Publications by authors named "Monica Wassim"
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- University College London and Newgiza University have been working together since 2016 to create healthcare programs in Egypt, but the pandemic made it hard for staff to travel.
- They interviewed 30 staff members to understand how the travel restrictions affected their work and found that despite the challenges, the staff adapted well and kept the programs running smoothly.
- The study concluded that travel limitations affect international partnerships, but both universities managed to cope, and future collaborations should use a mix of online and in-person interactions.
This article describes the authors' personal experiences of collaborating across international borders in academic research. International collaboration in academic medicine is one of the most important ways by which research and innovation develop globally. However, the intersections among colonialism, academic medicine, and global health research have created a neocolonial narrative that perpetuates inequalities in global health partnerships.
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