Former MHIRT Trainees
2010
Shruthi Bhatt
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Host Organization: Center for Health Policy and Public Health, Babes-Bolyai University
Research Project: Evaluating Maternal Distress in Romania
Brianne Black
Location: Banjul, The Gambia
Host Organization: The Gambia College
Research Project: Nursing and Public Health in The Gambia (PowerPoint Presentation 700 MB)
Kalyani Eko
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Host Organization: Slovak Medical University
Research Project: Isolation and Ribotyping of Clostridium Difficile from Patient Stool Samples
Rhonda Endecott
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Host Organization: Hospital General de Accidentes del Seguro Social de Guatemala IGSS
Research Project: Developing an Educational Module to Address Barriers to the Ponseti Method of Clubfoot Treatment in Guatemala (PowerPoint Presentation 5000 MB)
Almaz Getachew
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Host Organization: Addis Ababa University
Research Project: College Student Attitudes Towards Physical Disabilities in Ethiopia
Sharde Hameed
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Host Organization: Slovak Medical University
Research Project: Possibilities and Effectiveness of E-Learning Tool Utilization in Health Education for Adolescents
Simon Holoubek
Location: Trnava, Slovakia
Host Organization: Faculty of Social Medicine and Public Health, Trnava University
Research Project: The Roma: Health Assessment of the Slovak Republic's Forgotten People
Nadin Mustafa
Location: Khartoum, Sudan
Research Project: Prevalence of Tobacco Shops Near Schools in Khartoum and Possible Tobacco Prevention Programs
Jennifer Oh
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Host Organization: Center for Health Policy and Public Health, Babes-Bolyai University
Research Project: Mental Health Stigma Among Adolescents in Romania
Mohammed Said
Location: Tulkarm, Palestine
Research Project: Prevalence of Hypertension and Assesment of Risk for Cariovascular Disease in Palestine
Tarik Smith
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Host Organization: University of Cape Town and Desmond Tutu HIV Center
Research Project: Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and HIV/AIDS Patient Compliance in South Africa
Megan Srinivas
Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Host Organization: Servicio de Parasitologia Departmento de Laboratorios Clinicos Hospital Escuela
Research Project: Leishmaniasis Research
Habie Timbo
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Host Organization: Center for Health Policy and Public Health, Babes-Bolyai University
Research Project: Mentoring Programs in the Health Sciences in Romania
2009
Pooja Chiteni
Location: Natal, Brazil
Host Organization: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Research Project: Host and Parasite Determinant in Human Leishmaniasis
Alexis del Rosario
Location: Juticalpa, Honduras
Host Organization: Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock
Research Project: Herbicide Exposure in Honduras: Identifying Risk Factors in an Effort to Reduce Exposure
Michelle Gin
Location: Banjul, The Gambia
Host Organization:The Gambia College and local NGOs
Research Project: Health Promotion and Female Genital Modification
Christine Haddad
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Host Organization: Medical University of Zurich
Research Project: The Role of Inflammatory Mediators in Failure of Pancreatic Islets in Type 2 Diabetes
Ning Lu
Location: Shanghai, China
Host Organization: Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Research Project: The Ponseti Method of Treating Clubfoot in China
Diana Mina
Location: Doha, Qatar
Host Organization: Shafallah Medical Genetics Center
Research Project: Mapping Genes Responsible for Congenital Blindness
Carmen Smith
Location: Banjul, The Gambia
Host Organization: Medical Research Council Lab
Research Project: The Interaction Between Several Isolated Cytokines and Trachoma Caused by Chlamydia Trachomatis
2008
Loretta Cain
Location: Trnava, Slovakia
Host Organization: Trnava University
Research Project: The Effect of Indoor Air Quality on Roma Populations in Slovakia
Zenab Chowdhry
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Host Organization: Babes-Bolyai University
Research Project: Changes and Reform to Romania's Health Care System due to their Transition to Democracy and Overall Decentralization
Majd Haddad
Location: Shanghai, China
Host Organization: Xin-Hua Hospital of Shanghai
Research Project: Oral Health in Urban and Rural Chinese Populations
Krishna Kothary
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Host Organization: Babes-Bolyai University
Research Project: The Role of Romanian Maternity Services in Breastfeeding Promotion: Prenatal and Postnatal education services in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Ting-I (Ann) Lee
Location: The Gambia
Host Organization: The Gambia College
Research Project: The effects of the use of EDTA and heparin as anticoagulants on levels of cytokine expression in HIV positive infants in The Gambia.
Audry Leung
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Host Organization: Slovak Medical University
Research Project: HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Slovakia: Laboratory and Public Health Aspects
Jessica Pletz
Location: The Gambia
Host Organization: The Gambia College
Research Project: The Gambia: A New Approach to Malaria Control
Anjuli Shivshanker
Location: Kpando, Ghana
Host Organization: Marquart Hospital
Research Project: Evaluation of a type 2 diabetes self-management and education program run by a local hospital in rural Ghana
Sangeeta Tanden
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Host Organization: Slovak Medical University
Research Project: Evaluating DNA Repair Enzymes based on Dietary Intake by Allelic Discrimination
Tiffany Williams
Location: The Gambia
Host Organization: The Gambia College
Research Project: Virulence implications of genomic organization and composition of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 1
2007
Christina Aguilar
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Host Organization: Iuliu Moldovan Institute of Public Health
Research Project: Analysis of Nutrition and Morbidity Status Among Rural and Urban Children and Adolescents In Romania
Alison Brown
Location: Keneba, Fajara, The Gambia
Host Organization: MRC, local womens’s groups
Research Project: Malnutrition in The Republic of The Gambia
Kadia Bundu
Location: Sydney, Australia
Host Organization: Sydney Southwest Area Health Service’s Health Promotion Unit, University of Sydney
Research Project: Aboriginal Health and Health Promotion (PDF 68 KB)
Power Point Presentation (300 MB)
Marc Doobay
Location: Shanghai, China
Host Organization: Jiantong Hosptial
Research Project: The Ponseti Method in China
Rob Fernandez
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Host Organization: Center for Health Policy and Public Health
Research Project: Prevalence of Depression and Alcohol Use among Pregnant Women in Cluj-Napoca, Romania: A Pilot Study
Karan Gadhok
Location: Fajara, The Gambia
Host Organization: MRC
Research Project: Pneumonia in The Gambia
Janet Ho
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Host Organization: Center for Health Policy and Public Health
Research Project: Sexual Exploitation among Youth: An Analysis of the Situation in Romania ( PDF 79 KB)
Power Point Presentation (2.17 MB)
Laura Lee
Location: Kamphaeng Phet, Cambodia
Host Organization: Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS)
Research Project: Prospective Studies of Avian Influenza Transmission in Asia (PowerPoint 1.29 MB)
Esperanza Pintor
Location: Sobeya, Fajara, The Gambia
Host Organization: Local women’s groups
Research Project: The Gambia: Women’s Health (PDF 55 KB)
ShanQuiesha Robinson
Location: Sobeya, Fajara, The Gambia
Host Organization: Local women’s groups
Research Project: Female Genital Modification in The Gambia
Marianna Wong
Location: Trnava, Slovakia
Host Organization: Trnava University
Research Project: The Use of Roma Mediators to Aid in Improving Roma Welfare (34 KB)
2006
Andrew Bayer
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Host Organization: Slovak Medical University
Research Project: Immunotoxicity of Industrial Chemicals
Osman Chowdhry
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Host Organization: Slovak Medical University
Research Project: Rare and New Emerging Pathogens
Isaac De Long
Location: Kumba, Cameroon
Host Organization: Cameroon Mulan Foundation
Research Project: Community Health, AIDS Prevention
Lisa Dorado
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Host Organization: Slovak Medical University
Research Project: Radiation Protection
Nonso Enekwechi
Location: Lodz, Poland
Host Organization: Nofer Institute
Research Project: Occupational and Environmental Eposure to Bioaerosols
Victor Estrada
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Host Organization: Slovak Medical University
Research Project: Enteroviruses, Pathogenicity and Diagnostics
DeShauna Jones
Location: The Gambia
Host Organization: The Gambia College, School of Public Health
Research Project: Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS
Katrina Longhini
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Host Organization: Slovak Medical University
Research Project: Genotoxicity and Repair Mechanisms
Dottie Saintange
Location: The Gambia
Host Organization: The Gambia College, School of Public Health
Research Project: Community Health, Health Administration, Malaria
Angela Stover
Location: The Gambia
Host Organization: The Gambia College, School of Public Health
Research Project: Community Health, Tuberculosis