together came up with creative ways to enhance the overall visibility of women in the Romanian national narrative.

Liz Lightfoot, current U.S. Fulbright scholar at the University of Bucharest, was the plenary speaker at the 3rd edition of the NORD - Interdisciplinary Perspectives Conference at the North University Center in Baia Mare. Her talk was titled: “Creating an Inclusive Society: Lessons from Research for the United States and Romania”.

Professor Woden Teachout, from Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, Ohio and ETA Fulbright Lecturer Hannah Young, from Ohio State University, current Fulbright grantees at “Lucian Blaga” University in Sibiu, were recently invited to visit ”1 Decembrie 1918” University in Alba Iulia. Dr. Teachout conferenced on "Student Centered Learning: Practical Strategies for an Engaged Classroom", while Hannah Young made a presentation on "The Fulbright Program: An international educational exchange" to a public made up of Romanian and international faculty and students present in Alba Iulia for the International Week of the University.