CGH Scholar Esraa Bani and Sudanese Children in Abu Se'id, Sudan, Summer 2007.
Global Health in a Globalized World
Friday, October 19, 2007
1pm - 5pm
Harrison Institute Auditorium, University of Virginia
SCHEDULE FOR THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH'S 2007 SYMPOSIUM EVENTS
WELCOME FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE CLUB
The Global Public Health Society
Pfizer Initiative in International Health
Framework Program in Global Health at UVa
To those who make the CGH symposium and scholar programs possible, we'd like to express our appreciation *
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Michele Barry
Michele Barry, MD, FACP, is a Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Yale University School of Medicine. She is the Director of the Office of International Health and the health consultant for the Ford Foundation's overseas programs.
Dr. Barry is co-founder of the International Travelers Clinic at Yale and the residency program in International Health. She has been the co-director of the Yale/Johnson and Johnson Physician Scholar Award program for 20 years, sending more than 800 physicians overseas to under-served areas. Dr. Barry is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Science where she serves on a task force to develop options to mobilize a volunteer U.S. Global Health Service Corps for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. She is Chair of the Interest Group on Global Health, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences, Executive Board Chairperson of the Professional Education and Training Committee at the International Society of Travel Medicine, and Chair of the Public Health Technical Advisory Board for the State of Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.
Areas of interest include clinical tropical medicine, emerging infectious diseases, problems of under-served populations, and globalization's impact upon health in the developing world. She has written extensively in the areas of clinical tropical diseases, traveler, and refugee health, ethical dilemmas of western researchers working in developing countries as well as how multinational industries and sanctions can impact health.
Dr. Barry has lived and worked overseas conducting projects in Ecuador, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Haiti, and South Africa.
PROJECT SUMMARIES
*To access abstracts, simply click on the title of any of the projects below*Esraa I. Bani Graduate Arts and Sciences, Master of Public Health Email: eib3g@virginia.edu "A Pilot Study: What's The Role of Volunteerism and Local Community Mobilization in Combating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) In Sudan?"
Benjamin McVane College Of Arts Sciences, Political and Social Distinguished Major Political & Social Thought/Minor Biology, 3rd Year Email: bam4u@virginia.edu "The Role of Community Consultation in Promoting Ethical Obtainment of Informed Consent in Clinical Trials in Developing Countries"
Ingrid Bloom (ibb4r@virginia.edu) Susan Munga (swm3a@virginia.edu) Matt Chung (mjc8p@virginia.edu) Clare Johnson (caj2a@virginia.edu) Michael Semanik (mgs2q@virginia.edu) School of Medicine, 1st year "Zambian Health Care Worker Exposure to Blood-Borne Pathogens"
Manal Tellawi College of Arts and Sciences, Middle Eastern Studies, 2nd Year Email: mrt2f@virginia.edu "Accessible Health Care for the Palestinian Refugees in the Marka Camp in Jordan "
Grace Healy College of Arts and Sciences, Political and Social Thought and Religious Studies, 3rd Year Email: gkh2g@virginia.edu "The Social Sustainability of the Drought Mitigation Project in Nayagaan and Nala Villages "
Grace Milad
College of Arts and Sciences, Human Biology, 3rd Year
Email: ggm7a@virginia.edu
"Demystifying the Coptic Orthodox Response to Illness"
Danielle Brown
College of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Affairs, 3rd Year
Email: drb9r@virginia.edu
"Drug Addiction in Russian Street Youth: Evaluating Drug Prevention and Rehabilitation Programs"
Mark Troyer
UVa School of Medicine, 1st Year Email: mbt2h@Virginia.edu "Collaborative Efforts for Better Health in Four Villages served by Heart to Honduras"
Tyler Stuart Spencer
CLAS, 2nd Year, Echols Interdisciplinary Major in International Health and Environmental Sustainability
Email: tss3b@cms.mail.virginia.edu
"An Exploration of Resiliency in an HIV/AIDS Prevention Program in Musina, South Africa"
Juliana Schroeder
CLAS, Psychology and Economics, 3rd Year Email: jrs7cm@virginia.edu "The Pain Experience in the Eastern and Western World: Locus of Control among Chronic Pain Patients in the US and India"
Amanda Brill ( amanda.brill@gmail.com ) French & Religious Studies Stephanie deWolfe (mailto:stephdewolfe@virginia.edu ) CLAS Matthew Kinn (mailto:mjk3t@virginia.edu) Finance Brooke Yamakoshi (yamakoshi@virginia.edu ) MS Engineering 2008 "Water Quality Testing in Tourou, Cameroon"
Desireé Wagner School of Medicine, 1st Year
Email: dnw113@gmail.com "Prevalence of Inflammatory Gastrointestinal Disease, Amebiasis, Giardia, and Cryptosporidium in Select Populations of Ghana"
Heather Lyu
CLAS, Media Studies, Global Public Health Minor, 2nd Year
Email: heatherlyu@gmail.com "The Design of a Radio Program Focused on the Maternal Health Education of Women in South Africa"
James A. Heckman
School of Medicine, 1st Year Email: jheckman12@gmail.com
"Determining the point prevalence and etiology of anemia among children under the age of five at Thohoyandou Health Center, Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province, South Africa."
Beth A. Henry CLAS; Masters in Public Health
Email: bethani384@yahoo.com
"Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing Breastfeeding Practices among Low-Income Women in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil: Using Leininger's Sunrise Model as a Tool for Sociological Field Observation"
Shoukoufeh Dianat (sd5xb@virginia.edu) Biomedical Engineering Ritwik Sahu (rickysahu@gmail.com) Systems Engineering & Economics Veronica Yeh (veronicayeh@gmail.com) Biomedical Engineering "Students Collaborating to Build Biodigesters as an Alternative Fuel Source in Rural South Africa"
Temitope Awosogba
CLAS, History, Minor Biology, 3rd Year
Email: tpa3t@virginia.edu
"Assessing the Mother's Perspective of Childhood Diarrhea and Its Treatment in Rural Villages of Bénin"
David L. Richards CLAS, BS Biochemistry, BA Italian, 3rd Year Email: dlr9c@virginia.edu "Determining the efficacy of E.Coli Nissle 1917 (Ala-Gln) as a probiotic malnutrition treatment in an animal model"
Megan Dunning
CLAS, Human Biology and Spanish, 3rd Year
Email: med5j@virginia.edu
"A Study of Malnutrition and Iron Deficiency in a Guatemalan Indigenous Community"
Amy Holda Gueye
School of Medicine, 1st Year "Evaluation of the Visual Screening Method with Acetic acid and Lugol's Iodine for Effective Implementation with Local Health Care Providers and for Accuracy as a Cervical Cancer Screening Tool in Senegal"
Jacek Slowikowski (jacek@virginia.edu) CLAS, 4th Year
Kai Zhao (kaizhao@virginia.edu) CLAS (Biochemistry) 3rd Year "Building a Better Understanding of the Mechanisms of Malnutrition in the Small Intestine: Universidade Federal do Ceará in Fortaleza, Brazil"
Varun Mehta CLAS, 3rd Year
Email: vm2y@cms.mail.virginia.edu
"Role of Asymmetric Information on Breast Cancer in India. The Role of Awareness on Breast Cancer diagnosis and treatment in Urban India"
Yusra Shawar College of Arts & Sciences, Neuroscience & Foreign Affairs, 3rd Year E-mail: yusra.r.shawar@gmail.com, yrs3w@virginia.edu "Community Leaders' Assessment on the Mental Health Concerns of Palestinian Refugees in Jordan"
The Center for Global Health Scholar Programs
The Center for Global Health offers an array of scholar programs designed to support students from diverse disciplines who conduct independent research related to global health.
Current programs are available to University of Virginia students from all disciplines and in all schools across Grounds. Award programs encourage student and faculty partnership, peer mentoring, and engagement with multiple institutions, NGOs, and service organizations. The 2007 CGH Scholars include students from the College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Engineering and Medicine.
We are proud of this year's scholars and encourage all students to consider pursuing independent inquiry which incorporates service learning and research.