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More great people!

What's a biotech company do? We're going to Dyax to find out.

What's the big deal with lead in your bones? We're (hopefully) going to Brigham and Women's hospital to talk to Mike to find out.

Any other things you want to do or people you want to meet. Please let me know.

Who are we going to meet?

Monday is going to be a very busy day for us! We've got lots of interviews lined up, thanks Bethy! Here's some of the great people we get to talk to, what they do and some questions we could ask.

WE NEED MORE QUESTIONS, PLEASE THINK ABOUT THINGS WE CAN ASK

AND POST YOUR IDEAS IN A COMMENT.

Paula N. to learn about being a Health Care Administrator

What are the challenges of running a health center? How do you make sure everyone has access to care? How do the laws dicate what type of care you provide? Have you ever denied anyone services? If so, why?

Dr. C to learn about the Dental program

Dr. C was one of the people who made sure that senior citizens had access to dental care coverage through medicare. How many people visit a dentist each year? Can major health problems stem from poor dental health? What percentage of the world does/not have access to dental care?

Dr. Gottlieb to learn about being doctor

and Havard medical school professor

Dr. G is on the Havard Medical School curriculum board, she's one of the people responisble for determing what should be taught at HMS. What should be taught? How as medicine changed over the past 5,10,15 etc..years?

Dr. Pedro to learn about mental health issues with patients

What are the major mental health issues affecting people? Are people across race and gender affected with mental health problems equally?

Maria D. to learn about WIC Nutrition program

Maria is a certified nutritionist who runs the WIC (women, infants and children) nutrition program. How did WIC get started? Can you be over weight and under nourished? How come people don't eat healthier, and what exactly does it mean to eat healthy?

We still need ideas for what you all want to do on Tuesday!! Have a great Thanksgiving break!

Our Ideas: Round 1

Today we met during office hours to bring together our ideas for how we are going to examine the JUA theme: Global Problems, Local Solutions.

Here's some of our questions:

Why does everyone in MA have to have health insurance?

What will happen to the free clinics if everyone has to have health insurance?
What's it like to be a doctor/go through med school?
"I'm really fascinated by the common cold, because there's no real cure for it."

We need some work on our questions...

so if you have any ideas, please post them below.

Here's some of the people/things we hope to meet/see

Go to the body worlds exhibit
Take a tour of harvard med school: what does it take to get in? speak to a med school student, speak to a professor
Interview a head ER doctor
Interview a hospital / health center administrator
Speak to an O.T. (two of the girls are in/have been in OT)
Something with the CDC
See a research lab
anything with sports medicine

Meeting on Thursday During Office Hours

Reminder: we have a meeting in my room (ME 201) during office hours this Thursday. Please come right at the start of the meeting and make sure you complete the assignment BEFORE you come to the meeting. Also, please leave a comment here with something that you'd like to see/do/someone you'd like to interview.

Don't know what assignment? Click here for the assignment