ASIAN STUDIES CENTER
University of Pittsburgh

presents

THE SYMPOSIUM IS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Contact Dianne F. Dakis
Asian Studies Center
email: dakis@pitt.edu    phone: 412.648.7367

Where available, presentations can be downloaded by clicking on the link below the title.

---

FRIDAY, 7 DECEMBER 07
beginning at 5:30pm

• Posvar Hall 2500 & 2501
• Reception for all Conference participants, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
• Keynote Speaker at 6:30pm
  Dr. Donald S. Burke
  Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health, and Dean, Graduate School of Public Health
  “Climate Change, Sustainability, and Global Health”
  Download (Microsoft PowerPoint)
  

---

SATURDAY, 8 DECEMBER 07
beginning at 8:30am

• University of Pittsburgh, Sennott Square Room 2200
• Informal breakfast available, outside 2200 Sennott Square, 8:30-9:00am
• Ongoing poster display by Pitt GSPH and School of Medicine students, 8:30am-6:30pm
  
  • Sachin Kale, MS-II, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    "Examining the Awareness of Laws and Regulations of Conduct by Medicial Representatives in Hyderabad, India"
    Download (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
  • Shruti Ramachandran, Joint MPH/MID Student, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health & Graduate School of Public & International Affairs
    "Exploring Women's Experiences with Hysterectomies in the Villages of Medchal Mandal, Andra Pradesh"
    Download (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
  • Swati Shroff, MS-II, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    "Analysis of Efficacy & Perceptions of the REACH Program at MediCiti Hospital"
    Download (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
  • Zachary Zator, MS-II, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    "A Survey of Health Care Access in the Village of Maisammaguda, Hyderabad, India"
    Download (Adobe Acrobat PDF)

PANELS & GUEST SPEAKERS

GLOBAL HEALTH
9:00 am

• Joan Harvey University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  "Student Initiatives in Global Health"
  Download (Microsoft PowerPoint)
  
• Wishwa Nath Kapoor University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  "Training Internists for Health Care Around the Globe"
  Download (Microsoft PowerPoint)
  
• Phalguni Gupta University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
  “Global Health Training Program at Pitt: Its Relationship with HIV Research in India"
  Download (Microsoft PowerPoint)
  
• Thuy Bui "The Global Health Residency Track at the University of Pittsburgh"
  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  Download (Microsoft PowerPoint)
  

SHARE / Mediciti Operations & Resources
10:30 am

• P.S. Reddy University of Pittsburgh Medical
  Center
  "Introduction to SHARE"
  
• G.S. Reddy Principal, Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS)
  "Mediciti and MIMS"
  
• Jayaram Guntupalli Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS)
  "MIMS: Academic Programs"
  
• S. V. Krishnan Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS)
  "MIMS: Administrative Viewpoint"
  Download (Microsoft PowerPoint)
  

LUNCHEON FOR PARTICIPANTS
Noon -1:30 pm

• The Cloisters, Frick Fine Arts Building

DATABASE & LEVERAGE OF DATABASE FOR GRANTS
1:30 pm

• K. Vijayaraghavan Mediciti Institute for Medical Sciences
  “Introduction to REACH - Research & Projects”
  
• P.S. Reddy University of Pittsburgh Medical
  Center
  "Discussion of REACH"
  
• Aarti Tatineni SHARE India
  "The REACH Database"
  
• Patti Gravitt – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  "The CATCH/NIH Grant"
  Download (Microsoft PowerPoint)
  
• Vijay Yeldandi – Resurrection-Westlake Internal Medicine Residency Program
  "APAIDSCON and PHMI"
  Download (Microsoft PowerPoint)
  

LINKAGES IN RESEARCH & EDUCATION
3:30 pm

• Christine Ley University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
  “Community-based Maternal and Child Health Strategies”
  
• Gautam Pingle Administrative Staff College of India
  “Some Socio-Economic Issues in Cross-National Health Studies”
  
• P.S. Reddy University of Pittsburgh Medical
  Center
  "The Braddock-Prospect Terrace Project"
  

PANELS CONCLUDE BY 4:30 pm

---

SUNDAY, 9 DECEMBER 07
beginning at 10:00am

• Informal brunch at Holiday Inn, Room TBA, to discuss further collaborations, 10:00am

• One-on-one Meetings on Request: To meet with any individual participant, please relay your request to Katherine Carlitz, University of Pittsburgh Asian                                     Studies Center, at kcarlitz@pitt.edu
• Symposium concludes, 12:00 noon

ACRONYM GUIDE

• SHARE: Science Health Allied Research and Education
  A service-oriented, non-profit NGO based in Andhra Pradesh, India.  Founded by Dr. P.S. Reddy, Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, who serves as the Secretary General of SHARE.

The following are all SHARE-related projects:

• APAIDSCON: Andhra Pradesh AIDS Consortium
  An association of medical colleges and hospitals in Andhra Pradesh, for implementation of HIV-Aids related projects, supported in part by grants from the United States Centers for Disease Control.
• CATCH: Community Access to Cervical Health
  A joint project of MIMS (see below), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and other institutions, with a goal of preventing cervical cancer in rural populations.
• MIMS: MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences
  A teaching medical college located near Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, founded in 2002 under the auspices of SHARE.
• REACH: Rural Effective Affordable Comprehensive Healthcare
  A working model of a healthcare delivery system to provide preventive and primary healthcare to rural populations.  REACH currently serves a population of more than 43,600 in Andhra Pradesh.

SPONSORS

•• Asian Studies Center / Global Studies Program / University Center for International Studies
•• Office of the Provost

The University of Pittsburgh’s Asian Studies Center is a U.S. Department of Education National Resource Center in East Asian Studies