Helen grew up in Ames, Iowa. She graduated from Syracuse University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Child and Family Studies and worked as a Lead Teacher at an early childhood education center following graduation. She is a third year dual Medical Doctorate (MD) and Master of Public Health (MPH) student. During her year of MPH training, Helen is working as a Graduate Research Assistant for the Master of Public Health Program. Helen is enjoying learning about all areas of public health and is particularly interested in the fields of pediatrics, maternal and child health and health policy. She serves as Co-President of the Pediatrics Interest Group and as a VP for the American Medical Association-Iowa Medical Society Student Organization at the Carver College of Medicine. She has recently begun volunteering for the Mobile Clinic. Helen enjoys cooking, spin classes, listening to public radio and traveling to visit family and friends around the country.
This post comes from our hotel in Chennai, India, where it is
84 degrees outside. We have wonderful
flights which really didn’t seem to take so long and we arrived about 4:30 am
this morning. During the trip, in
addition to watching three movies, I finished reading our assigned readings for
the course. I’ve learned the
microfinance was not the idea of graduate student as I’d hypothesized in my
last post but by Dr. Muhammad Yunus,
professor of economics. Probably
something I should have known before but I guess that is why I’m here to learn.
Our hotel is located very near the shopping district of
Chennai. It was about a 20 minute ride
from the airport, and driving (and crossing the street) in India is just as it
was promised to be. From what I have
seen in the last few hours, the city - home to about 5 million people - is as much a blend of very modern and more
traditional architecture as it is a mixture of those who are more well off and
those who live in poverty. Both the buildings
and the wide variety of people living here, however, appear in much closer
proximity to one another than in the US. I’ve seen countless photos of what I’m
describing but seeing it right there in front of you still provokes a very
different feeling, for me at least it is very different.
So far we have ventured far enough to attend a welcome
breakfast and to find an ATM. Later when
the shops open we will probably go out again.
Within our hotel we are two to a room with three rooms in a suite –
which has a common area. In a couple
hours we convene with the larger group – our class and a couple others for what
promises to be a grand welcome experience and a dinner. Then tomorrow more of the course work
begins.
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| My favorite part so far: the view from our 4th floor balcony. |
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