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Community invited to PERLA Latin American global health symposium April 29
Please join us.
The first annual Program for Education and Research in Latin American (PERLA) Symposium will be held on campus April 29. The PERLA half-day symposium will provide a forum for UW faculty, students and health professionals, to discuss health-related research, service and training projects in Latin America, and foster multidisciplinary, interdepartmental, and international collaboration.
The afternoon will begin at 1:30 p.m. with a series of three moderated panels. Jaime Sepulveda, MD, MPH, DrSC, a Senior Fellow and Director of Special Initiatives of the Global Health Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will deliver the keynote lecture: "Mesoamerica: Health Opportunities for a Neglected Region" as part of the Washington Global Health Alliance (WGHA) Discovery Series.
PERLA (Spanish for pearl) was formed by Dr. Joe Zunt, a neurologist with 15 years of research and training activities in Peru, and his colleagues in global health as a vehicle to increase networking for students, faculty and colleagues to synergize research, training and service activities in Latin American – especially those focusing on improving health.
Friday, April 29, 2011 1:30 - 3:45 p.m. Panel Presentations: Panel 1: Multidisciplinary collaborations, moderated by Adam Warren. Panel 2: Women and adolescents, moderated by Caroline Mitchell. Panel 3: Chronic diseases, moderated by Rafael Lozano. 4-5 p.m. WGHA Discovery Series Lecture by Jaime Sepulveda. 5-6 p.m.: Wine and hors d’oeuvres reception and PERLA poster presentations. Location: Health Sciences Building (1959 N.E. Pacific Street), Room: T-625, University of Washington, Seattle Campus
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