Left to right: Celina Morales, Dayna Melton (Administrative Assistant), Jennifer Fernandez (former MHIRT scholar), Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez (US mentor), Dr. Marcelo Tolmasky (Director), Dr. Michele Wood (US mentor), Jonathan Azenon, Gabriela Castorena, Roy Mendoza, Savana Deeb, Adan Arizmendi, Chiara Marley, Nardeen Shafik, Dr. Richard Deming (US Mentor)
Scholars
Savana Deeb
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position:
Global Health Policy Coordinator at American Medical Student Association, Orange County, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Awareness and attitudes toward HIV self-testing in Northern Thailand
Shafik, N., Deeb, S., et al. (2021). "Awareness and Attitudes Toward HIV Self-Testing in Northern Thailand." Int J Environ Res Public Health 18(3)
Gabriela Castorena
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position:
Health Prevention and Promotion (private business)
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Dietary salt-related knowledge, attitude, behaviors, and hypertension in a rural Northern Thai population
Rusmevichientong, P., Morales, C., Castorena, G., et al. (2021). "Dietary Salt-Related Determinants of Hypertension in Rural Northern Thailand." Int J Environ Res Public Health 18(2)
Celina Morales
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position:
PhD graduate student, Public Health, University of California, Irvine, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Dietary salt-related knowledge, attitude, behaviors, and hypertension in a rural Northern Thai population
Rusmevichientong, P., Morales, C., Castorena, G., et al. (2021). "Dietary Salt-Related Determinants of Hypertension in Rural Northern Thailand." Int J Environ Res Public Health 18(2)
Nardeen Shafik
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position:
Doctor of Public Health student, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Awareness and attitudes toward HIV self-testing in Northern Thailand
Shafik, N., Deeb, S., et al. (2021). "Awareness and Attitudes Toward HIV Self-Testing in Northern Thailand." Int J Environ Res Public Health 18(3)
Jonathan Azenon
Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas "Rodolfo Ugalde", Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Diego Comerci
Present position:
Emergency Medical Technologist, Care Ambulance Services, Inc., Orange County, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Design of a new diagnostic test for human Brucella infections
Roy Mendoza
Adan Arizmendi
Fundación Instituto Leloir, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Angeles Zorreguieta
Present position:
Researcher Associate I, Analytical Department, Armata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Marina del Rey, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Characterization of an Ochrobactrum anthropi component of the “translocation assembly module”
Chiara Marley
Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. Kieran Clarke
Present position: Research Associate, University of California, San Francisco -Gladstone Institute, Conklin lab, San Francisco, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Survival of mature dendritic cells dependent on clusterin expression
