Students

The Columbia University Partnership for International Development (CUPID) Conference “Health: A Universal Dialect(ic)? Access to Health in the Developing World” featured a multidisciplinary range of scholars, practitioners, and graduate students who discussed access to healthcare and opportunities for improving health in developing countries.

The annual Conference took place on Friday, February 12 and attracted master’s and doctoral students from graduate programs across Columbia University. Several Mailman School students delivered mini-presentations on international public health issues.

As part of the conference, students engaged in work relating health to education, environment, medicine, psychology, technology, spirituality, economics, policy, or other relevant disciplines had the opportunity to deliver mini-presentations during the “Speed Presentation Session.”

Three Mailman School students were amongst the presenters and covered the following topics:

• HPV Vaccine as a Domestic Controversy and an International Solution - Lauren Anderson, Heath Policy & Management
• LifeSpring Hospitals MTV Project: Innovation in Training for Maternal Healthcare in India - Alissa Pries, Population and Family Health
• The Silent Truth: Menstruation and its Impact on the Educational Experience of Young Girls from Ethnic Minority Groups in Vietnam - Suchi Bansal, Population and Family Health

CUPID is a student-led effort across graduate schools at Columbia University to facilitate multidisciplinary dialogue, awareness and action on international development. Visit the CUPID website to learn more about the organization, conference speakers, or upcoming events.