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SUMMARY:Global Health Institute Open House
LOCATION:University of Georgia\, University of Georgia Chapel\, Herty Dr\, 
 Athens\, GA 30602\, USA
DESCRIPTION:The Global Health Institute is hosting a seminar followed by an
  open house from 4-6:30 p.m. All interested parties are encouraged to join
 \, no matter their area or level of study. Dinner will be provided.\n\nThe
  seminar is titled "Environments\, Exposure\, and Health: Integrating Dise
 ase Transmission\, Program-based Surveillance\, and Environmental Determin
 ants in LMICs to Build Global Research Capacity" and will be hosted by Dr.
  Oscar de León from 4-5 p.m. Dr. León is a lead research scientist at th
 e Center for Health Studies\, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. He utili
 zes environmental health science and epidemiological methods to design and
  assess public health interventions at the personal\, household\, communit
 y\, and population levels. He has extensive experience in research and eva
 luation projects\, often working directly with affected communities\, loca
 l leaders\, and national stakeholders in Guatemala. His work on infectious
  disease surveillance has been used to inform national and global health p
 olicies and has directly supported the certification of elimination of dis
 eases affecting low-income populations in Latin America. Since 2017\, Dr. 
 de León has collaborated on research in rural communities in Jalapa\, Gua
 temala\, through projects assessing exposure to air pollution and evaluati
 ng the health effects of interventions focused on household pollution and 
 community-level waste management. As part of the Ecolectivos trial\, he ev
 aluates data quality and models exposure to air pollution\, focusing on va
 lidating whether current exposure assessment methodologies are appropriate
  for estimating the health impacts of domestic plastic burning. Interested
  parties can join the seminar in-person or via Zoom depending on their ava
 ilability.\n\nFollowing Dr. León's seminar\, GHI faculty\, students\, and
  organizations will provide an overview of their activities and goals rela
 ted to global health at UGA. All attending parties will be given the oppor
 tunity to network and build stronger camp
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