Harvard Public Health School/Kocaeli University Medical School
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Harvard Public Health School/Kocaeli University Medical School "Kocaeli Medical School Travel Award Program” Dr Myriam Afeiche Program 20th MAY MONDAY 09.00 -12.00 Visit to Pediatrics and Fertilization Departments, meeting academics 12.00-13.00 Lunch break 13.00- 15.00 Visit to Pediatrics endocrinology department and meeting with academics 21st MAY TUESDAY 09.00 -12.00 Visit to Pediatrics Department Academic Staff+ Discussion of possible research collaborations with Dr Zuhal Gundogdu 12.00-13.00 Lunch break 13.00-14.00 Presentation on diet and cancer by Dr Jennifer 14.30- 16.00 Meeting the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine 22nd MAY WEDNESDAY 09.00 -12.00 Visit to Pediatrics outpatients polyclinics 12.00-13.00 Lunch break 13.00- 14.00 Presentation on infertility and diet, by Dr Myriam Afeiche (hospital conference room ) 14.30-16.00 Discussion with Prof Vural of IVF unit for new research projects 23rd MAY THURSDAY 09.00 -12.00 Meeting 12.00-13.00 Lunch break 13.00- 14.00 Presentation on lead exposure and child's physical growth in pediatrics department, Dr M Afeiche (pediatrics department education room) 14.30- 16.00 Meeting Vice Chancellor of Kocaeli Üniversity 19.00 Dinner with the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine 24th MAY FRIDAY 09.00 -12.00 Visiting various research labs in faculty of medicine 12.00-13.00 Lunch break 13.00- 16.00 Tour of Kocaeli, sightseeing 25th MAY, SATURDAY Istanbul Tour Dr Myriam Afeiche graduated from Environmental Health, American University of Beirut, Lebanon followed by an MPH from Environmental Health Sciences-University of Michigan School of Public Health, USA. She obtained her PhD in Environmental Epidemiology-University of Michigan School of Public Health, USA. She was also a teaching assistant as well as acted as a project manager at the same university during her PhD. She developed protocols, created a supply inventory, ordered laboratory supplies, and lead a team of students to aliquot blood for DNA extraction, store and aliquot DNA for future projects- holding weekly conference calls with collaborators at HSPH and field team in Mexico. Dr. Afeiche’s research interests include the study of nutritional, lifestyle, and environmental exposures on development, puberty, and reproduction. She is investigating the influence of nutritional and lifestyle factors on semen parameters and in-vitro fertilization outcomes among couples undergoing fertility treatment. In addition, she is also examining diet in relation to semen parameters among a cohort of young men. During her PhD, she studied prenatal lead exposure in relation to child body habitus, attained height, and adolescent sexual maturation in a longitudinal birth cohort study (ELEMENT) in Mexico City. Ziyaret Programı Hakkında Harvard School of Public Health (http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/) ile Kocaeli Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi arasında 2012 yılından bu yana "Kocaeli Medical School Travel Award" isimli bir program yürütülmektedir. Bu program çerçevesinde Harvard' da görev yapan doktora sonrası araştırmacılardan ödüle başvuranlar arasında seçilenler, deneyimlerini paylaşmak amacıyla üniversitemizi ziyaret etmektedirler. Bu kapsamda geçen yıl iki araştırmacı fakültemizi ziyaret etmiş, deneyimlerini paylaşmış ve işbirlikleri olanakları tartışılmıştır. Program kapsamında bu yılda 3 araştırmacı 20-27 Mayıs tarihlerinde fakültemizi ziyaret edecektir. Araştırmacıların deneyimlerinden faydalanmak için çeşitli konferanslar ve ziyaretler planlanmıştır. Bu işbirliğinin karşılıklı bir değişim programına dönüştürülmesi amacıyla çalışmalar devam etmektedir.
