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Dear PHS members, The next PHS meeting will take place on Wednesday 2nd April 2008 at Nikos in Balboa, 7.30pm. Our speaker will be Dr. Vicente Bayard, currently (since 1999) Chief Epidemiologist at Gorgas Memorial Institute in Panama City and also (since 1992) Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Panama. His topic: "100 Years of Yellow Fever/Dengue Surveillance in Panama : Lessons Unattended" Dr. Bayard graduated from Instituto Justo Arosemena in Panama City in 1969 and has acquired advanced degrees at Universidad Federal de Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil (MD - 1974); the School of Public Health in Mexico DF (MPH -1980); University of Wisconsin/Madison (MSc Epidemiology - 1989). Dr. Bayard was also a Fulbright Fellow at Johns-Hopkins School of Public Health (1988 - 1999). His career in public medicine in Panama began in 1990; he is a member of several professional organizations, has published a number of studies and, after completion of a study on cost-effectiveness of educational intervention for HIV/AIDS prevention for Panama schools, is currently working on research related to the potential benefits of flavanoid-rich cocoa in treatment of Type I hypertension We hope to see you there. Regards, Fernando Pinel |
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