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Infectious Diseases Interest Group

Infectious Diseases Interest Group. www.med.unc.edu/idig (↑ check it). Careers in ID. Medicine ID Fellowships: 2-3 years, following residencies in Internal Medicine or Pediatrics Primary Care ID intersects every medical specialty Public Health Epidemiology Health and Human Behaviors

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Infectious Diseases Interest Group

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  1. Infectious Diseases Interest Group www.med.unc.edu/idig (↑ check it)

  2. Careers in ID • Medicine • ID Fellowships: 2-3 years, following residencies in Internal Medicine or Pediatrics • Primary Care • ID intersects every medical specialty • Public Health • Epidemiology • Health and Human Behaviors • Etc.

  3. Careers in ID • [Global] • World Health Organization • Doctors Without Borders • International Society for Infectious Diseases • [National] • Center for Disease Control • Epidemic Intelligence Service • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease • Infectious Diseases Society of America • American Society for Microbiology • The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene • [Local] • UNC Center for Infectious Diseases • NC Department of Health and Human Services • Epidemiology in NC • Orange County Health Department

  4. Ongoing events • Friday Morning ID Conferences • 8:30-9:30am • 1131 Bioinformatics (first floor auditorium) • Topics and speakers vary • Free breakfast? • This Friday, 9/17: Meredith Shiels, PhDNational Cancer Institute "Aging and cancer in HIV-infected individuals"

  5. Ongoing events • Wednesday Morning Case Conferences • 8:30-9:30am • Memorial Hospital • Real patients presented by 3rd/4th year medical students • Clinical thinking • Real world • Talk to Erin Steinbach or one of the co-leaders: • Erin_klein@med.unc.edu • Marshall_ahearn@med.unc.edu • Sarah_paraghamian@med.unc.edu

  6. Ongoing events • Meet ID Faculty • Several ID faculty have offered themselves for shadowing (clinic or lab) and/or talks about their careers over a cup of coffee • Some of their research interests include: • HIV/AIDS in South Africa/Malawi • HIV molecular biology • Nosocomial infections, bioterrorist agents (cool lecture in MS1) • Biology, epidemiology of STD transmissions • Plenty more

  7. Ongoing events • Meet ID Faculty • We’re still compiling a list of faculty • We’ll get you the faculty list with their academic bios/research interests • Email the faculty member to set up a time to meet • Talk to us if you have questions!

  8. Events this fall • ID Trivia Night – October • Intimate Partner Violence and STIs - November • World Aids Day - December • HIV Awareness/HIV in NC • HIV and Pregnancy w/ COGIG

  9. Events Next Spring • International Health and ID Networking Night - January • Good food and discussion with faculty from the SOM and SPH • Micro Lab Tour – April • Social Hour Mixer w/ID Faculty

  10. Other resources • UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (inter-departmental) • Website: http://globalhealth.unc.edu/ • Blog: http://uncglobalhealth.wordpress.com/ • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chapel-Hill-NC/UNC-Institute-for-Global-Health-and-Infectious-Diseases/50477582478 • Twitter: http://twitter.com/uncglobalhealth • e-Newsletters: http://globalhealth.unc.edu/subscribe.php

  11. Other resources • UNC Center for Infectious Diseases (SOM) • Website: http://www.med.unc.edu/infdis/ • Faculty information, research topics, fellowship program information • Schedule of topics for Friday AM conferences • Powerpoints from past Wednesday AM case conferences • http://www.med.unc.edu/infdis/education/case-management-conference • Really, they’re cool, check them out

  12. Other resources • Student Global Health Committee (SGHC) – SPH • Speakers, forums, community service, fundraisers, help finding funding, etc. • Narratives of HIV/AIDS subcommittee • http://studentorgs.unc.edu/sghc/ • Join the listserv: sghc_webmaster@unc.edu • SHAC: HIV Counseling • Apps closed for 2010-11…something to think about next year

  13. Great Books • Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder • My Own Country, by Dr. Abraham Verghese • The Demon in the Freezer, by Richard Preston • Infections and Inequalities, by Dr. Paul Farmer

  14. Contacts • IDIG co-leaders 2010-11 (email one of us to be added to the listserv!) • Alex Ahearn (marshall_ahearn@med.unc.edu) • Sarah Paraghamian (sarah_paraghamian@med.unc.edu) • Faculty Advisor • Dr. Lisa Hightow (lisa_hightow@med.unc.edu) • Wednesday AM conference contact and all around smart person • Erin Steinbach (erin.steinbach@gmail.com)

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