Global Health Working Group 2011-2012 http://ducis.jhfc.duke.edu/ghwg2012 Are you interested in Global Health? Do you want to find out what other students are doing and how you can contribute? Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:27:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bill Pan, 21 March 2012 at 6:30pm http://ducis.jhfc.duke.edu/ghwg2012/2012/03/15/bill-pan-21-march-2012-at-630pm/ http://ducis.jhfc.duke.edu/ghwg2012/2012/03/15/bill-pan-21-march-2012-at-630pm/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:24:32 +0000 Chris Paul http://ducis.jhfc.duke.edu/ghwg2012/?p=125 Read more →]]> At the next meeting of the GHWG, we will be joined by Dr. William Pan, Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 21st at 6:30pm in John Hope Franklin Center Room 130. Dinner will be served at 6:15 (Vegetarian options available). RSVP using the form at http://goo.gl/3OxEq by Tuesday, March 20th at 8pm. More information and readings can be found on the event page.

In addition, don’t forget to sign up for the Global Health Case Competition: http://triangleghcc.wordpress.com

Our final meeting of the semester is Wednesday, April 11th, where we will discuss One Illness Away by Anirudh Krishna. http://goo.gl/cq6ks

 

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We look forward to seeing you all on February 29th with Ana Maria Xet-Mull and David Tobin (TB and Guatemala)!

- GHWG Coordinators

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Next Meeting of the GLOBAL HEALTH WORKING GROUP –

Date: Wednesday, November 9th

Time: 6:30 – 8.00pm (dinner served at 6:15pm)

Location: Franklin Center – Room 130/132

Please RSVP by 6pm on Tuesday 11/8 to:  nancy.robbins@duke.edu (…for purposes of ordering enough food!)

Marc Jeuland and Avner Vengosh

Marc and Avner will be talking to us about how health is affected by the Environment.  Avner is very involved with Medical Geology- looking at how geochemistry affects people’s health through the water they drink.  Marc does a variety of environment and health related projects.  They are both currently working together on a environmental health project in the Ethiopian Rift Valley looking at how fluoride in drinking water has been affecting people’s health.  Please join us and bring your thoughts and questions!

Thanks, and hope to see you next Wednesday – November 9th!

 - Your GHWG Coordinators

 

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Happy Summer!

We’re excited about the 2011-2012 Global Health Working Group. It’s going to be a blast!

Our first meeting time is set, and we’re working hard to get more speakers for the year! (see event list to the right!)

PS:  We’re hard at work, bringing you our new website. Have patience while we tweak it and fill it with content!

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