Our second years are attended their Tropical Medicine Elective from Sep 8 – 21.
The Fellows were taught skills and informational backgrounds needed to diagnose, treat, and prevent the spread of diseases common in tropical and developing
countries where resources are limited. The elective included lectures about common tropical diseases, focusing on their epidemiology, pathophysiology,
clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Fellows delivered a presentation on a chosen topic in tropical medicine.
Lectures given:
- Dr. Riley Jones – Introduction to the Physician’s Role in Conflict
- Dr. Riley Jones – Case Studies: Healthcare as a Bridge to Peace
- Dr. Riley Jones – Narratives from the Congo
- Dr. Riley Jones – Famine 1
- Dr. Riley Jones – Famine 2
- Dr. Amy Vittor – Planetary Health
- Dr. Amy Vittor – Climate Change
- Dr. Amy Vittor – Tropical Viral Infections
- Dr. Amy Vittor – Forest Therapy (@ Lake Alice)
- Dr. Ramez Azzam – ID In Emerging Warzones
- Dr. Sunitha Srinivas – Essential Medicines as a Reflection of Social Equity
- Dr. Sunitha Srinivas – Women-Centered AMR Education and Engagement
- Dr. Preeti Manavalan – HIV in Global Health/Resource-Limited Settings
- Dr. Norman Beatty – Snake Bites
- Dr. Norman Beatty – Leishmaniasis
- Dr. Norman Beatty – Chagas Disease
- Dr. Norman Beatty – Medical Entomology
- Dr. Lennox Archibald – Parasitology
- Dr. Meghnath Dhimal – Climate Change and Health: Evidence to Actions in the Global South
