www.med.unc.edu/idig(↑ check it)

Careers in IDMedicine

ID Fellowships: 2-3 years, following residencies in Internal Medicine or Pediatrics

Primary CareID intersects every medical specialty

Public HealthEpidemiologyHealth and Human BehaviorsEtc.

Careers in ID [Global]

World Health Organization Doctors Without Borders International Society for Infectious Diseases

[National] Center for Disease Control Epidemic Intelligence Service National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Infectious Diseases Society of America American Society for Microbiology The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

[Local] UNC Center for Infectious Diseases NC Department of Health and Human Services Epidemiology in NC Orange County Health Department

Ongoing eventsFriday Morning ID Conferences

8:30-9:30am1131 Bioinformatics (first floor auditorium)Topics and speakers varyFree breakfast?

This Friday, 9/17: Ward Cates, MD,MPH FHI, “The HIV Prevention

World Post-CAPRISA 004: What’s Next?

Ongoing eventsWednesday Morning Case Conferences

8:30-9:30amMemorial HospitalReal patients presented by 3rd/4th year medical

studentsClinical thinkingReal worldTalk to Erin Steinbach or one of the co-leaders

Erin_klein@med.unc.edu

Ongoing eventsMeet ID Faculty

Several ID faculty have offered themselves for shadowing (clinic or lab) and/or talks about their careers over a cup of coffee

Some of their research interests include: HIV/AIDS in South Africa/Malawi HIV molecular biology Nosocomial infections, bioterrorist agents (cool

lecture in MS1) Biology, epidemiology of STD transmissions Plenty more

Ongoing eventsMeet ID Faculty

We’re still compiling a list of faculty We’ll get you the faculty list with their

academic bios/research interestsEmail the faculty member to set up a time to

meetTalk to us if you have questions!

Events this fallMovie w/AMSA – OctoberIPVAA and HIV - NovemberWorld Aids Day - December

HIV Awareness/HIV in NC

Events Next SpringInternational Health and ID Networking Night -

JanuaryGood food and discussion with faculty from the

SOM and SPHMicro Lab Tour - AprilCOS (Career Opportunities Series) lunch

Wednesday, April 13

Jan. 2009at

Carolina Brewery

Other resourcesUNC Institute for Global Health and

Infectious Diseases (inter-departmental)Website: http://globalhealth.unc.edu/Blog: http://uncglobalhealth.wordpress.com/Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chapel-Hill-NC/UNC-Institute-for-Global-Health-and-Infectious-Diseases/50477582478

Twitter: http://twitter.com/uncglobalhealthe-Newsletters:

http://globalhealth.unc.edu/subscribe.php

Other resourcesUNC Center for Infectious Diseases

(SOM)Website: http://www.med.unc.edu/infdis/Faculty information, research topics,

fellowship program informationSchedule of topics for Friday AM conferencesPowerpoints from past Wednesday AM case

conferences http://www.med.unc.edu/infdis/education/case-

management-conference Really, they’re cool, check them out

Other resourcesStudent Global Health Committee

(SGHC) – SPHSpeakers, forums, community service,

fundraisers, help finding funding, etc.Narratives of HIV/AIDS subcommitteehttp://studentorgs.unc.edu/sghc/Join the listserv: sghc_webmaster@unc.edu

SHAC: HIV CounselingApps closed for 2010-11…something to think

about next year

Great BooksMountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy

Kidder

My Own Country, by Dr. Abraham Verghese

The Demon in the Freezer, by Richard Preston

Infections and Inequalities, by Dr. Paul Farmer

ContactsIDIG co-leaders 2010-11 (email one of us

to be added to the listserv!)Julia Brant (julia_brant@med.unc.edu)Sarah Kim (sarah_kim@med.unc.edu)

Faculty AdvisorDr. Lisa Hightow (lisa_hightow@med.unc.edu)

Wednesday AM conference contact and all around smart personErin Steinbach (erin.steinbach@gmail.com)