Ashwin Vasan

Role(s) / Profession(s)

• Manager (Site/Facility, Program, Project)
• Physician
• Researcher
• Technical Specialist, Advisor
• Training Professional

Organization

• Inshuti Mu Buzima - Partners In Health
  Website: http://pih.org/where/Rwanda/Rwanda.html Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: Rwanda About: Inshuti Mu Buzima (“Partners In Health” in the Rwandan national language, Kinyarwanda) is the first PIH project in Africa, launched in the spring of 2005. The goal is to scale up HIV treatment and care in rural Rwanda; to strengthen the country’s national training and evaluation programs; and to develop, document and disseminate a rural care model for HIV that can be adapted and replicated throughout Rwanda and other African countries.
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  Website: http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/ Type: Academic Institution Country: United Kingdom About: The mission of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is to contribute to the improvement of health worldwide through the pursuit of excellence in research, postgraduate teaching and advanced training in national and international public health and tropical medicine, and through informing policy and practice in these areas.
• Weill Cornell Medical College
  Website: http://www.med.cornell.edu/ Type: Academic Institution Country: United States About: Founded in 1898, and affiliated with what is now NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital since 1927, Weill Medical College of Cornell University is among the top-ranked clinical and medical research centers in the country. In addition to offering degrees in medicine, Weill Cornell also has PhD programs in biomedical research and education at the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and with neighboring Rockefeller University and the Sloan-Kettering Institute, has established a joint MD-PhD program for students to intensify their pursuit of Weill Cornell's triple mission of education, research, and patient care. The Medical College is divided into 20 academic departments: seven focus on the sciences underlying clinical medicine; and thirteen encompass the study, treatment, and prevention of human diseases, and maternity care. In addition to its affiliation with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College and Graduate School maintains major affiliations with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, as well as with the metropolitan-area institutions that constitute NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare Network. The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University are accredited by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education of the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Work Location(s)

• Rwanda

Ashwin's Communities

• Adherence & Retention
• Global Health Nursing & Midwifery
• MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention
• TB Infection Control

Language(s)

• French
• Spanish
• Tamil