Every year The Division of Infectious Diseases mentors medical students to perform clinical-translational research in Peru (Amazon region) under the supervision of Dr. Luis Marcos. During the summer of 2024, three medical students (Rebecca Lumia, Stanley Tsou and Mridula Vardhan) have developed a research study titled “An artificial neural network-based smartphone application for point-of-care diagnosis of malaria in the Peruvian Amazon” to be carried out in Iquitos, Peru.
This activity has been funded by the Stony Brook Medicine International Research Fellowships, New York Academy of Medicine (2024 David Rogers Fellowship) and ASTMH (2024 Benjamin H. Kean Travel Fellowship in Tropical Medicine).
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Stony Brook University has established strong relationships with the Hospital Regional in Iquitos, Peru. Iquitos city is the largest city of the Amazon basin, and it cannot be reach by road. The trip from New York to Iquitos usually last 9-12h by air. The global health rotation provides to students a broad exposure of research in infectious diseases typically seen daily in this hospital, such as malaria, dengue, tuberculosis, leprosy, snake bites, leptospirosis, Buruli ulcer, Strongyloidiasis, Zika virus, among others. These infections are not typically seen in the US; thus, this is great opportunity for trainee to get exposure to Tropical Medicine in the endemic areas. Fellows have the opportunity to do this global health rotation.
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Given our expertise, our faculty is also invited as speaker for a Tropical Medicine Course https://youtu.be/J9A64pcZlu0?si=xjzCMCLiCgqg-FII sponsored by our colleague in Iquitos, Peru (Dr. Martin Casapia, Dr. Edgar Ramirez).
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