March 4th, 7:30pm-8pm
IA Alumni Spotlight: Greg Zane Reflection
The IA Alumni Spotlight: Greg Zane took place on March 4th at 7:30pm.
This event allowed for me to learn the background of Greg Zane and his involvements while on campus and once he left. It was interesting to learn more about what he does as an epidemiologist. He focused a lot of research on gongeria, which was really interesting. He focused a lot on research while he was at the University of Washington and his time abroad. He also talked about his work with the Covid pandemic. And through the research him and his team collected, they can apply it in future outbreaks. This was very eye opening to see how effective and important it is to continuously conduct research on pandemics.
This event relates to International Affairs because it relates a lot to global health and working with other countries for a common cause. His talks relating to the work they conducted with the Covid outbreak really shows that. It was also very interesting to hear his daily schedule and tasks not only as an epidemiologist, but also as an epidemiologist during a pandemic. He really helped me to see how beneficial and useful studying abroad is because it not only helps to learn about different cultures, but it gives you an opportunity to immerse yourself in your career. In the future I would love to learn more about the world of epidemiologists and the other research and work they do.