The chief reason I wish to participate in the program is that it offers me the opportunity to put into active practice the principles that motivated me to pursue medicine. The initial impetus for my passion for medicine and public health emerged from my status as the child of immigrant physicians. I am extraordinarily grateful […]
Great Books for Those Interested in Global Health
Epidemiology Author: Leon Gordis MD, MPH, Dr.PH Summary: Based on his 30 years’ experience in teaching introductory epidemiology Dr. Gordis produced this book. It explains the epidemiologic approach to disease and intervention explores the use of epidemiologic principles to identify the cause of disease and discusses how epidemiology should be used to improve evaluation and […]
Pathologists Can and Should Engage in Global Health
With the completion of Step 1 and the start of my clinical rotations in less than two weeks, I have recently been devoting more time to considerations of my professional future. For much of my preclinical years my driving interests within medicine have been tripartite; hematology/oncology, infectious disease, and pathology. Any future I see in […]
