September 16, 2014                    


Doctoral Students Find Second Research Home at DGHI         

The number of Duke PhD students integrating global health into their work is on the rise. Part of this group is 20 doctoral students enrolled in the Global Health Doctoral Scholars Program and Global Health Doctoral Certificate, who say their global health experience is an important framework for approaching their dissertation work.

 

The newest Doctoral Scholars are Karmel Choi, Drew Day and Aaron Forbis-Stokes. They join six other scholars who, since 2011, have worked on topics such as water and sanitation, malaria control policy, the health impacts of gold mining, and the mental health of women with obstetric fistula.

 

"Through the Global Health Doctoral Scholars Program, I strengthened my relationship with faculty in DGHI outside my field," said Sarah Diriginer, a Global Health Doctoral Scholar. "This has shaped the interdisciplinary nature of my research and opened my mind to other aspects of global health." 

  

Watch Video: "Engaging PhD Students in Global Health" featuring Scholar Chris Paul
Op-ed: The Meat of the Matter on Antibiotic-Resistant Infections   
   
Op-ed by Anthony So and colleague David Wallinga
Featured in News & Observer

We soon may be re-entering the medical Dark Ages. That's no Chicken Little proclamation. In 2011, the World Health Organization warned of a return to a pre-antibiotic era "where common infections will no longer have a cure, and once again, kill unabated."

 

Antibiotic-resistant infections already sicken at least 2 million Americans a year, killing over 23,000 of them. That's far more than AIDS - or Ebola for that matter.

 

Reducing the huge overuse of antibiotics, both in humans and animals, is key. This overuse accelerates the development of disease-causing bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates half of human antibiotics used and much of that used in food animals are unnecessary.

 
Duke Highlights Global Health in Entrepreneurship Series       

Nimmi Ramanujam's Lab of Entrepreneurial Engineers
Global Health Certificate student Chris Lam is part of a team working alongside Ramanujam to develop innovative technologies for detecting cancer in low- and middle-income countries.

Biomedical Engineering Students are Saving Thousands of Lives
Developed by DGHI faculty member Robert Malkin and his students, the Pratt Pouch was named a top 10 most innovative health technology. The pouch delivers antiretroviral drugs to newborns of mothers with HIV.

Social Entrepreneur Pursues Better Health Care for Kenyan Women (Video)
Duke fuqua MBA graduate and IPIHD fellow John Emami highlights his work with a maternal and newborn health organization called Jacaranda Health in Kenya.

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