October 04, 2005
CHAPEL HILL — Six fellows who were studying in the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program at Tulane University in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit have relocated to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Public Health. The fellows, who are from Vietnam and India, are health care leaders in their own countries.

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

They arrived in Chapel Hill in late September after spending more than a week in southeastern U.S. refugee centers following the storm. The six, who were enrolled in Tulane’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, have joined Carolina’s Departments of Health Behavior and Health Education and Maternal and Child Health for the fall semester.

The Office of Global Health at Carolina’s School of Public Health is coordinating efforts to provide temporary housing, clothing, bikes and other needed items for the students.

The fellows joining us at Carolina are:

  • Dr. Vu Duy Lung, who has a medical degree in general medicine from Hanoi Medial University in Vietnam. He has been working with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as a community health doctor since 2001.
  • Dr. Vu Quang Hieu, who has a medical degree in general medicine from Hanoi Medial University in Vietnam. Prior to coming to the United States Hieu served as the provincial HIV supervisor for the Phu Tho province of Vietnam. In this role, he conducted action plans and research to address conditions of HIV/AIDS within the Phu Tho province.
  • Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Chi, who worked as the deputy director of the Center for Protection of Maternal and Children’s Health and Family Planning in the Quang Nam province of Vietnam prior to coming to the United States to study. She has a medical degree in general medicine from Hue Medical University.
  • Dr. Kbuor H Navi, who worked as a medical doctor in the Maternal and Child Unit in the Buon Don District Community Health Station in Dak Lak province, Vietnam prior to coming to the United States.
  • Dr. Nguyen Cao Thanh Mai Thao, who is a medical doctor from Nha Trang, Vietnam. She has experience providing health care and training on issues related to sexuality and reproductive health, with particular interest in women’s health, STI prevention, HIV/AIDS and sexual health behaviors.
  • Anjali Tigga, who worked as a program coordinator providing services to adolescents in Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra, Jharkhand, India prior to coming to the United States to study.

The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program provides opportunities for advanced study to exceptional individuals from groups and communities that historically have been excluded from systematic access to higher education. The students use this education to become leaders in their respective fields, further the development of their own countries and foster greater economic and social justice worldwide. 

 

SPH Office of Global Health contact: Gretchen Van Vliet, (919) 843-7723 or gretchen_vanvliet@unc.edu

For further information please contact Ramona DuBose by e-mail at ramona_dubose@unc.edu.

 

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