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SUMMARY:Environmental Enteropathy in Tanzania & Pakistan: Biomarker Field 
 Investigations and Intestinal Tissue Analysis in Infants with Growth Falte
 ring - Sana Syed
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CONTACT:Dr Tennie Videler
DESCRIPTION:Sana Syed\, MD MSc is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist who has r
 ecently finished a Clinical Nutrition fellowship from Boston Children’s 
 Hospital\, Harvard Medical School while pursuing Global Health research fo
 cusing on pediatric malnutrition. Dr Syed graduated from medical school in
  Pakistan where she first developed an interest in global health. She was 
 a researcher for the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study as part of a WHO/
 Gates CHERG initiative where she was worked with the Infections Morbidity/
 Disability Group with the primary objective to produce systematic estimate
 s of morbidity/long term disability for neonatal infections and long term 
 sequelae. Dr. Syed completed her Pediatrics residency training at Duke Uni
 versity and Pediatric Gastroenterology\, Hepatology and Nutrition Fellowsh
 ip at Emory University\, Atlanta where she worked with CDC colleagues on t
 he determinants of anemia in school-aged children. This fall she will be j
 oining the University of Virginia as Asst. Professor in the Department of 
 Pediatrics\, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology\, Hepatology and Nutri
 tion. Her research interests include international child health and clinic
 al gastroenterology & nutrition with her current work focused on:\n1- Biom
 arkers of gut function in malnourished children at risk for Environmental 
 Enteric Dysfunction/Enteropathy living in Tanzania and Pakistan \n2- Under
 standing abnormalities in epithelial characteristics and barrier proteins 
 in the pathogenesis of  Environmental Enteric Dysfunction/Enteropathy\n
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, Institute of Public Health\, Forvie Site\, R
 obinson Way\, Cambridge CB2 0SR
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