Date Completed: 1/21/09
Faculty Name: Pauline Jolly
UAB Department: Epidemiology
UAB School: Public Health
Campus Address: Ryals 217L
Campus Zip: 0022
Telephone: 934-1823
Email Address: jollyp@uab.edu
Office Fax: 975-3329
Research Program Area: Cancer Control and Population Science
Project Title: Types, prevalence and risk factors for cancer in patients attending clinics at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya
Project Status: About to begin
Proposed Start Date: May 25
Proposed End Date: August 26
Number of Weeks of Internship: 16
Number of Interns: 1
Other faculty, staff, or graduate students who may help supervise intern: Nelly Yatich, Omobolawa Kukoyi
Expected Number of Work Hours Per Week: 37.5 hours
Expected Work Schedule for Intern: Flexible, intern can largely set his or her own schedule
Number of hours that preceptor will personally supervise or work with intern: 10
Category of Research: Clinical (Patient Care) Research
Cancer Research: Multiple Cancer Sites
Project Description: This study is intended to identify types of cancer, associated risk factors, and measure the prevalence of cancer cases among patients at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
Intern's Anticipated Duties:
Duty 1: Questionnaire Development
Duty 2: Patient Interview
Duty 3: Data management and analysis for publication
Preceptor will provide intern with access to the following: computer and printer; work space
Likelihood of authoring publications: Very Likely
Background, education, experience, or expertise preferred: Epidemiologic Methods; Scientific Writing Skills; Basic Knowledge of Statistics and Data Management; Questionnaire Development
This faculty member has been a CaRES Preceptor for three or more summers.
Intern 1: John Ujwok