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Poverty, the Underlying Challenge That Can't Be Ignored
Growing up surrounded by poverty and discrimination may have been a good thing for DGHI faculty member Eve Puffer. What she observed in her hometown of Hartsville, S.C. influenced her interests and eventually her career. As one of Duke's newest faculty members, undergraduates will soon get the chance to learn about her work on to strengthen communities, work to prevent HIV and improve health. This spring, Puffer begins teaching as an assistant professor in Duke's Psychology and Neuroscience Department, with a joint appointment at the Duke Global Health Institute. She will teach a course on global mental health, which will focus on the burden of mental health disorders around the world and the efforts that are going into addressing them.. 
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 Eight New Global Health Courses Added for Spring Semester
With book bagging in full swing this week, the Duke Global Health Institute announces eight new global health courses this Spring. Some of the courses are available to undergraduate or graduate students exclusively, while others are open to a mix of students. "With this year's expanded menu of course options, I'm confident students can find a path that interests them and fuels their passion for global health," said Gary Bennett, director of DGHI Undergraduate Studies. "It's an exciting time to be involved in global health at Duke."
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 AMPATH's Joseph Mamlin Delivers Lecture on Innovative Partnerships in Global Health
Building strong academic and institutional partnerships was the highlight of today's Grand Rounds lecture by physician and AMPATH leader Joseph Mamlin. He is best known for his pioneering work in Eldoret, Kenya, where he founded AMPATH, one of the largest collaborative efforts to control the HIV epidemic in Africa. Mamlin and colleagues from nine universities are in Durham this week for the annual AMPATH Consortia meeting hosted by the Duke Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health
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