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GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Global Health Research Syposium

Date: Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Location: Harris Hall 108, Evanston Campus 

SPECIAL GUEST: 
Global Health Alum and Fulbright Scholar 
Ryan Lange (WCAS '11)
“The Language of Obesity: How Metaphors Affect Policy Support in the U.S. and Canada” 

The Office of International Program Development is inviting you to share your research with the Northwestern Global Health community! Participate in our second annual Global Health Research Symposium on Thursday, February 16th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.  

The Symposium is a venue for students of diverse academic disciplines to connect their Northwestern education to their global community via public health research. Poster presentations and a panel discussion will showcase the exciting projects being conducted here and abroad.

Come learn about the amazing opportunities International Program Development offers in research and travel abroad while networking with other undergraduates, faculty, and even a Fulbright fellow! 


PRESENTATIONS:

Annsa Huang, Danielle Chun, and Gabrielle Ahlzadeh 
International Group Research Fellowship in Global Health
Diabetes Prevalence and Risk Factor Analysis in Palacios, Bolivia

Eric Liu, Erica Pollock, Kelly Shelden 
International Group Research Fellowship in Global Health
CPAP Nasal Interface and Breast Milk Pasteurization to Inactivate HIV

Kerianne Fullin, Deepa Ramadurai, Neha Patel, and Parul Kathuria
John & Martha Mabie Fellowship for Global Health Research 
A Community Assessment of Maternal Health in Rural Ghana 

Christopher Miller
John & Martha Mabie Fellowship for Global Health Research
Public Health Awareness through Academic Arts Engagement

Marielle Meurice
Radulovacki Global Health Scholars Research Fellowship
Social Factors Associated with or Influencing the Prevention and Treatment of Obstetric Fistula in Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda

Sophie Ewald
Radulovacki Global Health Scholars Research Fellowship
Berlin Beat of Running Study: Frequency of Atrial Fibrillation and Silent Stroke in Marathon Runners

Alina Dunbar
Undergraduate Research Grant
Discourses about AIDS: Journalists and Doctors in South Africa

Anna Bilski, Jennifer Brewster, and Danielle Westenberg
Public Health in Europe Group Project
Unipolar Depression: The Invisible Epidemic

Sophia Blachman-Biatch
SIT Chile Independent Project
Options, Perceptions, and Participation in Physical Activity of Arica, Chile

Lilly Liu 
Independent Study Research Project
Influences of China’s One Child Policy on Sexual Economy: Wife Trafficking in Urban vs. Rural China

Highlights from Havana
An Inside Look at the 2011 Public Health in Cuba Study Abroad Program