DOING FIELD/THESIS RESEARCH THIS SUMMER?

[Aidan Siobhan Madigan-Curtis]

The Center for Population and Development Studies

and Harvard International Development Organization
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******CONDUCTING INTERNATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH: TIPS AND STRATEGIES*****

A Discussion Seminar

Thursday May 5 - 6pm
Eliot Senior Common Room

Come and hear from Harvard School of Public Health Fellows and other
students who have conducted research and field work in international
health.

Tips on - conducting surveys
- data collection
- dealing with translators
- working with software
- report writing
- taking field notes

Please RSVP to mak...@fas.harvard.edu
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Information about the panel:

Kavi Bhala, PhD. India. Research on the growing epidemic of road traffic
injuries in developing countries with the goal of proposing transportation policies
that are safe, sustainable and promote equity.

Kevin Jeremiah Akindele Thomas, Ph.D. Sierra Leone. Dr Thomas is
currently studying the demographic and health outcomes of migrant
populations in Africa and the relationship between child survival and
living standards, focusing on the differences between migrant and
non-migrant populations in Africa.

Adebola Adedimeji, M.Sc., Ph.D. Nigeria A Lecturer in Sociology at the
University of Ibadan in Nigeria, his research topic is: knowledge of
HIV/AIDS/STIs and condom use among slum adolescent inhabitants in Ibadan,
Nigeria

Fahimeh Ramezani, M.D. Iran. Dr Ramezani is currently Associate Professor
of Medicine at the National Medical Research Center, and Director of the
National Reproductive Health Committee in Iran. Her research topic is: a
multidisciplinary preventive/management program in HIV/AIDS in high risk
selected area of Iran.

David Evans. US/Kenya. David is a tutor in Currier House and a doctoral
student in Economics. He has conducted research on the spillover effects
of Africa’s orphan crisis as well as child school participation in Kenya.

Molly Simmons. Israel. Molly is a senior at Harvard who completed an
Anthropology thesis on post-traumatic stress disorder in Israel. She is
also studying for a Certificate in Health Policy.

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