Karyn Esser, Ph.D.
University of Kentucky
Molecular clocks and skeletal muscle; why muscle needs to keep time
David Shen
Our Annual Meeting brings together over 2,000 scholars and participants from around the world to present and discuss cutting-edge research on Africa. This year’s theme for the Annual Meeting is “Mobility, Migration, and Flows.” The conference will offer over 200 panels and roundtables on various topics that fall under this theme. There are several panels and roundtables that I believe you, the faculty, and the students of the Perelman School of Medicine would be interested in, including: “Chasing Polio in Northern Nigeria and the Problems of Containing Trans-border Flows of Polio Viruses”; “Medicine on the Move: Interrogating the Direction and Meaning of Mobility in Global Health Discourse on Africa”; “Perspectives on Disability in Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo”; “Health and Medicine Workshop: Grant Writing”; “Health and Medicine Workshop: New Research Directions”; and the ASA Board Sponsored Current Issues Event, “Genomic Research Flows and Health in Africa”.
You can view the preliminary program in full on the African Studies Association’s website. Our website also contains other information for the Annual Meeting, including registration information. We offer on-site day passes in addition to full conference passes, and we also offer lower registration rates for students.