Kohn Colloquium || Chris Buresh, CHI Haiti/UIHC ED

Sep 11, 2015
3rd Floor Atrium Jessup Hall

Title: When Death Comes Knocking in Haiti, Which Neighborhoods Does He Visit?

Abstract: We will have a discussion about the social and environmental determinants of health and disease in Haiti.  We will explore how these various determinants are geographically distributed. We will also explore the early days of the cholera outbreak in Haiti and discuss how the vulnerabilities caused by exposures to these different health determinants contributed to the rapid spread and high mortality rate of the disease.  

Bio: Chris Buresh grew up in Cedar Rapids. He has done training in pediatrics, emergency medicine, and public health. He now works in the emergency department at the University of Iowa where he also has an appointment in the Public Policy Center. He  lives in Coralville with his wife, Ginny, and their 4 kids. He has been traveling to Haiti since 2003 and helped found the Community Health Initiative, Haiti in January 2011.