Peru Ghana Australia Taiwan Vietnam China Mexico Croatia

  • Australia
  • China
  • Croatia
  • Ghana
  • Israel
  • Mexico
  • Peru
  • South Africa
  • Taiwan
  • Uganda
  • Vietnam

Advisor:  Dr. Harry Dailey

Biomedical & Health Science Institute
150B Coverdell Center
Athens, GA 30602

Phone: (706) 542-2690
hdailey@uga.edu

Research focus:  skin cancer, Vitamin D, ultraviolet, ozone, U.V. index measurement, U.V. dosimetry, human health and sun, climate change and human health

Colleague in Australia: 

  • Michael Kimlin

Affiliation:  Program Leader, Australian Sun and Research Laboratory, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology
Research focus:  Skin cancer, climate change and human health
Location:  Brisbane, Australia
Contact:  m.kimlin@qut.edu.au

Advisor:  Dr. Su-I Hou

309 Ramsey Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602


Phone: (706) 542-8206
Fax: (706) 542-4956
shou@uga.edu

Research focus:  HIV

Colleague in China:

  • ZhenYu Luo

Affiliation: Director of Public Administration Depatment,SiChuan Administration Institute, Chengdu, SiChuan
Location:  SiChuan, China
Contact:  Lzy551@126.com

Advisor:  Dr. Zhen Fang Fu

Department of Veterinary Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602

Phone: (706) 542-7021
Fax: (706) 542-5828
zhenfu@vet.uga.edu

 

Colleague in China:

  • Dr. Yongzhen Zhang

Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention China

Location:  China
Contact:  yongzhenzhang@sohu.com

 

Advisor:   Dr. Carol P. Cotton


325 Ramsey Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602

cpcotton@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-2804
Fax: (706) 542-4956

Research Focus:  Health Promotion

Advisor:  Dr. Alex Kojo Anderson

College of Family and Consumer Sciences
261 Dawson Hall
305 Sanford Dr
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3622

anderson@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-7614
Fax: 706-542-5059

Research focus: Nutrition, maternal and child health

Colleagues in Ghana: 

  • Dr. Sophia Winful

Affiliation:  District health director, Tetteh Quarshire Memorial Hospital
Research focus:  Pre and post-natal maternal and child health
Location:  Ghana
Contact:  Tetteh Quarshire Memorial Hospital
PO Box 26
Manpong- Akwapim

  • Dr. Matilda Asiedu

Affiliation:  Professor, University of Ghana
Research focus: Nutrition and food sciences
Location:  Ghana

Advisor: Dr. Richard Schuster

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
College of Public Health
150B Coverdell Center
Athens, GA 30602
rschuste@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-9878

Colleague in Israel:

  • Shai Linn, MD, MPH, DrPH

Affiliation: Professor and Head, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, School of Public Health, Haifa University; and Head, Unit of Epidemiology, Rambam Medical CenterLocation: Haifa, Israel
Contact: slinn@univ.haifa.ac.il

Research Focus: Environmental Epidemiology

Advisor:  Dr. Silvia Giraudo

College of Family and Consumer Sciences
280 Dawson Hall
305 Sanford Dr.
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3622

sgiraudo@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-6977
Fax: 706-542-5059

Research focus:  diseases associated with nutrition, brain regulation of food intake and energy metabolism, obesity

Colleague in Mexico:

  • Susana G. Galindo Delfín

Affiliation:  Hospital Civil “Dr. Luis F. Nachon,” Director of Nutrition Service; also
connected through hospital system in Vela Cruz
Research: nutrition, health
Location: Xalapa, Mexico
Contact: sgalindo60@hotmail.com

Advisor:  Dr. Luke Naeher

150 Environmental Health Science
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602

lnaeher@uga.edu
706 542.4104 (voice)
706.542.7472 (fax)

Research focus:  Environmental exposures and health, air pollution

Colleagues in Peru: 

  • Manuel Aguilar-Villalobos

Affiliation:  Engineer, Asociacion del Aire Ambiental
Research focus:  Environmental lead exposure (developed countries using  
leaded gasoline); Automotive emissions and effects on air quality; Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) usage in various consumer products
Location:  Lima, Peru
Contact:  aaambiental@yahoo.com

Advisor:  Dr. Harry Dailey

Biomed & Health Science Institute
150B Coverdell Center
Athens, GA 30602

706-542-2690
hdailey@uga.edu

Research focus:  HIV

Colleague in South Africa: 

  • Dr. Linda-Gail Baker

Affiliation:  Desmond Tutu HIV Center, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Cape Town Medical School

Research focus:  HIV

Location:  Cape Town, South Africa

Contact:  linda-gail.bekker@hiv-research.org.za

Advisor:  Dr. Anil T. Mangla
Adjunct Professor

Georgia Department of Human Resources
Lead Poisoning Prevention Director
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Athens, GA 30602

404-463-0772
anmangla@dhr.state.ga.us

Research focus:  HIV, TB, Occupational Health

Colleague in South Africa: 

  • TBD

Affiliation:  University of Natal, Stellenbosch University, University of Western Cape

Research focus:  HIV, TB, Occupational Health

Location:  Durban and Cape Town, South Africa

Advisor:  Dr. Su-I Hou

309 Ramsey Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
shou@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-8206
Fax: (706) 542-4956

Research focus:  Health Promotion in Older Adults

Colleagues in Taiwan:

  • Phoenix Tsai

Affiliation:  Deputy Director of Nursing and Health Care, Minister of Health
Research focus:  LTC and Health Promotion in Older Adults and PH
Location:  Taiwan

Contact:  phoenixsf@yahoo.com

 

  • Dr. Chang-Chuan Chan, ScD

Affiliation:  Director of International Health Center in Taiwan
Professor of Institute of Occupational Medicine & Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University
Research focus:  Integrated cancer screening programs, health promotion in
the workplace
Location:  Taiwan

Contact:  ccchan@ntu.edu.tw

 

Advisor:  Dr. Christopher Whalen

N132 Coverdell Center           
Athens, GA 30602

ccwhalen@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 227-4736

Research focus:  Tuberculosis, HIV, Malaria

Colleagues in Uganda: 
  • Moses Kamya, MBChB, MPH

Affiliation: Makerere University School of Medicine
Research focus:  Malaria and HIV
Location:  Kampala, Uganda

 

  • Achilles Katamba, MBChB, PhD

Affiliation:  Makerere University School of Medicine
Research focus:  Health services research on tuberculosis
Location:  Kampala, Uganda

 

  • Juliet Sekandi, MBChB, MS

Affiliation:  Makerere University School of Public Health
Research focus:  Community research on tuberculosis
Location:  Kampala, Uganda

Advisor:  Dr. Robert S. Galen

N130 Paul D. Coverdell Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602

bobgalen@uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542-5770
Fax: (706) 542-6730

Research focus:  HIV, Avian Influenza, Agent Orange, Land Mine Removal, Women’s
Reproductive Health

Colleagues in Vietnam:

  • Jane Hughes

Affiliation:  Director, Population Council Vietnam
Research focus:  HIV and women’s reproductive health
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam

  • Chuck Searcy

Affiliation:  NGO, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, landmine removal project
Research focus:  Agent orange; landmine removal
Location:  Quang Tri, Vietnam

  • Quang Huy Nguyen, MA, PhD

Affiliation:  Head-Human Resource Development, International Cooperation & Communication, Hanoi School of Public Health; Vietnam Ministry of Health
Research focus:  HIV prevention in the community
Location:  Hanoi, Vietnam

  • Thanh Long To, DVM, PhD

Affiliation:  Vice Director, National Center for Veterinary Diagnosis
Research focus:  Avian influenza, SARS
Location:  Hanoi, Vietnam

Contact:  11-78th Lane, Giai-Phong Street;            
Dong-da, Hanoi, Vietnam