Challenges and Opportunities in Global Health: Universities at the Forefront

Friday 6 November 2009
12Noon-3PM
Jordan Hall Conference Center, University of Virginia
All oral presentations will take place in the JHCC Auditorium

  Press Release

 

12Noon

Refreshments available in the Jordan Hall Conference Center Lobby (1st Floor)

Opening Remarks
Richard L. Guerrant, MD, Director, University of Virginia Center for Global Health

 

 

 

Welcome
Thomas C. Skalak, PhD, Vice President for Research, Professor of Biomedical Engineering

 

 

Keynote Introduction

W. Michael Scheld, MD, Director, Pfizer Initiative in International Health at the University of Virginia

 

 

 

Keynote - Challenges and Opportunities in Global Health: Universities at the Forefront

 

Thomas C. Quinn, MD, MS, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

 

1:15pm

Center for Global Health University Scholar Presentations representing the University of Virginia College of Arts & Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the College at Wise and the School of Medicine

 

 

 

The Effects of Proper Hygiene on Diarrheal Diseases in Kampala, Uganda

 

Caitlin Carr, CLAS, Political and Social Thought, 3rd year

 

 

 

Controlling Water Contamination to Improve Health in La Gracia, Belize

 

Cara Magoon, SEAS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4th year
Kate Villars, SEAS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4th year

 

 

 

Water and Health Initiative in Limpopo, South Africa: Purpose, Procedure and Problems

 

Rachel Belcher, UVa College at Wise, Biochemistry, 3rd year
Patrick Upchurch, UVa SMD, 2nd year

 

 

2:15pm

Student Poster Presentations/Reception in Jordan Hall Conference Center Meeting Room 1

 

 

 

 

This event is free and open to the public
Jordan Hall is bldg # 16 on the map (enter from Lane Road)