September 2011 Archives

The 2nd annual Integrated Core Training Course, "Translational research in malaria transmission and immunity in Kenya", took place July 26-28, 2011, funded by a D43 training grant (PI: Chandy John; learn more about the training grant at the Chandy John Lab page)

Participants learned about responsible conduct in research, how to write research manuscripts and principles of biostatistics. Each student also presented research or research proposals and provided critiques to other participants.

Lecturers included Professors Chandy John and John Connett of the University of Minnesota. Professors Collins Ouma  and Ayub Ofulla of Maseno University attended the course and provided critiques on student presentations. View detailed training schedule

Pediatric nutrition expert, Sarah Cusick, Ph.D., presented the talk, "Micronutrient Deficiencies and their Interaction with Infectious Disease" at the September Travel and Tropical Medicine Seminar. The TTM series is hosted by University of Minnesota Global Health Pathway, Department of Medicine.

Global Pediatrics residents and faculty gathered Monday evening, September 19, at the home of Dr. Chandy John for some global health camaraderie, and to discuss  "Mortality after Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection", which was published June 30, 2011, in New England Journal of Medicine. Among the co-authors were Drs. Bob Opoka and Sarah Kiguli, who are our colleagues at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.

Clinics at the University of Minnesota have offered evaluations for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) for many years. Any child suspected of fetal alcohol exposure can be seen for an evaluation. Though the FASD Clinic is offered jointly by the University of Minnesota's International Adoption and Pediatric Neuropsychology clinics, your child does NOT need to have been adopted to get an evaluation. More information