OUM FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Publications, Appointments, Presentations & More

Al Artaman, MD, PhD, MHA, Biostatistics Instructor and Research/Academic Advisor, published in the 3 Aug 2017 issue of the International Journal of Public Health as one of the Eastern Mediterranean Region Adolescent Health Collaborators, “Adolescent health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the global burden of disease 2015 study.”

Zanda Bochkaeva, PhD, Academic Advisor, recently completed design and outfitting of a Molecular Biology research laboratory for the University of Dodoma and its affiliate, Benjamin Mkapa Hospital, in Tanzania. As molecular diagnostics and the lab are new to Tanzania, Dr. Bochkaeva also delivered a two-day workshop to laboratory staff to train them on the principles of the PCR method and sequencing, supplementing additional training provided by the lab equipment manufacturer.

Suresh David, MBBS, Director, Emergency Medicine Student Rotation, presented “Legal, Ethical and Administrative Challenges in Emergency Care” at the National Conference of Bioethics in New Delhi, India, 18-20 May 2017.

Pranav Dorwal, MBBS, DCP, DNB, Academic Advisor, published in the 26 April 2017 issue of the Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, “False negative single antigen bead assay: Is it always an effect of prozone?”