WesternU
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Where: HEC, Classroom F
When: Tuesday 5/1/12 12-1pm
Dr. Al-Marayati will presenting on the current health issues and needs in the Middle East and her work through KinderUSA. KinderUSA is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides health, education and other forms of assistance to Palestinian children and their families living in the West Bank, Gaza, and refugee camps in Lebanon. Having, traveled extensively to the Middle East in order to help provide services to those in need, Dr. Al-Marayati will discuss her first hand experiences. KinderUSA welcomes volunteers from all different backgrounds, come learn how you can help.
Laila Al-Marayati, M.D. is a Palestinian-American doctor and Islamic activist, and former presidential appointee to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, where she served for two years after being appointed by President Bill Clinton. She earned her medical degree from UC-Irvine, and received specialty training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Los Angeles County USC Women's Hospital. After, she opened her own practice focusing on gynecology, which she ran for 11 years. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. She also serves as the Director of Women's Health at the Eisner Pediatric and Family Medical Center in downtown Los Angeles. She is currently the chairperson of KinderUSA www.kinderusa.org, which is a non-profit American organization providing humanitarian assistance to Palestinian children and their families in the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon. KinderUSA, like many other Muslim charities, has undergone political pressures to thwart its work for the Palestinian people. However, the organization has overcome many obstacles and continues to provide badly-needed assistance to Palestinian children.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Where: HEC Lecture Hall 1
When: Wednesday 5/2/12, 12-1pm
Susie Wang will be focusing her lecture on Water-borne diseases, which is the World's leading Killer. At any given time, half of the children in developing countries have some form of water borne disease. According to an assessment commissioned by the United Nations, 4,000 children die each day as a result of diseases caused by ingestion of filthy water. 4 out of every 10 people in the world, particularly those in Africa and Asia, do not have clean water to drink. Cholera, typhoid fever and hepatitis A are caused by bacteria, and are among the most common diarrheal diseases. Other illnesses, such as dysentery, are caused by parasites that live in water contaminated by the feces of sick individuals. Lakes and streams which people use for drinking water, bathing and defecating are sources of disease, as is water left by natural disasters. Come learn more about diseases that you will definitely encounter working internationally.
Susie Wang studied at UC Berkeley where she received her Bachelors in Molecular and Cellular Biology emphasis Neurology. During her time in Berkeley, she researched air pollution in the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and worked as a docent at the Hall of Health, a museum sponsored by the Oakland Children's Hospital, where she taught children about healthy eating. For two summers, she received funding from the NIH to conduct research in Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, there she researched the effects of mercury on the immune system and on the developing embryo. She later studied in USC and received her Masters in Public Health, with an emphasis in Global Health. She has a particular interest in environmental pollutants and neurology.
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Where: HPC AMP 2
When: Thursday 5/3/12, 12-1pm
This will be a student guided case study where faculty will be asked to discuss a few questions regarding a case on the emerging infectious disease, SARS. The SARS outbreak clearly demonstrated that it is no longer the exclusive privilege of countries to report and respond to infectious diseases occurring in their own territories, but that the global community has also assumed this role. Through the WesternU Inter-Professional Education (IPE) course, students were asked to discuss similar cases and to figure out how to work with each other in multiple academic disciplines to find a solution to the problem. This will be an amazing educational experience to allow WesternU faculty to demonstrate to you that the interdisciplinary collaboration does not stop at the end of your academic journey, but in fact continues throughout your career as a professional.
About Our Speakers:
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Georgeanne Vlad, PT, MA is currently an Associate Professor in the College of Allied Health Professions in the Department of Physical Therapy Education at Western University of Health Sciences. She received her Masters degree in Ergonomics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1984 and her certificate in Physical Therapy from the School of Physical Therapy of Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, CA in 1981.
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David Sanchez, PhD is currently an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Western University of Health Sciences. He received his PhD in Biomedical Science from the University of California San Francisco in 2004. His research interest is in the immune response to viruses. |
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Susan Parke, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, CPHQ, CIC Director, Infection Prevention and Control and Employee Health Services, St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, California. Susan has practiced in the field of infection control and epidemiology and employee health for over eighteen years. Susan is a member of the American College of Nurse Practitioners, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the National Association for Healthcare Quality, and the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses. |
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Susan Mackintosh, D.O., M.P.H. is a graduate of Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP) in 1992. She has held several leadership positions throughout her career, including the role of President of the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California from 2010 – 2011. For the past three years, she served WesternU in the capacity of Director of Interprofessional Education where she was responsible for the development and implementation of the IPE program for all nine graduate healthcare programs. In addition to this, she continued to maintain her faculty role, participated on the curriculum committee, and advised and mentored several medical students. She has dedicated much of her time and effort to making WesternU an exceptional university. She has recently been appointed as the new Associate Dean of Student Affairs of WesternU-COMP.
Helen Engelke, BVSc, MPVM, MRCVS is currently an assistant professor of Veterinary Public Health in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences. She graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1990 from the University of Liverpool and began her professional career as a State Veterinary Officer in Trinidad & Tobago whilst also working part time in a private small animal clinic. During this time Dr. Engelke developed a true passion for public health and epidemiology. With the aid of a Pan American Health Organization Fellowship she graduated with a Masters in Preventive Veterinary Medicine (MPVM) from UC Davis (CA, USA) in 1994 where her emphasis was Public Health. She subsequently returned to Trinidad and Tobago and worked as Deputy Director and then acting Director of the Veterinary Public Health Unit of the Ministry of Health. She balanced these governmental responsibilities with a part time lectureship at the College of Health Sciences, in the National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, concentrating on educating future public health inspectors in Food Safety issues related to foods of animal origin.
Tracey McNamara, DVM, DACVP is a professor of pathology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University in 1982. She completed her residency in comparative pathology at the Animal Medical Center, Wildlife Conservation Society in Bronx, New York in 1988.
Kristy Remick-Waltman, O.D., F.C.O.V.D. is the Director of Community Outreach and Assistant Professor in the College of Optometry at Western University of Health Sciences. She received her O.D. in 1983 from the Southern California College of Optometry. She is a national board member of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association and past President of the Inland Empire Optometric Society. Her unique practice experiences have included multi-disciplinary clinics with physicians, psychologists, educators, physical, speech, and occupational rehabilitation therapists. She has always felt that optometry has much to offer and needs to be included in the multi-disciplinary team.
Tina Meyer DHSc, PA-C is the chair of the College of Allied Health Professions at Western University of Health Sciences. Her clinical specialty is in family practice and urgent care.
Ellen Collisson, PhD, Professor of Microbiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences. Dr. Collisson is a PhD virologist with a specialty in coronaviruses. Early on in the SARS pandemic she was consulted in the USA for her particular expertise
Michelle Lee received her Bachelors of Science from the University of Southern California in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Kinesiology. She also received her Masters of Science in Global Medicine from USC, studying infectious diseases and global health issues. She is currently a 2015 D.O. Candidate at Western University of Health Sciences and is the President of the Global Health Club.
Friday, May 4, 2012 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Where: HPC AMP 2
When: Friday 5/4, 12-1pm
Tanen St. Clair-Brown’s presentation will be examining malnutrition, specifically the impacts of poor nutrition on the pediatric patient. The presentation will focus on underweight children with Severe Acute Malnutrition, and to a lesser extent, on conditions related to overweight malnourishment. The presentation will be directed towards the pathophysiology and clinical presentations of the diseases, in particular Marasmus and Kwashiorkor. It will conclude with a short video summarizing a new treatment that was developed by Doctors Without Borders for malnourished children.
Tanen St. Clair-Brown is a first year osteopathic medical student at Western University of Health Sciences - COMP. He was born at home amongst the redwoods of northern California. His undergraduate studies were at Cal State Channel Islands where he earned a Bachelors Degree in Cell and Molecular biology. In his free time, he enjoys Surfing and Mountain biking. He has extensive travel experience in 5 of the 7 continents and he hopes to one day complete his travels to the final two.