Volume 1, Issue 3June 2008
El Faro Staff
Liliane Cambraia Windsor, Ph.D., M.S.W., Editor
Sheila Kaupert,
Newsletter Coordinator
National Office
Jane Brooks, M.Sc., C.M.P.
Website Coordinator
This Month's Contributors
Octavio Campollo, M.D., Ph.D.
Jorge Delva, Ph.D.
Wesley G. Jennings, Ph.D.
Claudia Morales
Anna Robert
Rosa Solorio, M.D., M.P.H.
Steffanie A. Strathdee, Ph.D.
Daniel Rodriguez, Ph.D.
National Steering Committee
José Szapocznik, Ph.D., NHSN Chair
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D.
Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D.
Ana Mari Cauce, Ph.D.
Joe Martínez, Ph.D.
Patricia Molina, M.D., Ph.D.
Humberto Nicolini-Sanchez, M.D., Ph.D.
Bryan Page, Ph.D.
Rafaela Robles, Ed.D.
Avelardo Valdez, Ph.D.
Bill Vega, Ph.D.
Volume 1, Issue 3
By Dr. Daniel Rodriguez
"Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the United States...understanding why some youth engage in this deadly habit despite its risks." (View Full Article)
Welcome Message from the Editor of El Faro: La Voz de la Red, Dr. Nelson TIburcio
This edition of El Faro examines various roles and challenges as experienced by Graduate Students and Early Career Investigators as they transition into the worlds of academia and/or engage in research endeavors. (View Full Article)
Health Profile of a Group of Homeless Individuals in the Downtown Area of the City of Guadalajara
Those individuals who are destitute or homeless, or seem to be so, face numerous obstacles in order to obtain access to preventive, curative or palliative medical care. (View Full Article)
Check out the interviews with new members Wesley Jennings, Claudia Morales, and Rosa Solorio.
The "D" Club, by Steffanie A. Strathdee, Ph.D.
"I was still a year away from finishing my PhD thesis. There was no other epidemiologist working on AIDS in Toronto at the time, and the chair of my department at U of T kept telling me to change thesis topics since AIDS would 'blow over soon'." (View Full Article)
Read here for a personal column written by Anna Robert, NHSN Graduate Student Member and 2007 SRTI Fellow
This section contains a list of recommended scientific and news related websites, online journals, blogs, and search engines that may be useful to our membership.