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Peer-reviewedCC BYInternational Journal of Medical Students

Medical Students and Equitable Global Health Research: From Participation to Shared Power

  • Manali Sarkar1
  • Sayali Sandeep Kulkarni2
  • Maria Bozika3
  • Prateek4
  • Sajjad A. Khan5
  • Abdulbasit O. Muili6
  • Mihnea-Alexandru Găman7
  • Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar8
8 affiliations
  1. 1MBBS, Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
  2. 2Faculty of Medicine, Georgian National University SEU, Tbilisi, Georgia, USA.
  3. 3Medical Student, University of Patras, Achaia, Greece.
  4. 4Medical Student, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India. Co-Student Editor in Chief, IJMS.
  5. 5MBBS, Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital, Morang, Nepal. Deputy Editor, IJMS.
  6. 6Medical Student, Department of Medicine, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria. Scientific Editor (incoming), IJMS.
  7. 7MD, 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.
  8. 8MD, 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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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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@article{sarkar2026medical,
  title = {{Medical Students and Equitable Global Health Research: From Participation to Shared Power}},
  author = {Manali Sarkar and Sayali Sandeep Kulkarni and Maria Bozika and Prateek and Sajjad A. Khan and Abdulbasit O. Muili and Mihnea-Alexandru Găman and Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar},
  journal = {International Journal of Medical Students},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  doi = {10.5195/ijms.2026.5348},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2026.5348},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Medical Students and Equitable Global Health Research: From Participation to Shared Power
AU  - Manali Sarkar
AU  - Sayali Sandeep Kulkarni
AU  - Maria Bozika
AU  - Prateek
AU  - Sajjad A. Khan
AU  - Abdulbasit O. Muili
AU  - Mihnea-Alexandru Găman
AU  - Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/11/11
JO  - International Journal of Medical Students
DO  - 10.5195/ijms.2026.5348
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AB  - 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
SN  - 2076-6327
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