The Caltech Global Health Association is pleased to host it's 2011 mini-symposium, "Technology vs. Malaria." Caltech Professor Changhuei Yang and researcher George Maltezos will present their solutions, combining microfluidic, optical, electrical and biochemical technologies to diagnose Malaria and other diseases in low-resource settings.
The mini-symposium takes place from 5:30-8:00pm in Noyes Auditorium, room 153, at Caltech. Free dinner will be provided. Please RSVP to cgha@caltech.edu. All are welcome to attend!
Click here to see Forest Whitaker's talk from this year's Symposium on African Health
Periodically we have Global Health Journal Clubs -- follow us on JournalFire.
The long-term goal of the Caltech Global Health Association is to find ways to help people, both in developing countries and here in the United States, to escape the grip of crippling disease. We explore the science behind epidemic diseases and health crises, and discuss potential solutions, both medical and social.
Our main activities so far have been symposia on African Health, hosted in partnership with an outside non-profit, The GEANCO foundation.
One of our club's aims is connect with people in developing nations via the internet, in order to get a closer view of the situation in countries far from our own, and to communicate cutting edge research to which we may have greater access than others.
We also engage in other projects and activities related to global health, such as our recent visit to the Doctors Without Borders Exhibit, A Refugee Camp in the Heart of LA. And, some of our projects have led to other types of outreach, such as one of our members' recent research project in Nigeria.
Members:
Gloria Sheng, Carolyn Valdez, Jinwoo Lee, Yuan Liu, Gulio Rottaro, Saina Ghandchi, Nathanie Trisnadi, Alan Kwan, Vivian Yang, Chenxi Qui, Gal Barak, Debbie Tseng, Gloria Tran, Grace Lee, Kenneth Yu, Chess Stetson
If you have any questions, please contact our coordinator, Chess Stetson
Honored Former Members:
Peter Liu, Susan Shen, Pradeep Bugga, Emily Kim, Ilia Shadrin, Christina Theodoris
We would like to extend our special thanks to...
Greg Fletcher and the Caltech Y
The Caltech Alumni Association
The Caltech Premed Association
Caltech Student Affairs
