CEW+ International Travel Fellowship Panel

Sponsored by the Christobel Kotelewala Weerasinghe Lecture Fund

November 17, 2026
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
1680 SPH I (Paul B. Cornely Community Room)
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Sponsored by: Public Health Practice and Global Engagement, CEW+
Contact Information: Kiran Szekeres, 734-763-6220
This event features U-M or SPH alumni

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Please join us for a panel discussion featuring CEW+ Fellowship recipients discussing their research experiences abroad in Brazil, Kenya, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, South Korea, Bangladesh, and Nepal. There will be time for questions from the audience after the panel, as well as socializing and a light dinner. Families are welcome. PANELISTS Alyssa Brown, MPH student, Epidemiology and Global Health; Sociodemographic Patterns of Pesticide Exposure and Poisoning Among Children in São Paulo Antonia Gitau, MPH student, Global Health Epidemiology; Life Course Health Systems and Aging Among Marginalized Populations in Kenya Zoe Gurney, MPH ‘26, Global Health Epidemiology; Analysis of Data from Disease Surveillance System for Epidemiologic Characterization of Pertussis Outbreaks in Shanghai, China Elizabeth Metzger, doctoral student in Epidemiology, Public Health, Injury Prevention; Exploring Social Norms to Address Sexual Violence in Southeast Asia Darius Moore, MPH ‘26 and doctoral student, Health Behavior and Health Equity; The Cost of Progress: A Qualitative Exploration of the Mental Health Impacts of LGBTQ+ Activism in Kenya Elinor Artsy Navon, MPH student, Environmental Health Sciences (Health Promotion and Policy); Strengthening Climate Shock Surveillance: Bridging Environmental Data and Health Outcomes in Bangladesh Lauren Ward, PhD ‘25, Environmental Health Sciences and postdoctoral fellow at the U-M Center for Global Health Equity; PFAS exposure & immune response in adolescents in Chitwan Valley, Nepal