The 2009 Travel Study will be conducted from May 13 to May 25. Travel Study Program can be downloaded: 2008;  2007. Travel Study Photo Gallery can be downloaded:2008; 2007. (Large file size, may take minutes to download.) Travel Study Video can be downloaded: 2008; 2007. (Large file size, may take minutes to download.)

Reflections from participants:

"I will admit that prior to the travel study trip I did not have a strong interest in international health and international health research. but after the first day it was virtually impossible not to find differences between western and eastern cultures interesting."  - Jylana (2008)

"I was particularly impressed with the genuinely warm reception from several directors, professors, doctors, and students who enthusiastically welcomed our Indiana University group upon arrival at the respective organizations, some of whom were in the street to greet us as we pulled up."  - Lynda (2008)

"Southeast Asia is a part of the world that I never imagined I would have the chance to visit, and I am so grateful that I was able to go on this trip. I was exposed to a completely different kind of culture than what I am used to."  - Veronica (2008)

"Even the drives on the buses and vans in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Bangkok were eye opening. We were able to see how some of the locals make their living, and seeing what there was to buy taught about their culture in that way."  - Anna (2008)

"I was impressed in Beijing where the children's playground had equipment like the U.S. would have in our workout gyms."  - Charlene (2007)

"The Travel Study opened my eyes to the reality that the USA is not the best in the field of health, and there are many improvements that need to be made."  - Elaine (2007)

"I have been keeping in contact with the students that we met at Chulalongkorn university and I would love to go back next summer and visit them again."  - Carla (2007)

"There would be no better way for me to learn about health care systems than to see it for myself. I learned far more about culture/health care relationships than I ever would from a book. I also learned how to work with people I don't know at all and from relationships based on similar interests to help each other learn."