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Hart Fellows 2002-03
Neil Gupta graduated from Duke in 2002 after completing an independent curriculum in cognitive neuroscience. As a Hart Fellow, he spent the latter half of 2002 conducting research on tuberculosis at Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas (NDI), a government-funded hospital in Vitória, Brazil. Doctors at NDI introduced Neil Gupta to Assistência Domiciliar Terapêutica (ADT), an independent NGO that provides holistic care to disabled HIV patients. Neil Gupta spent the first half of 2003 designing and conducting a study assessing the drug adherence rates of people assisted by ADT. Throughout his fellowship, Neil Gupta spent his off-hours working with medical students from the Universidade Federal de Espírito Santo (UFES) documenting rural health care through photography and created a slide show that was presented to medical students in Austria. Since returning to the US, Neil Gupta has given presentations to students and academics at Duke University on his research, "Combination Therapy: How home-based care improves medication adherence for HIV+ patients in Brazil" and has submitted his research paper to a Brazilian medical conference. Neil is currently a "very happy medical student" at the University of Pennsylvania. He spent the summer of 2004 researching child malnutrition in Senegal.
Anne Lai graduated from Duke in 2002 with a major in Public Policy Studies. As a 2002-03 Hart Fellow, Anne 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 NGO. She then worked with the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company (SMIC) in Shanghai to implement and evaluate a workplace HIV/AIDS awareness training program. For the last quarter of her fellowship, she created a "life skills" training curriculum that included lessons in basic health as part of a rural microfinance program with Project Grace, a local NGO in the rural province of Yunnan. Upon her return to the US, 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. When she is not "struggling through the complexities and contradictions of the law," at New York University, she advocates with Law Students for Human Rights. She is also developing her skills in documentary film production.
Rebecca Haffajee graduated from Duke in 2002 with a major in Women's Studies and a certificate in Health Policy. As a 2002-03 Hart Fellows, she conducted community-based research on children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in conjunction with KIWAKKUKI (Swahili acronym for Women Against AIDS in Kilimanjaro) and Duke University's Health Inequalities Program. In addition to her orphan research, she also prepared a presentation on KIWAKKUKI's home-based HIV/AIDS care program for the 2nd Multisectoral Conference on HIV/AIDS in Tanzania. Upon returning to the US, Rebecca presented her findings from a qualitative research project on women leaders in Tanzania to public health and women's studies scholars at Duke University. She is currently attending Harvard Law School to prepare for a career in health law.
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