Okay, I met with Claudio and it is down to these two options:
1. Go to Piura (on the north coast) and do outbreak investigation on Dengue fever. It is a hot topic right now, especially in international health. I would be helping to define the epidemiology of this outbreak. I can look at whatever I want: diagnostic sensitivity, gender differences, cost effectiveness of control measures, etc. It will be a lot of independent work and could result in publication.
2. Stay in Lima and add a small study of my interest and design into a vaccine trial run in the Canto Grande clinic. I can look at pretty much anything I want to as long as it isn't too complicated. It is more structured and could also result in publication (best case scenario).
Feel free to give opinions, suggestions etc...
2 comments:
I heard there's a good study going on here....I mean if you have to come home for a good study then so be it!
You've probably already made a decision, but in the off chance that you have not...they both sound like great experience. Just having come out of grad school I would say go with the one that a)you are most interested in and b)is most likely to get your name on a publication. Getting your name on an internationally hot topic in epidemiology would look awesome on your resume!
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