Hossein Akbarialiabad, M.D., M.Sc (Australia)
Previous position: Co-founder and head of the undergraduate mentorship program, a Senior Lecturer in mentorship program training courses for mentors and mentees, and a senior research assistant at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Education and Experience: Dr. Hossein Akbarialiabad graduated from Shiraz Medical school in 2021 with a joint M.D.M.Sc. (medical education) degree. He has been involved in multi-disciplinary research in the areas of global/public health, mentorship in academic medicine, and digital medicine. He has been teaching “soft skills in mentorship courses for mentors,” including leadership, communications skills, and negotiation. He has designed, led, implemented, and did teaching activities regarding the educational curriculum of both mentors and mentees as a student-based volunteer project. In 2021, in the rush of COVID-19 in East Africa, he voluntarily visited patients. He taught “basics of medicine,” including history taking, physical examination of patients, and interpretation of laboratory results for third-fifth year Makerere University, medical students in Uganda, Africa.
Achievements: Dr. Hossein Akbarialiabad is the holder of two gold medals in the national scientific medical student olympiad in “management of health systems” and medical education; in Iran. In addition, he is a member of several prestigious associations, including a member of Global Burden of Study (GBD) Collaboration, inventor member of the International Federation of Inventors Associations (IFIA) for internationally recognized inventors, member of Aerospace Medicine Association (AsMA), and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
Interests: Dr. Hossein Akbarialiabad recently focused on global health experiences and conducted studies about low and middle-income countries.
He is interested in the field of interdisciplinary sciences. He has a background in medicine, public health, medical education, and digital medicine.
Roberto Alves (Brazil)
Roberto Alves is a proud son of Brazilian and Portuguese parents. His family moved to the U.S.A. from Rio De Janeiro Brazil when he was 5 years old, and they have never forgotten their Latin American roots.
As a member of a diverse community that has offered so much to his family, he has always made it a priority to find ways to serve that community back. Roberto is currently the Treasurer of the State Democratic Party, Chairman of the Danbury Democratic Party, and a former Danbury City Councilman. He is a current Trustee/Board of director member of the Danbury Museum and Historical Society and member of many local area social clubs.
Roberto currently works as a Technical Sales Engineer and above all is most proud of his family, wife Robyn Alves and two children Julius & Catalina Alves.
Norm Beatty, MD
Norman L. Beatty is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine. He graduated from the University of Central Florida College of Medicine with a B.S. in Molecular Biology and Microbiology, and a B.S. in Biotechnology. He received his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine where he graduated with High Honors. He completed his Internal Medicine residency and Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
Dr. Beatty has been studying triatomines (kissing bugs), the insect vector responsible for transmitting the parasite that causes Chagas disease in humans and other mammals and Chagas disease since 2015. He is currently researching the prevalence of Chagas disease in Florida as well as throughout the United States. His research has been presented at several conferences, including both the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual scientific meetings.
Jett Choquette, UVMLCOM Class of 2023
Jett Choquette is a fourth-year medical student at the Larner College of Medicine (LCOM). Since starting her studies at LCOM, she has been active in the Nuvance/UVM Global Health Program including serving as a student liaison to the Dominican Community Center, a nonprofit that serves the Latinx communities in Danbury, CT. Jett completed her undergraduate education at American University in Washington, DC where she studied public relations and Spanish. Following graduation, she worked in health communications n Washington, DC for several years, developing health campaigns and health education materials for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Jett then shifted gears by joining the Peace Corps as a community health volunteer. During her two years in the Peace Corps, she lived in Paraguay and taught health to grades 8 through 12. Between serving in the Peace Corps and starting medical school, Jett volunteered as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) on an ambulance in Essex, VT; worked as an EMT in the Emergency Department at the University of Vermont Medical Center; and completed her postbaccalaureate, pre-medical studies at the University of Vermont.
Khoa Duy Duong, MD, MPH
Dr. Duy Khoa Duong, Global Health Scholar, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Recipient of Fulbright Scholarship
Khoa Duy Duong, MD, MPH is a young faculty at Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City (UMP). He received his MD from UMP and his MPH from Université Paris-Sud.
His medical interests are pulmonary - sleep medicine, tobacco control, palliative care, and global health.
He also works for UMP’s Medical Education Center and is in charge of research and development in medical education. As a medical educator, he is passionate about sharing knowledge, skills, professionalism, mindful and compassionate care. He also works with other youth empowerment organizations to promote integrity to Vietnamese young people. He is awarded the Fulbright Scholarship 2022 to pursue Master’s in Medical Education in the United States.
