Lorraine Wallace, PhD, Education/Research Director, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research at Moldova State University College of Medicine and Pharmacy in Chisinau, Moldova, located between Romania and the Ukraine. She will participate in the program August 2009-January 2010.

Wallace will teach undergraduate and graduate students subjects including Writing for Publication in English, Epidemiology and Health-related Statistics. She will also help the university develop curriculum for its newly established School of Public Health and assist in establishing a national health-related tracking system.

Wallace is one of approximately 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program this year.

“The medical system in Moldova is very different from ours in the U.S.,” said Wallace. “I’m looking forward to teaching and learning from these students and learning more about worldwide healthcare, which I’m certain I will be able to apply to improve my everyday work.”

The Fulbright program, America’s flagship international educational exchange program, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Since its founding in 1946, the program has provided more than 286,000 people the opportunity to observe political, economic, educational and cultural institutions, to exchange ideas and to embark on joint ventures of importance to the general welfare of the world’s inhabitants. The program operates in more than 155 countries.

Recipients of the Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievements, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.

The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine in Knoxville is part of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the statewide academic health system. The school is home to more than 200 teaching physicians and researchers; more than 190 medical and dental resident physicians in 11 residency and 12 fellowship programs; and more than 180 volunteer faculty physicians and dentists. The school, together with clinical partner University Health System Inc., form the University of Tennessee Medical Center, the only academic medical center in the area. For more information about the UT Graduate School of Medicine, visit http://gsm.utmck.edu.