Community-Engaged Student Travel Grants
Finkelstein Laboratory: Collaborative Engaged Research to Improve Community Health in Coastal Ecuador
Conducting research on arboviruses in light of the recent increase in Zika
The grant recipient conducted research in Guayaquil, Ecuador, with the Finkelstein Lab Group on arboviruses due to the recent increase in Zika and the need for more information for the lab’s ongoing projects. The clinical chart review met the outlined goal of quantifying the prevalence of arboviruses and the typical case presentations, so that future interventions and treatments can be better tailored to meet the community’s needs.
Topics: Health, Nutrition and Medicine
Grant recipient
Summer 2018
- Allison Fox ’20
Community-Engaged Student Travel Grants
Temporarily paused: Funding students who are spending winter, spring or summer break participating in community-engaged learning or community-based research activities.