Interests: Pediatrics, primary care

Community of interest: Neglected and abused children

Past experiences: Worked with children in Peru as a volunteer for Cross Cultural Solutions at the Madre Teresa de la Paz facility for orphaned, disabled children and in the US with abused children

Summer 2004: Traveled to Honduras as part of a NYU study abroad program to shadow OB/GYN doctors at the small town hospital in La Esperanza and at several rural clinics

Interests: Healthcare quality and access for immigrant populations, women’s health

Community of interest: Latino and immigrant populations

Past experiences: Volunteered with the Iowa City Free Medical Clinic, which offers healthcare to local uninsured and underinsured, as a “patient guide” and clinic coordinator

Summer 2004: Involved with a project studying an ongoing tuberculosis prevention program atthe NYU Center for Immigrant Health

Interests: Public health, international health, sexual health and education

Community of interest: immigrants and refugee/asylum seekers

Past experiences: Conducted Masters Thesis research for London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at the WHO office in Jerusalem and performed risk assessment for Palestinian villagers as Fulbright Scholar

Summer 2004: Involved in study at the Child Study Center as a Stanley Fellow to study bereavement and parental loss issues in children of 9/11 victims

Interests: Patient education and counseling, primary care

Community of interest: Diabetics

Past experiences: Served as a summer science teacher and research assistant for the Chief Medial Examiner. Currently involved in patient education through the NYU Hepatitis Project

Summer 2004: Traveled to Honduras as part of a NYU study abroad program to shadow OB/GYN doctors at the small town hospital in La Esperanza and at several rural clinics

Interests: Patient education and counseling, sexual health, healthcare access

Community of interest: Urban populations; STDs

Past experiences: Completed an internship with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, and conducted clinical research as part of a clinical study of STD transmission in East Baltimore

Summer 2004: Participated in the Urban Health Care Scholars Program

Interests: Patient education and counseling; community outreach

Community of interest: Underrepresented minority high school students

Past experiences: Served as a high school science teacher, and currently involved in the High School Fellows Program, which serves to enrich the science education of under-represented minority students

Summer 2004: Participated in the NYU Anatomy Fellowship

Interests: Improving healthcare quality and access, sexual health and education, health policy

Community of interest: Homeless youth

Past experiences: Provided sexual health education and counseling as a Sexual Health Advocate at Rutgers University and worked as a community outreach volunteer for the Chai Project, a program striving to prevent the spread of HIV and Hepatitis in the local community

Summer 2004: Involved in study at the Health Services Department of CitiWide Harm Reduction in the South Bronx, which serves an HIV positive population. Collected and analyzed data for a current research project examining attitudes and perceptions of PC providers towards treating substance abusers.

Interests: Improving healthcare quality and access; affordable housing and shelters

Community of interest: Homeless families with children

Past experiences: Involved (currently) in NYC Free Clinic and volunteered for Community Impact’s Advocacy Coalition, which serves homeless and low-income Harlem and Morningside Heights residents through a variety of programs

Summer 2004: Participated in the NYU Summer ER Research Fellowship Program

Interests: Women’s health, reproductive health, patient education and counseling

Community of interest: Women with developmental disabilities

Past experiences: Conducted public health research which assessed the reproductive health of women with developmental disabilities in Los Angeles and involved in reproductive health classes for these women

Summer 2004: Conducted medical record reviews and recruited patients for the project MEMO, Minimizing Errors and Maximizing Outcomes, a national study of group practices and clinics

Interests: Healthcare reform, sexual abuse, mental health

Community of interest: Adolescents suffering from mental illnesses

Past experiences: Involved (currently) in the Bellevue Hospital Rape Crisis Program which provides survivors with information, counseling, and support throughout their stay in the ER. Worked on past neurological research projects in Cambridge, MA

Summer 2004: Involved in research concerning suicidal adolescents at the NYU Child Study Center

Interests: International health, pediatrics

Community of interest: Internationally adopted children

Past experiences: Worked for the WTC Medical Screening Program as an interviewer and interpreter for rescue and clean-up workers; served as summer research fellow for the Rainbow Center for International Child Health, studying internationally adopted children

Summer 2004: Returned to Nepal to the Balmandir national orphanage

Interests: Neurology, public health, healthcare resource management, educational outreach

Community of interest: Stroke patients in underrepresented communities

Past experiences: Served as the program coordinator at Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, a long-term care facility for Huntington’s Disease patients; heavily involved there in research, educational outreach, and program development

Summer 2004: Participated in research concerning beliefs and practices surrounding breast cancer in the Haitian immigrant women's community at the NYU Center for Immigrant Health

Interests: Preventative medicine, patient education and counseling, trauma related disorders

Community of interest: Abused children suffering from PTSD

Past experiences: Worked as a research assistant for the NY State Psychiatric Institute, studying fear conditioning and startle response in humans and for Gathering Place, a psychiatric outpatient social house, as a counselor and activity coordinator

Summer 2004: Participated in research concerning preschool children with anxiety disorders at the NYU Child Study Center

Interests: Urban health disparities, social determinants of health, public policy, school-based health care, child mental health

Community of interest: Children and adolescents of low income families

Past experiences: Research consultant for the Student Development Initiative at the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Created a group of external experts for the administration; conducted quantitative and qualitative research assessing health status in teh Chicago School System; and helped construct policy recommendations for the CEO of CPS. Conducted ethnographic research on violent crime, gang activity, and community activism on Chicago's Southside.

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Interests: Women’s health, domestic violence, public health policy

Community of interest: Immigrant Indian community; NYU medical students involved in the free clinic

Past experiences: Interned at the Women’s Aid Organization (WAO) in Malaysia working with domestic violence victims living with severe physical and psychological injuries. Served as president of the Harvard South Asian Association, organizing political/cultural events

Summer 2004: Participated in the NYU Fellowship Program

Interests: Women’s health, reproductive health, public policy, patient education/counseling

Community of interest: Young women seeking abortion; patients suffering from mental disorders

Past experiences: Involved (currently) with the Hepatitis Project and the Medical Students for Choice. Served as the chair of Students for Choice in Ann Arbor, MI. Conducted clinical and academic research as a research assistant studying substance abuse treatment

Summer 2004: Participated in the NYU Stanley Fellowship conducting research on the effectiveness of music therapy in the dual-diagnosis unit at Bellevue Hospital

Interests: Patient education/counseling, public policy, public health

Community of interest: Low-income patient population living with HIV/AIDS

Past experiences: Involved (currently) in the American Medical Student Association as the AIDS Regional Action Coordinator. Interned in the health division of The Rockefeller Foundation, focusing on access to medicines and tobacco control

Summer 2004: Participated in the NYU Summer ER Research Fellowship Program

Interests: Occupational health, healthcare reform

Community of interest: Latino immigrant population; underserved pediatric populations

Past experiences: Interned at the Population Council, analyzing attitudes towards AIDS in Africa. Served as a research coordinator in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Albert Einstein, working on palliative care and substance abuse

Summer 2004: Traveled to Honduras as part of a NYU study abroad program to shadow OB/GYN doctors at the small town hospital in La Esperanza and at several rural clinics