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: Concurrent Panels : : Abstracts Presentations :  : Roundtable Sessions & Topic Tables

* Abstracts are accepted by GHEC for presentation through a competitive process.
 

Roundtable Sessions

Dennis Mull, Keck-USC School of Medicine 
Arranging a Clinical Rotation in East Africa: the Sota Village,Tanzania Clinic and Community Health Elective.

Tom Hall, GHEC, UCSF School of Medicine
A discussion about career tracks, training options and strategies to engaging in global health.

Gavin Yamey, Public Library of Science
Explore with PLoS the art of getting published 
 
Michel Dodard, University of Miami School of Medicine
How can health students better plan for a social medicine pathway program at their own universities?

Evaleen Jones, Child Family Health International
The Global Health Track: Planning Ahead: Insight and advice about the necessary balancing act
for carving out a global health career.

Faith Fitzgerald, University of California Davis at Davis
Ethical Issues in Global Health Practice


Topic Tables 

Novel Student Initiatives
Evaleen Jones, Child Family Health International
With Abstract Presentations by:
Neil Shah, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Leigh Sweet, Boston University School of Medicine

Curriculum Development in the United States                         
Tom Hall, GHEC, UCSF School of Medicine                  
Jessica Evert, UCSF Dept. of Family & Community Medicine   

Post-graduate Training
Pierce Gardner, SUNY Stony Brook
Paul Drain, Stanford School of Medicine

Donating Books & Medical Equipment: Global Impact Made Simple
Silvia Sweidan, Better World Books
Rachna Bali, Touro University

Student Survey for Global Health
Andrew Suchocki, University of Cincinnati

Global Health Resource Center: A Model for Communication, Student Services
and Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Daren Wade, University of Washington
Jennifer Earle, University of Washington

HIV/AIDS
David Zakus, University of Toronto
Jack Bryant, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya

Mental Health
Abstract Presentation by:
David Strug, Yeshiva University, Wurzweiler School of Social Work

Overseas Opportunities
Steve Larson, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Global Health Inter-Professional Education
Freida Chavez, University of Toronto


  
Concurrent Panels

A1. Mental Health

Moderators : : Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, University of California at Davis; Emily White, IFMSA-USA

Speakers
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola
• Lessons Learned from a Cross Cultural Research Venture

Ricardo Munoz, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital
• Using the Internet to Reduce Health Disparities


A2. Workshop: Low-tech Interventions in Global Health

Speakers

• Jay Kravitz, Oregon Health and Sciences University
• Ron Pust, University of Arizona


A3. Ethics and Global Health: Domestic and International Perspectives
Moderator: : Melanie Tervalon, Kaiser Permanente

Speakers
Simon Barquera, Center for Nutrition & Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
• Chronic Diseases in mexico: Socio-economic and ethnic differentials in access to health


A4. Global Health Education and Cross-curriculum Courses
Moderator : : Breyette Lorntz, University of Virginia

Abstract Presenters
Freida Chavez, University of Toronto
• Building Global Citizenship through Education at the LSB Faculty of Nursing

Diane Appelbaum, MEDICC
• Cuba's Models of Cultural Immersion in Medical Education and Practice

Stacey Brown, University of Connecticut Health Center
• Collaborating with Communities: Cross-cultural education to address health disparities


A5. Chronic Conditions
Moderator : : Fred Meyers, University of California at Davis

Abstract Presenters
Jorge Cuadros, University of California at Davis
• EyePACS-based Digital Retinal Screening Programs for Diabetic Retinopathy

Ifeoma Uyanwume, University of Connecticut Health Center
• Home Care of Sickle Cell Disease Patients in Enugu State, Nigeria

Kadia Bundu, University of Iowa Carer College of Medicine
• What about others? A Unite for Sight Volunteer's Perspective on the Distribution of
Global Health Services in Underserved Countries in Africa


B1. Global Migration and Health
Moderator : : Xochitl Castaneda, University of California at Berkeley

Speakers
Xochitl Castaneda
• An Overview of Global Immigration and Health

Ilene Jacobs, California Rural Legal Assistance
• Legal Issues Affecting Immigrants to the United States

Christian Sandrock, University of California at Davis
• Infectious Disease among Immigrants


B2. Ethics / HIV AIDS
Moderator : : Jack Bryant, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya

Speakers
Jack Bryant
• AIDS: Orphans in Africa

David Zakus, University of Toronto
• Controlling HIV/AIDS at African Universities

Abstract Presention:
Sarah Notter, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
• HIV in the Dominican Republic: A Lack of Resources 


B3. The Medical Student as Patient Abroad
Moderator : : Robin Paetzold, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Speaker
Nick Penco, Child Family Health International
• Organzational response to students experiencing illness and other types of emergencies abroad.
Organizational and local safety nets, guidelines and procedures.

Abstract Presentions
Felipe Guillen, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• The Medical Student as Patient Abroad

Benjamin Faustich, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
• An Emic/Etic Perspective on Illness in the Field: A case of Dengue Fever


B4. Strengthening Global Health Education: Tools, Curricula, Courses
Moderators : : Cynthia Haq, University of Wisconsin Medical School
                      & Michael Wilkes, University of California at Davis

Abstract Presentions
Cindy Haq, University of Wisconsin Medical School
• Creating an Interdisciplinary Center for Global Health

Susan Kroll, Ohio State University College of Medicine
• Knowledge Management Tools Promote Access to Global Health Information

Cindy Howard, University of Minnesota
• Innovation in Residency Education: Creating a global pediatrics program

Eva Holsinger, Case Western Reserve University
• Overview of a Lecture Series Preparing Participants for Overseas Travel


B5. Maternal Child Health
Moderators : : Judy Lewis, University of Connecticut Health Center
                     & Emily Fisher, University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston

Abstract Presentations
Emily Fisher, University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston
• Historia Clinica Perinatal: Improving maternal and neonatal care in Latin America

Demetri Blanas, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Senegalese Ministry of Health
• A Comprehensie Approach to Reducing Maternal and Infant Mortaility in Saraya, a Rural District of South Eastern Senegal

Maja Alterac, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Caste and Maternal Healthcare Utilization Disparities among Rural Hindu Women in Uttar Pradesh, India


C1. Huan Resources: Training, Education and Research
Moderator: Joseph Silva, University of California at Davis

Speakers
• Joseph Silva, University of California at Davis
• Jack Bryant, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya
• Tom Hall, GHEC, University of California at San Francisco


C2. Idealism and Realism in Global Health Practice: Issues of ethics and human rights

Abstract Presentations:
Lisa Schwartz, McMaster University
• Ethics in Conditions of Disaster and Deprivation: Learning from health workers' narratives

David Barnard, University of Pittsburgh
• Law, Human Rights, and Ethiopian Women's Health: A theoretical framework and case stuey for teaching
the strengths and limitations of human rights law in promoting global health


C3. Global Health Collaboration and Sustainability
Moderator : : Andre-Jacques Neusy, GHEC, New York University School of Medicine

Abstract Presentions
Scott Benson, University of Utah School of Medicine
• A Model for Community Development

Parminder Suchdev, Emory University
• Using Guiding Principles for the Development and Evaluation of Sustainable International Collaborations

Rachna Bali, Touro University
• Sustainability and Partnership in Overseas Global Health Education Programs


C4. Human Rights Ethics & Professionalism in Global Health Education
Moderator : : Ron Pust, University of Arizona
                    & Rohan Radhakrishna, University of California Berkeley / San Francisco Joint Medical Program                

Abstract Presentations
Rohan Radhakrishna, University of California Berkeley / San Francisco Joint Medical Program
• A Health and Human Rights Curricula Assessment of U.S. Public Health

Diana Rickard, University of California Los Angeles
• Providing Residents the Skills and the Context to Work Effectively and Ethically in Developing Countries

Javier Sevilla-Martir, Indiana University School of Medicine
• A Four-year Continuum to Learn About and Care for a Diverse Community


C5. Global Infectious Diseases
Moderator : : Pierce Gardner, SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine

Abstract Presentations
Charles Vorkas, Weill Cornell Medical College
• Risk Factors for Severe Leptospirosis after Infection: Case-control study in a Brazilian slum

Jing Luo, University of Illionois College of Medicine
• Cultural Facotrs that Contribute to Increased HIV and STI Risk among Male Migrants in Tajikistan: a qualitive study

Erica Shehane, University of California Los Angeles
• Formative Investigation of HIV/AIDS Risk and Prevention in Drug Treatment Centers in Guatemala City and San Salvador



D1. Pharmaceuticals and Global Health Challenges

Moderator : : Michael Wilkes, University of California Davis

Speakers
• Michael Wilkes, University of California Davis
• Carol Brosgart, Gilead Sciences


D2. Ethics of International Research
Moderator : : Lynne Chronister, University of Washington

Speakers
• Richard Deckelbaum, GHEC, Columbia University
• Christine Boesz, National Science Foundation
• Lynne Chronister, University of Washington


D3. Ethical Challenges: Global Health Publishing - Context and Content
Moderator : : Gavin Yamey, Public Library of Science
            
Speakers
• Gavin Yamey, Public Library of Science
• John Ziegler, University of California San Francisco
• Maja Zecevic, The Lancet



D4. Best Practice: Partnerships and Programs
Moderator : : Peter Tugwell, University of Ottawa

Abstract Presentations:
Heidi Miller, University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Developing a Comprehensive Needs and Resources Assessment for Implementing
Sustainable and Effective Health Interventions

Carol Cotton, University of Georgia
• Linking Students and Mentors for Successful Internships Abroad: Croatia

Menraj Sachdeve and Steve Schmidbauer, Child Family Health International
• Partnerships Across Borders: Voices from the field


D5. Workshop: Culure and Language Across Borders
Moderator : : Gayle Tang, Kaiser Permanente

Speakers
• Betsy Bencken, University of California Davis
• Hendry Ton, University of California Davis
• Gayle Tang, Kaiser Permanente


E1. Ethics and Veterinary Medicine
Moderator : : Tilahun Yilma, University of California Davis

Abstract Presentations
Tilahun Yilma, University of California Davis
• Barriers to Sustainable Development in Developing Countries

Jerry Gillespie, Western Institute for Food Safety and Security
• Challenges to Food Safety, Defense and Security in a Global Food System

Bruno Chome, University of California Davis
• Emerging Zoonoses: From Wildlife to Exotic Pets


E2. Ethics and Agriculture: Feeding for Global Health
Moderator : : Isha Ray, University of California Berkeley

Speakers
• Isha Ray, University of California Berkeley
• Robert Washino, University of California Davis


E3. Student-run Community Clinics
Moderator : : Blanca Solis, University of California Davis Medical Center

Speaker
• Michaela Onstad, University of California Davis
Clinica Tepati - 34 years of service ot the underserved Latino community of Sacramento

Abstract Presentations
Steven Lin, Pacific Free Clinic
• Fighting Liver Cancer Disparities in the Medically Underserved Asian Community

Matthew O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania
• Puentes de Salud: An innovative model for health promotion in the Philadelphia Hispanic community



E4. Global Health Education Across Cultures and Professions

Moderators : : Oliver Fein and Dianne Young, Weill Cornell Medical College

Abstract Presentations

Madhavi Dandu, University of California San Francisco
• Health and Human Rights: Development of an Online Curriculum for Health Professional Students adn Health Promoters

Roopa Dhatt, Temple University School of Medicine
• Project Tanzania at Temple University School of Medicine

Ashley Pinsent, Dalhousie University
• Working Together: The challenges of an inter-professional global health education program


E5. Conflict, Violence, Displacement, Justice
Moderators : : Eva Holsinger, Case Western Reserve University
                      & Rohan Radhakrishna, University of California Berkeley / San Francisco Joint Medical Program

Abstract Presentations            
Rohan Radhakrishna, University of California Berkeley / San Francisco Joint Medical Program
• Displacement within Displacement: The health and human rights of war-affected night-commuter children in Northern Uganda

Eiman Mahmoud and Abraham Mitike, Touro University - California
• Cultural Competency in Multi-ethnic Conflict Regions: Health care delivery for the internally displaced and the returnee
of civil conflicts in Horn of Africa

Leway Kailani, Touro University - California
• Surviving Health Care Delivery in Multicultural Conflict Zones: Challenges affecting the mission