Annual Immersion Workshop in Lima, Peru
The Office of Global Health hosts an annual three-day immersion workshop in Lima, Peru for faculty and doctoral students (if space permits) interested in globalizing their activities. The workshop provides participants with information on conducting global health research and is specifically tailored to the research interests of those participants selected to attend each year.
Currently, there are multiple NIH-funded training grants and several large NIH and Wellcome Trust-funded research projects in Peru; as a result, the workshop includes a combination of presentations and site visits to various research project locations during the three-day event.
To ensure the hands-on nature of the workshop, attendance is limited to 30 people, to include up to ten Tulane faculty and/or doctoral students, who are provided with full travel and lodging funds in order to attend the workshop. Participants from collaborating institutions in Peru, as well as colleagues from other FGH international collaborating institutions, are also invited to attend.
Topics may include:
- Setting up successful collaborative research projects overseas.
- Challenges in finding funding for overseas research.
- Field visits to research sites, such as the Pampas Research Station, to learn about the complexities of managing and running this station in the middle of a shantytown.
- Interdisciplinary collaborations in global health, including the strengths and challenges.
- Ethics issues in global health research.
2011 Immersion Workshop
The most recent immersion workshop took place during the week May 16th-18th, 2011. Participant information coming soon.
2010 Annual Immersion Workshop Faculty Attendees
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Katherine Andrinopolous, PhD, MHS, Assistant Professor, International Health and Development
Jeanette Magnus, PhD, MD, Professor and Chair, Community Health Sciences
School of Liberal Arts
Xiaojin Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sociology
School of Medicine
Anjali Nyogi, MD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
Lauren Richey, MD, MPH, Resident, Internal Medicine
Stephanie Russo, Clinical Research Coordinator, Anesthesiology
School of Science and Engineering
Jordan Karubian, PhD, MS Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Michael Moore, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
School of Social Work
Marva Lewis, PhD, Associate Professor, Social Work
2009 Annual Immersion Workshop Faculty Attendees
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Gretchen Clum, PhD, Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences
Ivo Foppa, MD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Frederique Jacquerioz, MD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor, Tropical Medicine
School of Liberal Arts
Mary Clark, PhD, Associate Professor, Political Science
John Verano, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair, Anthropology
School of Medicine
Jaya Aysola, MD, DTM&H, FAAP, Section Chief, Community Pediatrics and Global Health, Pediatrics
Domnica Fotino, MD, MPH, Physician, Internal Medicine
Richard Witzig, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Medicine and Infectious Disease
School of Social Work
Stephanie Baus, MSW, Clinical Assistant Professor, Social Work
So'Nia Gilkey, PhD, Assistant Professor, Social Work
Additional Information
For additional information regarding these opportunities, please contact Andrea Meyer, Senior Program Manager.
