Our current trainees Xue Han and Jing Wang started their training on December of 2009 and will continue until the 

       end of February of 2010.  Since half of their training time falls into the holiday season, they could not attend the UC

       Berkeley classes.  Our focus for them is to participant in meetings and seminars either on our Richmond campus (the

       California Department of Public Health), or on other San Francisco Bay Area locations, as well as Sacramento. 

       On Wednesday Jan 20th, 2010,  Dr. Daniel Smith led the first case study 'Influenza A (H5N1) in Humans:

       Surveillance System Enhancement'.  Dr. Smith has taught our previous trainees epidemiology cases, data analysis and

       the related statistical software applications.     

                                                               Dan Smith with Trainees Xue Had and Jing Wang                         

       Dr. Rick Kreutzer meets with Xue Han, Jing Wang and Lixia Zhang weekly to discuss  the trainees' activities,

       check on their progresses, help with their summary activity reports and technical paper writing.  Dr. Kreutzer also

       gives the trainees lectures on the US government, the California State government, the legislative processes, and the

        budget process.

                                                           Rick Kreutzer & Xue Han, Jing Wang

       Trainees Xue Han and Jing Wang have attended the regular Emergency Preparedness meetings held on our Richmond

       Campus; had met our health educator Ian Walker to discuss about basic approaches of health education, how to

                                  Activity  Summary Report -- Xue Han & Jing Wang

                       East America -- Jing wang                              The First Work Day in US -- Xue Han

                             First Training Report -- Jing Wang                  Training in Boston -- Xue Han

                             Training Activities  -- Jing Wang                      Work Report  -- Xue Han

                             Jing Wang Final Paper -- Health Education and Promotion Evaluation

                             Xue Han Final Paper  --  Comparison of Workplace Smoke Free Policies Between the US and China

       English Proficiency Training is also a focus of our training plans. Our trainees work closely with the staffs in

       Environmental Health Investigations Branch, they have chances to talk in English with co-works.  On Sundays,  both

       Xue and Jing go to the Berkeley First Presbyterian Church to attend the English/Culture class.  They are encouraged

       to attend the Berkeley or Albany Adult School to study English.  We also provide private English lessons for them if

       they need.    

       During the 3 months training, Xue Han and Jing Wang visited the Food & Drug Department in Sacramento; US EPA

       Region 9 in San Francisco; and the Nutrition and Cancer Biology Laboratory, Tuffs University, Boston.  A Ph.D

       researcher gave our trainees introductions of their Lab, researches etc. 

       Our training program also support the culture exchange activities for our trainees in order to help them understand the

       American culture.  On Sunday January 10th, 2010, our program coordinator Lixia Zhang took Ms. Xue Han and Ms

       Jing Wang to Point Isabel; Berkeley Marina, Emeryville, and other local parks.  They also visited, the Golden Gate

       Bridge, Muir woods, Muir Beach, Sacramento, Napa Valley wineries, The old faithful geyser in California, and the

       Petrified Forests etc.  With Tom Kelly and his wife Jane Kelly, Xue Han and Jing Wang had a wonderful

       experience of hiking which was the first time in their lives.  They hiked about 3 miles in the beautiful Steep Ravine trail

        in Mont Tamalpais State Park. 

       Please visit Current Trainee Event Photos  and enjoy the beautiful pictures .

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