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International Activities
International Presentations
- Canada: Garber ST et al. The Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score in children: a validity study. Oral presentation, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Pediatric Section, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 04-DEC-13
International External Service
- Western Africa: Burkina Faso, West AfricaAssisted with baby deliveries, vaccinations, family planning, and prenatal consultations at rural village clinic.Conducted health talks at clinic and village schools on priority concerns such as HIV/AIDS, STDs, guinea worm, malaria, malnutrition, hygiene, and genital excision.Assisted with countrywide effort to eradicate the Guinea worm disease by traveling to endemic villages, documenting the number of new cases, explaining the disease, distributing filters, and demonstrating water filtration techniques.Obtained non-governmental organization grant to construct new building at local village clinic to be used as a laboratory and to refrigerate medications.Started “Girls Club” at village school, which met once weekly with 25 teenage girls to discuss contraception, STDs, safety, and female reproductive issues.Coordinated “Guinea Worm Week 2003: Burkina Faso,” including the distribution of 3500 free water filters in six endemic villages throughout Burkina Faso and conducted door-to-door demonstrations on how to avoid the Guinea worm disease by using proper water filtration techniques. , Health Volunteer, Peace Corps, 01/01/2002-12/31/2004
- Western Africa: Burkina Faso, West AfricaChosen by country administrator and fellow volunteers to provide supervision, technical administration, and peer support for the country’s 45 volunteers in addition to health volunteer duties., Volunteer Leader, Peace Corps, 01/01/2004-12/31/2004