Category Archives: Students

Photo of the Day: Dog Days of Summer Edition

Posted on August 2, 2012 by lchensvold

This comes courtesy of Kumi Smith, a PhD student in epidemiology at UNC. Kumi was in China last winter for two months of dissertation research. As she tells it, “The trip to Henan was not without some adventures, including rooting … Read More

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Star struck in Malawi

Posted on July 13, 2012 by lchensvold

Katie Donohue, a master’s student in maternal and child health, is working as a summer fellow in Malawi with CARE. She recently had the chance to meet New York Times columnist and author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into … Read More

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Strengthening UNC-China partnerships at national STD conference in Shenzhen

Posted on May 28, 2012 by lchensvold

[This post was was sent in by Elizabeth Au and Crystal Shen, who are both spending fellowship years in China. Au is a Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellow at the China CDC - National Center for AIDS/STD Control and … Read More

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“I am a collage”: poetry, politics, power in Malawi documentary project

Posted on February 22, 2012 by lchensvold

In 2009, photographer Kathryn Stein raised money to do a documentary project in Malawi about child-headed households impacted by HIV/AIDS. While in Malawi, she collaborated with the Pendulum Project/Face-to-Face AIDS, local grassroots organizations, and UNC Project-Malawi. The video below came … Read More

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Working in Bangladesh, a student begins to see the whole picture

Posted on September 26, 2011 by lchensvold

The health programs director leafed through the monitoring tool, a checklist that details the key components of family planning counseling. Providers themselves will use the tool as a point of reference during patient treatment. Periodically, other field co-workers will use … Read More

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Welcome to motherhood: in Uganda with Students of the World

Posted on August 15, 2011 by admin

Reds, greens, geometric patterns and bright tie-dyed fabrics are tangled in a mass on the open walkway. About 20 women are seated on the Mulago Hospital balcony, white swathed bundles clasped in their arms. The wind whips at the blankets … Read More

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A student travels abroad and comes away with a career path, forever inspired

Posted on August 1, 2011 by lchensvold

It’s official. I definitely have found the field that I want to work in for the rest of my life. Since I have been in India, my passion for international nutrition has grown even greater. It is so relieving and … Read More

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An unexpected lesson on the effect of war on public health

Posted on July 31, 2011 by lchensvold

Coming to India, I anticipated meeting new people and having unique experiences; in fact, that’s what attracted me to the opportunity. However, I never imagined I would end up playing tour guide and GRAVIS spokesperson for a group of students … Read More

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Can hunger education change the future?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by lchensvold

Education leads to empowerment and is one of the most effective ways to influence change. Education and empowerment have the extraordinary ability to enable people to take control of their lives and decide the future for themselves and for their … Read More

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Tackling child malnutrition in Jodhpur – one promising model

Posted on July 1, 2011 by lchensvold

After visiting hospitals in other developing countries, I expected the hospital in Jodhpur to be similar; similar in the sense that it would be dirty, overcrowded and unorganized. To my surprise, the hospital in Jodhpur was exactly the opposite. I … Read More

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