Thanksgiving Day 2009

Here is our Turkey Dinner, Thai-style! Cat enjoying her Pad Thai noodles!








This is the restaurant Cat and I choose for Thanksgiving Dinner! Cat was in search for the "best" Pad Thai noodle dish in Bangkok- so we celebrated in style by dining on the street sidewalk after touring many temples and Buddha's!

Viet Nam, Cambodia, Bangkok

Viet Nam is a new country requesting assistance through PEPFAR. CDC-vn, in conjunction with Hanoi Medical University, requested assistance with standardizing their Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) program. The department separated from the Medical School program and want to move from knowledge-based to competency-based with their Med Lab Science program. Currently they have a 4-year BS degree and want to modify that program as well as add a 2-year program and a master's level program.
So, my colleagues and I met with faculty in the MLS department to discuss their strengths and modification suggestions. Additionally, we visited three separately-funded hospitals and laboratories to meet and begin an initial evaluation of their laboratory infrastructure.