Ghana!

So my dad is going to Ghana in the spring to take pictures of the Accra Ghana Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I'm going with him! (hopefully, it's still in the works)

We have a family friend, Dr. Emmanuel Kissy, who lives there and runs a medical clinic. So while my dad is working I can be working with Dr. Kissy!

I will keep you updated on the details and goals for the trip.

update

I've got to work on my math! I bought a book from the DI and have been studying. Much cheaper than paying for a class I took in High School!

Medical School!

Well,

I'm going to Medical school! I am starting my pre-req's this fall...!

Yay!

Sie you're going to have to help me a lot!

Dr. Paul Farmer is speaking at the UW!

For those of you who cannot attend, we will be streaming the event live so you can log on at that time to watch:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wgha-discovery-series

Renowned Global Health Figure Dr. Paul Farmer at UW Campus June 18

 

Dr. Paul Farmer, subject of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Mountains Beyond Mountains and co-founder of Partners In Health, will speak about the current climate of global health on Thursday, June 18 from 6–7:30 p.m. in Kane Hall Room 130. The free event, "A Conversation with Dr. Paul Farmer Moderated by Dr. Chris Elias," is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 5:15 p.m.

 

Farmer will reflect on a variety of topics, including the future of global health delivery and sustainability, the challenge of multi drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), and how one person has the ability to make a significant contribution to global health. Farmer regularly travels

between two worlds: one marked by academic prestige and medical innovation, and the other by destitution and health inequity. Farmer is the newly named chair of Harvard Medical School's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine as well as an attending physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. His unconventional approach to care in the developing world cuts through red tape, bends rules, and has won

him acclaim and controversy.

 

Elias, the CEO of PATH, has fostered an entrepreneurial culture that encourages innovative thinking at PATH, a Seattle-based non-governmental organization, which is dedicated to improving the health of people around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and encouraging healthy behaviors.

 

The event is being presented by the Washington Global Health Alliance in partnership with the University of Washington Department of Global Health, City Club, and the Pacific Health Summit.

 

The Washington Global Health Alliance is a coalition for Washington State’s global health organizations, connecting, organizing, and motivating groups with the common goal of improving health conditions for people throughout the world. The Washington Global Health Alliance Discovery Series is sponsored by the Lilly Foundation.

 

 

Global Health Resource Center
University of Washington, Department of Global Health
1959 NE Pacific St. | Box 356355 | Seattle, WA 98195-6355
Health Sciences Building | Room T433
206 685-7362 (p) | 206 685-8034 (f)
ghrc@u.washington.edu
GHRC Web: http://www.globalhealth.washington.edu/

 

Take a look at the Global Health Calendar:

http://myuw.washington.edu/cal/setView.do?viewType=monthView&calendar=ghrc

Be Successful for them

"Find someone to be successful for. 

Raise their hopes. 

Rise to their needs."

-President Barack Obama, Arizona Sate University Commencement Address 2009

Hey there's a new LDS radio station! I'm excited. I wonder what's going to be on it 24/7?

http://radio.lds.org/mc/eng/

Podcast

The BYU Kennedy Center puts out some great podcasts about Global issues. I've been listening to them at work. So go check them out!