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  "abstract": "Equitable global health research depends on who sets research priorities, controls resources and data, and decides how findings are interpreted and used. This editorial examines how medical students in high-income and low- and middle-income countries can support locally defined priorities through curriculum reform, transparent research agreements, fair recognition of contributions, and collective advocacy. It presents a checklist that pairs student actions with institutional commitments and measures of progress, including local control of budgets, agreements made before data collection, and the return of findings to communities. The authors argue that these efforts depend on faculty, universities, journals, and funders sharing decision-making authority and providing the resources and protections needed to sustain equitable partnerships",
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    "MBBS, Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.",
    "Faculty of Medicine, Georgian National University SEU, Tbilisi, Georgia, USA.",
    "Medical Student, University of Patras, Achaia, Greece.",
    "Medical Student, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India. Co-Student Editor in Chief, IJMS.",
    "MBBS, Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital, Morang, Nepal. Deputy Editor, IJMS.",
    "Medical Student, Department of Medicine, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria. Scientific Editor (incoming), IJMS.",
    "MD, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania & Department of Hematology, Centre of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Bucharest, Romania. Scientific Editor (outgoing), IJMS.",
    "MD, MSc, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO, USA. Fundación Somos Ciencia al Servicio de la Comunidad / SCISCO Foundation, Cali, Colombia. Grupo de investigación en Visión y Salud Ocular, VISOC, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Editor in Chief, IJMS."
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  "published": "2026-11-11",
  "publisher": "University Library System, University of Pittsburgh",
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  "title": "Medical Students and Equitable Global Health Research: From Participation to Shared Power",
  "title_text": "Medical Students and Equitable Global Health Research: From Participation to Shared Power",
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