A week in Sydney at Global Health Security 2024
I recently had the opportunity to travel to the 2024 Global Health Security conference, held in Sydney, Australia, to present my Laidlaw research project on the relationship between climate variables and Shigella infections in Texas. Travelling with the team at the Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security, I connected with a wide variety of global health professionals from around the world, from the Associate Director of the Field Epidemiology and Training Program in Kenya to the Australian Ambassador for Global Health, and gained insight into the directions that working in global health could take me. I attended workshops with the Global Health Advocacy Incubator and the Health Intelligence & Biosecurity lab at KCL, building skills in public health communications and biosecurity intelligence analysis.
On my off time, I also had the chance to catch a concert at the Sydney Opera House, go to karaoke in Chinatown, and visit the Taronga Zoo with the CGHSS team. I couldn't be more thankful to be surrounded by such talented, smart, and helpful colleagues, and I don't think there was a better way to kick off my Leadership in Action project!
Hey there! I'm a Senior in the School of Health at Georgetown University, majoring in Global Health, with interests in epidemiology, international affairs, and biodefense.
I served as an intern at Global Implementation Solutions, focusing on One Health capacity building and preparedness in public health emergency operations centers (PHEOCs.) I spearheaded the field trials for a One Health assessment tool for county level PHEOCs.
I also worked as a research assistant at the Carlson Lab in the Center for Global Health Science and Security, exploring and modeling the impacts of climate change on bacterial dysentery using R. I presented this project as a poster at the 2024 Global Health Security Conference in Sydney, Australia, with expected journal publication in Fall 2024.
Outside of my work with the lab, I serve as New Sibling at Large for Mu Alpha chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, sing with Georgetown Music Ministry, and write for The Caravel, Georgetown's undergraduate international affairs newspaper.
I'm looking for a DC-based (or remote) global health, international development, or biodefense related internship for the 2024-2025 school year.
Please feel free to reach out to me at ys913@georgetown.edu.
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