Saturday, September 6, 2008

Ugandan Malaria and HIV

Went to a lunchtime presentation yesterday about a Fulbright scholar's research in Uganda with victims of cerebral malaria and HIV. He and his team tested victims and non-victims for memory and motor skills to see how the diseases affected life up to two years after the illness. They then brought in computers and did training sessions (learning games) to see how much they helped. The presentation was very interesting, though not as focused on the actual malaria, etc. as I had hoped. What it mostly did was make me want to go to med school really badly again...

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