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The Office of Public Health Practice is expanding its activities to international settings.

CHINA SCHOLAR EXCHANGE PROGRAM (CSEP)

In September 2007, the Regents of the University of Michigan and the Tianjin Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China formally agreed to a scholar exchange program coordinated by the Office of Public Health Practice.  The agreement provides opportunities for SPH faculty to conduct research with the Tianjin CDC and students to participate in field experiences in China through CSEP.

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

Physician Scholar Exchange

• Julie Vaishampayan, MD, MPH became the first Preventive Medicine Resident to complete a three month rotation at the Tianjin CDC. Dr. Vaishampayan participated in disease outbreak investigations. Read her blog. 
• The Office of Public Health Practice welcomed two physicians from the Tianjin CDC on January 9, 2008.  Dr. Guohong Jiang, Director of the Institute for Non-Communicable Disease Control and Dr. Wenti Xu, Medical Epidemiologist in the Department on Infectious Disease will spend three months studying and completing research in the Practice Office.

Student Field Experiences

• Five Practice Office advisors will lead a group of thirty SPH students to the Tianjin CDC over winter break 2008 as part of a Public Health Action Support Team (PHAST) deployment.  PHAST will participate in projects related to health education, maternal and child health, environmental health, and outbreak investigation.
• Three SPH students will be selected for summer internships at the Tianjin CDC sponsored by the Office of Public Health Practice.
  Applications are due February 12, 2008. Download application.

Faculty and Staff

Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH
Director, International Practice Programs

Angela Beck, MPH, CHES
Program Manager

Pat Vijitakula, MPH
Program Assistant

For more information contact sph.ipp@umich.edu

Matthew Boulton (center) signing an international scholar exchange agreement in 2007 with (right) Dr. Xiexiu Wang, Director General of the Tianjin CDC-China and also a Senior Advisor on Tuberculosis to the WHO and (left) Dr. Jianli Kan, Director of Epidemiology for the National China CDC in Beijing.

 

Dr. Vaishampayan completed a three month rotation at the Tianjin CDC in 2007.