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Careers in ID Medicine ID Fellowships: 2-3 years, following residencies in Internal Medicine or Pediatrics Primary Care ID intersects every medical specialty Public Health Epidemiology Health and Human Behaviors Etc.
Careers in ID [Global] World Health Organization Doctors Without Borders International Society for Infectious Diseases [National] Center for Disease Control Epidemic Intelligence Service National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Infectious Diseases Society of America American Society for Microbiology The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [Local] UNC Center for Infectious Diseases NC Department of Health and Human Services Epidemiology in NC Orange County Health Department
Ongoing events Friday Morning ID Conferences 8:30-9:30am 1131 Bioinformatics (first floor auditorium) Topics and speakers vary Free breakfast? This Friday, 9/17: Meredith Shiels, PhD National Cancer Institute "Aging and cancer in HIV-infected individuals"
Ongoing events Wednesday Morning Case Conferences 8:30-9:30am Memorial Hospital Real patients presented by 3 rd /4 th year medical students Clinical thinking Real world Talk to Erin Steinbach or one of the co-leaders:
Ongoing events Meet ID Faculty Several ID faculty have offered themselves for shadowing (clinic or lab) and/or talks about their careers over a cup of coffee Some of their research interests include: HIV/AIDS in South Africa/Malawi HIV molecular biology Nosocomial infections, bioterrorist agents (cool lecture in MS1) Biology, epidemiology of STD transmissions Plenty more
Ongoing events Meet ID Faculty We’re still compiling a list of faculty We’ll get you the faculty list with their academic bios/research interests the faculty member to set up a time to meet Talk to us if you have questions!
Events this fall ID Trivia Night – October Intimate Partner Violence and STIs - November World Aids Day - December HIV Awareness/HIV in NC HIV and Pregnancy w/ COGIG
Events Next Spring International Health and ID Networking Night - January Good food and discussion with faculty from the SOM and SPH Micro Lab Tour – April Social Hour Mixer w/ID Faculty
Other resources UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (inter-departmental) Website: Blog: Facebook: Hill-NC/UNC-Institute-for-Global-Health-and- Infectious-Diseases/ http:// Hill-NC/UNC-Institute-for-Global-Health-and- Infectious-Diseases/ Twitter: e-Newsletters:
Other resources UNC Center for Infectious Diseases (SOM) Website: Faculty information, research topics, fellowship program information Schedule of topics for Friday AM conferences Powerpoints from past Wednesday AM case conferences management-conference management-conference Really, they’re cool, check them out
Other resources Student Global Health Committee (SGHC) – SPH Speakers, forums, community service, fundraisers, help finding funding, etc. Narratives of HIV/AIDS subcommittee Join the listserv: SHAC: HIV Counseling Apps closed for …something to think about next year
Great Books Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder My Own Country, by Dr. Abraham Verghese The Demon in the Freezer, by Richard Preston Infections and Inequalities, by Dr. Paul Farmer
Contacts IDIG co-leaders ( one of us to be added to the listserv!) Alex Ahearn Sarah Paraghamian Faculty Advisor Dr. Lisa Hightow Wednesday AM conference contact and all around smart person Erin Steinbach