Welcome to the
Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT)
Program at CBU.
MHIRT EVENTS CALENDAR:
Nov. 2008
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Nov.
1 - GuluWalk and After
Party www.guluwalk.com
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Nov. 6 -
MHIRT Info Session at
Univ. of
Memphis: 12pm Rm 322 Manning
Hall
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Nov. 7 -
MHIRT Info Session at
LeMoyne
Owen
College: 12:00pm. Gibson-Orgill Hall
Room 408
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Nov. 17 -
MHIRT Info Session at
Tennessee
State
University: 9am-3pm
Floyd
Payne
Campus
Center room 210
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Nov. 21 -
MHIRT Info Session at
CBU
School of Engineering Open House:
11am
January
2009
- Jan.
27 -
Application
deadline for summer projects.
March
2009
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Friday,
March 27 - Sunday, March 29Annual
Team
Building Workshop: Global Challenge
at Heifer Ranch in
Perryville
Ark. (Heifer
website)
April
2009
- April 25 - Qualitative research
workshop & Nuts and Bolts (Uganda participants)
May
2009
- May 21 -
Uganda students depart
- May 23 - Bioethics workshop & Cross-cultural training at CBU
(
Brazil participants)
- May 29 -
Brazil students depart
June
2009
-
TBA International summer internships begin
August
2009
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TBA International summer internships
end
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Aug.
22 - MHIRT info table @ CBU Student Club & Organization Fair. Buckman
Quad 1:30-2:30pm.
September
2009
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Sept.
18 - MHIRT Reunion Dinner. Place/Time TBA
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Sept.
19 - Project Symposium and Wrap up for summer projects.
- 8:30-9am: Breakfast
- 9:00 Intro by Dr. Fitz
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9:10 Lily Harmon-Gross, Lindsay McClain
"The Art of Healing: The Efficacious Use
of Art Therapy with Former Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda"
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9:30 Casey Carr "Calbindin
D-28k, Calretinin, and Parvalbumin as Markers of Specific Neuronal
Groups in the Mammalian Brain"
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9:50 Rachel Dutkosky, Caroline Mitchell
"Advantages and Disadvantages of Two
Non-Invasive Research Methods for the Study of Wild Jaguar Populations"
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10:10 Christopher Campbell “The
Study of The Dynamics of Biped Though Aves”
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10:30 Mya F. Santos, Lindsey Holloman
"Amplitude of P100 Visual Evoked Cortical
Potential (VECP) as Function of Achromatic Contrast Stimulus in
Glaucomatous Patients"
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10:50 Caitlin Ashley
"Comparing the Amplification of White Spot
Syndrome Virus Genes with Different Primers"
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11:10 Kara E. Miller, Joy Nolte
"Health-Seeking Behaviors and Healthcare
Perspectives in Rural Southwest Uganda"
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11:30 Ting Wong
"Role of the alpha-1-adrenergic Receptors on the
Reconsolidation of Olfactory"
- 12:00 Lunch served
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12:30-2:30 Wrap-up and Evaluation. Debriefing
and discussion of summer work, evaluations and other business for the
2009 MHIRT students.
October
2009
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Oct. 5th - MHIRT Info Session @ Rhodes College:
-
11am-1pm in Alburty Room (lunch will be provided)
- Oct. 26th - MHIRT Info Session @ LeMoyne Owen College EXPO:
- 10:30am-1pm in W.W. Herenton Renaissance Center
November
2009
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Nov. 9th - MHIRT Info Session @ University of Memphis
- 11am-12pm, Manning Hall Rm 322 (snacks provided)
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Nov. 13th - Bowling for Uganda fundraiser, 5-7pm at Billy Hardwick's
All-Star lanes on White Station and Quince.
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Nov. 17th - SGA Speaker Series Presents: International Research:
Effects on Your Life and the Lives of Others
- 7pm, CBU Spain Auditorium (Buckman Hall).
- MHIRT Program Director, Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald will be speaking
along with former MHIRT participants.
- Nov. 18th
- MHIRT Info Session @ Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN:
- 11am-1pm, Floyd Payne Campus Center, 2nd Floor. Int'l Education
Exhibit
- 2:40-3:40pm, Avon-Williams Campus. Info session for MPH and Health
Sciences students
- Nov. 19th - MHIRT Info Session @ UT Knoxville
- 11:30am-12:30pm, Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg., Rm. 125 (lunch will
be provided)
December
2009
January
2010
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Jan. 29th - All application materials due by 5pm!!
February
2010
March
2010
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March 19-21 - Heifer Ranch Retreat - Perryville, Arkansas. Mandatory
for all MHIRT 2010 participants.