Transcript Infectious Diseases Interest Group

www.med.unc.edu/idig
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Careers in ID
 Medicine
 ID Fellowships: 2-3 years, following residencies in
Internal Medicine or Pediatrics
 Primary Care
 ID intersects every medical specialty
 Public Health
 Epidemiology
 Health and Human Behaviors
 Etc.
Careers in ID
 [Global]
 World Health Organization
 Doctors Without Borders
 International Society for Infectious Diseases
 [National]
 Center for Disease Control
 Epidemic Intelligence Service
 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
 Infectious Diseases Society of America
 American Society for Microbiology
 The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
 [Local]
 UNC Center for Infectious Diseases
 NC Department of Health and Human Services
 Epidemiology in NC
 Orange County Health Department
Ongoing events
 Friday Morning ID Conferences
 8:30-9:30am
 1131 Bioinformatics (first floor auditorium)
 Topics and speakers vary
 Free breakfast?
 This Friday, 9/17:
Ward Cates, MD,MPH
FHI, “The HIV Prevention
World Post-CAPRISA 004:
What’s Next?
Ongoing events
 Wednesday Morning Case Conferences
 8:30-9:30am
 Memorial Hospital
 Real patients presented by 3rd/4th year medical students
 Clinical thinking
 Real world
 Talk to Erin Steinbach or one of the co-leaders
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[email protected]
Ongoing events
 Meet ID Faculty
 Several ID faculty have offered themselves for
shadowing (clinic or lab) and/or talks about their
careers over a cup of coffee
 Some of their research interests include:
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HIV/AIDS in South Africa/Malawi
HIV molecular biology
Nosocomial infections, bioterrorist agents (cool lecture in
MS1)
Biology, epidemiology of STD transmissions
Plenty more
Ongoing events
 Meet ID Faculty
 We’re still compiling a list of faculty
 We’ll get you the faculty list with their academic
bios/research interests
 Email the faculty member to set up a time to meet
 Talk to us if you have questions!
Events this fall
 Movie w/AMSA – October
 IPVAA and HIV - November
 World Aids Day - December
 HIV Awareness/HIV in NC
Events Next Spring
 International Health and ID Networking Night - January
 Good food and discussion with faculty from the SOM and
SPH
 Micro Lab Tour - April
 COS (Career Opportunities Series) lunch
 Wednesday, April 13
Jan. 2009
at Carolina
Brewery
Other resources
 UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious
Diseases (inter-departmental)
 Website: http://globalhealth.unc.edu/
 Blog: http://uncglobalhealth.wordpress.com/
 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chapel-
Hill-NC/UNC-Institute-for-Global-Health-andInfectious-Diseases/50477582478
 Twitter: http://twitter.com/uncglobalhealth
 e-Newsletters:
http://globalhealth.unc.edu/subscribe.php
Other resources
 UNC Center for Infectious Diseases (SOM)
 Website: http://www.med.unc.edu/infdis/
 Faculty information, research topics, fellowship program
information
 Schedule of topics for Friday AM conferences
 Powerpoints from past Wednesday AM case conferences
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http://www.med.unc.edu/infdis/education/casemanagement-conference
Really, they’re cool, check them out
Other resources
 Student Global Health Committee (SGHC) – SPH
 Speakers, forums, community service, fundraisers, help
finding funding, etc.
 Narratives of HIV/AIDS subcommittee
 http://studentorgs.unc.edu/sghc/
 Join the listserv: [email protected]
 SHAC: HIV Counseling
 Apps closed for 2010-11…something to think about next
year
Great Books
 Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder
 My Own Country, by Dr. Abraham Verghese
 The Demon in the Freezer, by Richard Preston
 Infections and Inequalities, by Dr. Paul Farmer
Contacts
 IDIG co-leaders 2010-11 (email one of us to be
added to the listserv!)
 Julia Brant ([email protected])
 Sarah Kim ([email protected])
 Faculty Advisor
 Dr. Lisa Hightow ([email protected])
 Wednesday AM conference contact and all around
smart person
 Erin Steinbach ([email protected])