Elsa Zawedde, a JSD candidate at the University of Illinois College of Law, has been awarded a BRIDGE Global South Fellowship. The program supports the professional development of early-career researchers from universities in the Global South. As a visiting fellow in the College of Law, she will have the opportunity to gain insight into the research, training, and administration practices at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Zawedde, whose thesis is being advised by Professor Colleen Murphy, will use the fellowship to continue her research on Dynamic Health Justice Partnerships in Uganda. She is also a graduate assistant in the Vice Provost for International Affairs and Global Strategies Office at the University of Illinois.