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Universidad del Zulia - Columbia University: Opportunities for Academic Exchange

Universidad del Zulia - Columbia University: Opportunities for Academic Exchange. Gladys Maestre MD, PhD Maria del Pilar Amaya, MD Inara Chacon, MD,MSc Luis Gonzalez, MD, PhD Jorge Quintero, BA. Common Hereditary Disorders in Venezuela Research Training. T. Conrad Gilliam, PhD

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Universidad del Zulia - Columbia University: Opportunities for Academic Exchange

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  1. Universidad del Zulia - Columbia University: Opportunities for Academic Exchange Gladys Maestre MD, PhD Maria del Pilar Amaya, MD Inara Chacon, MD,MSc Luis Gonzalez, MD, PhD Jorge Quintero, BA

  2. Common Hereditary Disorders in Venezuela Research Training T. Conrad Gilliam, PhD Gladys Maestre, MD, PhD

  3. Venezuela

  4. Venezuela

  5. Venezuela Area: slightly more than twice the size of California Climate: Tropical Population: 24,654,694 Age Structure: 0-14 years: 31% (male 3,944,749; female 3,700,799) 15-64 years: 64.1% (male 7,931,194; female 7,864,697) 65 years and over: 4.9% (male 552,291; female 660,964) Median Age: 24.8 years Population Growth Rate: 1.48% Infant Mortality Rate: 23,79 deaths per 1000 live births Life expectancy at birth : total population: 73.81 years male: 70.78 years female: 77.07 years (2003 est.) Government: Democracy, since 1958

  6. University of Zulia

  7. University of Zulia Vision It is an institution of academic excellence with social commitment Mission To create, transmit and apply knowledge as a social value, based on the most solid principles of ethics, justice, freedom and autonomy Student Body More than 54,000 University’s Campus 17 squared Kms

  8. University of Zulia • Agriculture • Architecture and Design • Economics and Social Sciences • Law and Political Sciences • Veterinarian Sciences • Experimental Sciences • Humanities and Education • Engineering • Medicine • Dentistry • Arts

  9. Faculty of Medicine • School of Medicine • School of Bio-analysis • School of Nutrition and Dietetics • Nursing School • Institute for Environmental Health • Institute for Clinical Research • Institute for Biological Research • Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases • Unit of Medical Genetics • Center for Experimental Surgery • Division of Medical Education

  10. Electives Community Medicine Consults Preceptorship Research Subintership

  11. Electives Command of Spanish is highly recommended for seeing patients 4 to 8 weeks, all year around, although August is not very active Tuition Exempted University is not responsible for housing or travel arrangements, but will help in anyway possible Housing available at Centro Gallego de Maracaibo ($10 per day) a lot of sports facilities, disco, restaurants, pools, tennis courts. Venezuelan families could also receive a students. Short term rentals also available. Public Transportation could be unreliable, but taxis are very cheap ($2 will take you to anywhere in the city) Lawyers have not discovered medical malpractice!

  12. Collaboration with University of Los Andes

  13. Collaboration with University of Los Andes RESEARCH LINES: Clinical research: neurology and psychiatry Classical physiology measures: electro physiology Behavior neuroscience: animal models (anxiety and cta) Parasitology: leishmania and toxoplasma biology Brain and tissue micro dialysis Neurochemical techniques: hplc and cze-lifd: neurotransmitters amines, amino acids. Peptides and proteins Technology developments capillary electrophoresis and laser induced fluorescent detection Building apparatus Genetic: micro arrays technology

  14. Community Assembly with Scientists from the Columbia Genome Center

  15. Dr. Jose Ortiz and students of Course “Laboratory Skills”

  16. www.luz.edu.ve Gladys Maestre gem6@columbia.edu Maria del Pilar Amaya md2177@columbia.edu Inara Chacon ijc2101@columbia.edu Luis Gonzalez leg2105@columbia.edu Jorge Quintero quinterojorge@yahoo.com

  17. Thanks!!!

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