The 2010 CGH Research Symposium
The symposium is an annual event
designed to focus on global health, collaboration at the University of
Virginia and internationally, and, of course, student research and
initiatives.
The 2010
Center for Global Health 2010 Research Symposium
US and South African University Collaborations:
The Univen-UVa Experience
Friday 12 November 2010
12Noon-3:00PM
The Harrison Institute Auditorium, University of
Virginia
(The Harrison Institute is Building #19 on the MAP)
12 Noon --- Welcoming Reception and Opening Remarks
Richard L. Guerrant, MD, Director, University of Virginia Center for
Global Health
Keynote Introduction
Rebecca Dillingham, MD, MPH, Associate Director, University of Virginia
Center for Global Health
Keynote Presentation
US and South African University Collaborations: The Univen-UVa
Experience
Peter Mbati, PhD, Vice Chancellor of the University of Venda
(Univen)
1PM --- 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
Traditional and
Allopathic Medicine in Malagasy Health Care Systems/Madagascar
Yassee Pirooz, CLAS, Human Biology Distinguished Majors
Program, 3rd Year
Ceramic Water
Filter Materials Analysis to Determine the Feasibility of Filter
Factory Construction in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Caroline Hackett, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Environmental Engineering, 1st
Year
A Collaboration
Between an Interdisciplinary UVA Team and the Santa Cruz, Guatemala
Community to Establish a Five-year Health Action Plan Based on a
Community-wide Health Assessment in Guatemala
Michelle Beller, School of Medicine, 1st Year
Jennifer Feng, School of Medicine, 1st Year
Malnourishment
and Enteric Disease and the Cognitive and Physical Development of
Neonates in South Africa; and Assessment of the Correlation between
Malnutrition and Cognitive Abilities in Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province,
South Africa
Spencer Adams, Jr., The College at Wise, Biology, 2nd
Year
Nikita Kohli, School of Medicine, 1st Year
2PM --- Student Poster
Presentations/Closing Reception
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Welcome to the Center for
Global Health 2010 Research Symposium
US and South African University Collaborations:
The Univen-UVa Experience
The University of Virginia’s Center for Global Health was established in 2001. We work to promote health in resource-limited settings. We foster the commitment of students, faculty, and partners from many disciplines to address the diseases of poverty.
The Center has three components:
1) Scholar awards for UVa students
who develop faculty-mentored projects related to health with
collaborators in resource-limited settings
2) Fellowships for international researchers from collaborating
institutions in developing regions to train and conduct research at UVa
in order to return home, train others, and lead efforts to address
local health priorities
3) Curricula at UVa relating to global health to prepare and
inspire students for involvement in global health and development.
Thank you for joining us today, as we continue in our mission of building partnerships for global health.
Richard L. Guerrant, MD
Director, UVa Center for Global Health
Thomas H. Hunter Professor of International Medicine
Director, Office of International Health
Our Co-Sponsors
The Pfizer Initiative in International Health
The mission of the Pfizer Initiative in International Health is to foster the exchange of UVa students, residents, fellows, and faculty with institutions in resource-limited settings to conduct multidisciplinary research of infectious diseases.
The Pfizer Initiative is directed by W. Michael Scheld, MD and is
dedicated to supporting work to resolve disease and improve health
conditions around the globe. These conditions include malaria,
tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, which infects five million new people every
year. Most of the victims of these diseases live in the poorest
countries of the world. The Pfizer Initiative is dedicated to helping
stop the spread of disease in these communities. PIIH and the Center
for Global Health have a deep partnership forged in years of
collaboration and shared interests. Welcome to the 2010 Center for
Global Health Symposium.
W. Michael Scheld, MD
Bayer-Gerald L. Mandell Professor of Infectious Diseases
Professor of Internal Medicine
Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Pfizer Initiative in International Health
The International Medicine Club
The International Medicine Club, founded in the spring of 1995, brings medical students, graduate students, undergraduates, and faculty together to address the need to view medical and public health issues from a global, multicultural perspective. Goals are to highlight career opportunities in global health and to link members with resources for learning about the issues associated with international medicine. The club invites speakers to discuss current health issues from a multidisciplinary approach, hosts an international film series, and provides students with a forum to engage in research and volunteer activities.
UVa Medical Alumni
Association
The UVa Medical Alumni Association & Medical School
Foundation is privileged to partner with the Center for Global Health
in providing travel awards for medical students participating in global
health projects in underserved areas. This funding is made possible by
the generosity of alumni and friends of the UVa School of
Medicine.
Keynote
Speaker
Peter Mbati, PhD
Vice Chancellor of the University of Venda (Univen)
US
and South African University Collaborations: The Univen-UVa
Experience
Professor Peter Amunga Mbati is a C2 rated researcher by the
National Research Foundation. He obtained his PhD in Parasitology
from Kenyatta University in 1994 and did a post doctoral training in
advanced studies in protozoan diseases from the Research Centre for
Protozoan Molecular Immunology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and
Veterinary Medicine, Japan in 1996/97. Professor Mbati belongs to
a variety of professional bodies including the World Association for
the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, Parasitological Society of
Southern Africa and the Kenya Society for Immunology. He serves
in various committees and portfolios and was recently appointed to
serve on the Limpopo Premier’s Employment Growth and Development
Advisory Council.
Between 2002 and 2003 he served as an Expert Review Panel member that
evaluated the Amoebiasis Research Unit and, the Malaria Lead Research
Programmes of the South African Medical Research Council. Peter
also served as a Temporary Advisor to the World Health Organization in
1996 when he conducted specialist diagnostic assays for human
leishmaniasis in Asmara, Eritrea.
Some of the studies he has conducted include Molecular diagnosis of
Babesiosis, Sero-epidemiological studies and immuno-diagnosis of
parasites of medical and veterinary importance in the north eastern
Free State, South Africa, and Evaluation of Leishmania-donovani-derived
Lipophospho- glycan as a candidate vaccine against visceral
leishmaniasis in murine models. He has also conducted studies on
development of live vaccines against leishmaniasis and use of PCR for
diagnosis and treatment follow-up of experimental Trypanosoma brucei
infections as well as identification and characterization of target
antigens for transmission blocking vaccines in leishmaniasis and field
evaluation of a Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) prototype test kit for
routine diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis.
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Our Thanks -
The CGH symposium and scholar programs are made possible by institutional support from the University of Virginia, including President Teresa A. Sullivan, PhD; Vice President and Dean of the School of Medicine, Steven T. DeKosky, MD; Vice Provost for International Affairs, Gowher Rizvi, PhD; Executive Vice President and Provost, Arthur Garson, Jr., MD, MPH; The Pamela B. and Peter C. Kelly Award for Improving Health in Limpopo Province; The Glenn and Susan Brace Center for Global Health Scholarship Fund and the following UVa organizations:
Pfizer Initiative in International Health at UVa
Framework Program in Global Health
Water and Health in Limpopo Project
Jefferson Public Citizens Award
International Studies Office
Medical Alumni Association
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2010 Scholar Project
Summaries
Botswana
Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines in Botswana
Michelle Anderson, UVA School of Law, 2012
Susan and Glenn Brace Center for Global Health-University Scholar
UVa Faculty Mentor: Thomas A. Massaro, MD, PhD, School of Law
Powerpoint
Presentation | Summary
Guatemala
A Collaboration Between an Interdisciplinary UVA Team and the Santa
Cruz, Guatemala Community to Establish a Five-year Health Action Plan
Based on a Community-wide Health Assessment
Michelle
Beller
Jennifer
Feng
School of Medicine, 1st
Year School
of Medicine, 1st Year
UVa Faculty Mentors: David R. Burt, MD, Department of Emergency
Medicine; Diane Hoffman, PhD, Curry School of Education
Powerpoint
Presentation | Summary
Guatemala
An Evaluation of Existing EMS (Emergency Medical System) Resources and
Potential Solutions Within the Lake Atitlán Basin region of
Guatemala
Riley Moore, CLAS 2nd Year, Interdisciplinary Studies
Susan and Glenn Brace Center for Global Health-University Scholar
Faculty Mentors: David R. Burt, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine;
John D. Arras, PhD, Department of Philosophy
Powerpoint
Presentation | Summary
Madagascar
Traditional and Allopathic Medicine in Malagasy Health Care
Systems
Yassee Pirooz, CLAS 3rd Year, Human Biology Distinguished Majors
Program
UVa Faculty Mentors: Michael Wormington, PhD, Department of
Biology; Michael P. Timko, PhD, Department of Biology
Powerpoint
Presentation | Summary
Panama
Advancing Research Objectives for the Panama Initiative at UVa
Elena Jiménez-Gutiérrez
School of Medicine, 1st Year
Faculty Mentors: Richard L. Guerrant, MD, Center for Global Health,
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health; Vivian E.
Thomson, PhD, Department of Environmental Sciences
Powerpoint
Presentation | Summary
2010 Scholars Nikita Kohli and Spencer Adams presented jointly at the
CGH Symposium. Their presentation: Malnutrition and
Enteric Disease (MAL-ED): Etiology, Risk Factors and Interactions of
Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child
Health and Development
South Africa
Assessment of the Correlation between Malnutrition and Cognitive
Abilities in Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Nikita Kohli, School of Medicine, 1st Year
UVa Faculty Mentors: Richard L. Guerrant, MD, Center for Global Health,
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health; Richard D.
Pearson, MD, Dean for Student Affairs, School of Medicine
Powerpoint Presentation | Summary
South Africa
Malnourishment and Enteric Disease and the Cognitive and Physical
Development of Neonates
Spencer Adams, Jr.
University of Virginia’s College at Wise, Biology, 2nd Year
Healthy Appalachia Institute Center for Global Health Scholar
UVa Faculty Mentors: Richard L. Guerrant, MD, and Rebecca Dillingham,
MD, MPH, Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases and
International Health, Margie Tucker, PhD, University of Virginia’s
College at Wise, Healthy Appalachia Institute
Powerpoint Presentation | Summary
South Africa
Developing Collaborative Strategies to Address Health Concerns
Identified through Photovoice in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Lisa Bowman
School of Nursing (BS in Nursing and BA in Spanish), 4th
Year
UVa Faculty Mentors: Sarah Delgado, PhD, School of Nursing; Karen E.
Firehock, Urban and Environmental Planning, Green Infrastructure
Center
Powerpoint Presentation | Summary
South Africa
Ceramic Water Filter Materials Analysis to Determine the Feasibility of
Filter Factory Construction in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Caroline Hackett
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Environmental Engineering,
1st Year
UVa Faculty Mentors: James A. Smith, PhD, School of Engineering;
Rebecca Dillingham, MD, MPH, Center for Global Health and Division of
Infectious Diseases and International Health
Powerpoint
Presentation | Summary
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