The Global Health Institute Presents:
Community Based Participatory Action Research in the Peruvian Amazon
With 4th Year MD Student
Tina Samsamshariat, MPH
2021 - 2022 Global Health Equity Scholar
Join Tina as she shares her research experience as a NIH Fogarty Global Health Scholar based in Lima, Peru, and the global health pearls she acquired along the way. Tina will discuss the use of Community Based Participatory Action research to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon.
Bio: Tina Samsamshariat is a 4th year MD student at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix. She completed her MPH at the University of Southern California. She has more than five years of global health experience through her clinical training, public health training, and research training. She was a 2021 - 2022 Fogarty Global Health Scholar with the National Institutes of Health, where she was based in Lima, Peru. She collaborated with local non-governmental organizations, the Ministry of Health, and the Pan American Health Organization to build her Fellowship Project. She is interested in global health equity.
In collaboration with Global Health programs, the Global Health Speaker Series presents students, alumni, faculty and guest speakers showcasing the multidisciplinary aspects of global health work and research.
