Dr. Charles Wallace, MD

Charles Wallace, MD

From the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua

Brown Bag Discussion

Friday January 26, 2007

12-1 (noon)
@ the Latin American and Iberian Institute

(801 Yale NE)

Refreshments will be provided

Professor Charles Wallace, MD helped set up a convenio between UNM and UNAN in 2005 (signed May 13), working with Dr. David Stoltz, MD of UNM who was on sabbatical in Nicaragua. The convenio is currently bare bones, and Stoltz says there is room for enhancing activities in the areas of public health and medicine. Dr. Wallace is a professor of clinical and public health at the UNAN and is involved in applied community clinical research. He has a PAHO grant involving infant nutrition. Dr. Wallace has a very interesting perspective on the evolution of the public health care system in Nicaragua over the last 20 years, stemming from his involvement in the Sandinista revolution and continuing membership the Sandinista political party. He did an MPH at the Univ. of Antwerp, Belgium, in the early 1990s.

Repression, suffering, and hope in Oaxaca: A people that refuses to be crushed

Brown Bag Discussion

Friday January 19th
12-1 (noon)
@ the Latin American and Iberian Institute
(801 Yale NE)
Free Refreshments

Rebeca Jasso-Aguilar, a PhD student in the sociology department, was part of a delegation to Oaxaca to investigate the current situation of the social movement that started in May of 2006.

The delegation, which took place during December 16-22, met with and heard testimonies from activists, journalists, ex-detainees, families of people detained and killed during the conflict, and people linked to the governor of Oaxaca. She will give a presentation based on these
testimonies.