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Mailman School Of Public Health Personal Statement

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I am an accelerated student at Mailman School of Public Health and the reason I would like to attend this lecture series is to enhance my understanding of the problems that are facing many developing countries. Since I will only be at Columbia for 1 year I would like to maximize my education and broaden my horizons by attending these lectures and hopefully I can share my own experience and struggles as well. Given my background as a recent medical school graduate and having lived both in Iran and Mexico I can bring my own experience of health system problems related to both countries and share some of these struggles with the group. My personal objective has always been working and serving the underserved population especially the Latino population

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