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Committee on International Health’s Fall Symposium to be Held October 25

The Committee on International Health (CIH) will hold its Annual Fall Symposium, Poster Session and Reception dedicated in honor of Wilbur G. Downs, M.D., M.P.H. and returning Downs Fellows 2006 on Wednesday, October 25. Dr. Downs was Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and a distinguished physician scientist in the fields of tropical medicine and infectious diseases at Yale.

This year's symposium will be held Wednesday, October 25 from 4:00 -7 p.m. in the Hope Lobby and in Hope 110. Oral presentations will take place in Hope 110 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. with a reception following.

The following M.P.H. and Ph.D. students in Epidemiology and Public Health will present and staff posters:

Lee W. Cohnstaedt, Ph.D. 2008
“Assessment of Human Risk to Sand Fly Vectored Diseases, Peru”

Christopher P. McManus, M.P.H./M.E.M. 2007
“HIV/AIDS Affected Households in Rural South Africa: Wild Food Sources and Food Security”

Nanlesta A. Pilgrim, M.P.H. 2007
“The Impact of the HIV/AIDS on Adolescents Living with the HIV/AIDS, Jamaica”

Adrienne R. Raptis, M.P.H. 2007
“A Situational Analysis of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Affected by HIV/ADIS in the Manica Provence of Mozambique”

CIH 2006 Fall Symposium Invitation