Anne Lai spent the first part of her 2002-03 Hart Fellowship in Shanghai,
China. In Shanghai, she designed and implemented a course in Basic Health
and Hygiene for rural schoolteachers as part of an Inland China Teacher
Training Program with Project HOPE, a local non-governmental organization.
She then spent several months implementing and evaluating a workplace HIV/AIDS
awareness training program at the Semiconductor Manufacturing International
Company (SMIC) in Shanghai. For the last quarter of her fellowship, Anne
traveled to the rural province of Yunnan, where she created a "life skills"
training curriculum for a rural microfinance program called Project Grace.
While in Yunnan, Anne also conducted HIV/AIDS training among local village
doctors. Upon her return to the United States, Anne Lai electronically published
and presented her research paper, "The Effect of a Workplace HIV/AIDS Training
Program on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior in the Chinese Setting," to public
health and policy professionals and academics at Duke University.
Anne graduated from Duke in May 2002 with a B.A. in Public Policy Studies. As
an undergraduate, she spent a semester in Geneva, Switzerland, studying the UN
system and the role of international non-governmental organizations. In Geneva,
she also worked as a press office assistant with Médecins Sans Frontières. Her
documentary work includes a photo-documentary exhibit of a segregated town in
rural North Carolina and a short film about Cynthia Brown, a grassroots
environmentalist and women's rights activist, during her run for US Senate.
Her academic projects have explored gender mainstreaming in international
security conflicts, public health interventions among female refugees, and
economic development assistance in Africa and Asia. Anne is currently attending
NYU Law School where she is a Root-Tilden-Kern Public Interest Law Scholar and an
active member of Law Students for Human Rights. She plans to continue developing
her skills in documentary film production to use as an advocacy tool.
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