{"id":57338,"date":"2017-03-10T15:20:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T01:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=57338"},"modified":"2019-02-28T16:09:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T02:09:25","slug":"global-health-researcher-catherine-pirkle-selected-as-a-fulbright-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/10\/global-health-researcher-catherine-pirkle-selected-as-a-fulbright-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Global health researcher Catherine Pirkle selected as a Fulbright Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Catherine Pirkle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Catherine Pirkle<\/strong><\/a>, a University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa assistant professor in the Office of Public Health Studies<\/a>, has been selected as a Fulbright Specialist by the J. William Fulbright Council for International Exchange of Scholars. She will collaborate with faculty at the College of Health Sciences of Trairí (FACISA<\/abbr>), which is a rural satellite campus of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte<\/a> in Northeast, Brazil. <\/p>\n

Pirkle will be working on FACISA<\/abbr>’s health system and research capacity to address issues such as reproductive and sexual health including early pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and violence against women. She will lead teacher training and participate in short-term lecturing and seminars. <\/p>\n

Pirkle has a long history of working in underserved global settings including West Africa and Arctic regions. She has strong, long-term international connections to research teams around the globe with which to link faculty and staff at FACISA<\/abbr>. She will help prepare students to address critical public health needs and to attract more local and international students.<\/p>\n

As a Fulbright Specialist, Pirkle will also be considered for additional future overseas assignments that require her unique expertise during the next three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She will lead teacher training at FACISA<\/acronym>, and participate in short-term lectures and seminars on topics including early pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and violence against women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[598,165,134,241,449,596,9],"class_list":["post-57338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-health","tag-international","tag-public-health","tag-public-health-sciences","tag-myron-b-thompson-school-of-social-work","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t