Chunsheng Yan & Guowei Yu Activities  

  1.  Taking classes at School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley.  Our new scholars Guowei Yu and

       Chunsheng Yan are searching the courses of the winter semester (2008) to make selections.

  2.  Case Study with Daniel Smith:  Dr. Smith teaches our trainees the CDC Epidemiology Cases such as 'Injury

       Surveillance'; 'Cigarette Smoking and Lung Cancer'; 'An Outbreak of a Neurological Syndrome Among Factory

       Workers'; etc.  Dr. Smith has taught our previous trainees in the past.  For the current group, we also have new

        teaching materials available.  Except the CDC case study, Dr. Smith also teaches statistical analysis and the related

        software applications.

  3.  Dr. Rick Kreutzer meets with Guowei Yu, Chunsheng Yan and Lixia Zhang every other week on Monday from 10-

      11:30am to discuss  the trainees' activities, check on their progresses, help with their technical paper writing.  Dr.  

       Kreutzer also gives the trainees lectures on the US government, the California State government, the legislative

       process, the budget process.

  4.   Like our previous trainees, Guowei Yu and Chunsheng Yan are very active attending presentations, seminars and

        meetings on the DHS Richmond campus. Sacramento, and University of California at Berkeley.  Our program also

        allows them 1-2 out of state trips to attend academic trainings/conferences.  Trainees are required to write Summary

        Reports on some interesting activities they participated; and a Weekly Report to summarize their activities during the

        week is another requirement.   Trainees also have to finish a technical paper before the 6-months training ends.  This

        is designed on the purpose of improving their English writing skills.      

        List of Activities                  Guowei Yu Final Paper                 Chunsheng Yan Final Paper

  5.  English Proficiency Training:  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 Guowei and Chunsheng go to the

       Berkeley First Presbyterian Church to attend the English/Culture class.  On Oct 30th, 2008, their first Church English

       class was about Halloween, like our previous trainees, they enjoy learning both English and the American culture very

       much.  Chunsheng is also attending the Albany Adult School English classes in order to improve her English skills

       quickly. We also provide private English lessons if they need.    

  6.  Culture Exchange Activities:

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

       American culture. So far, Lixia has taken them to Berkeley Campus; Stanford University; Tilden Regional Park;

       Oakland City Center, and China Town; Hilltop Mall, Angle Island;  On Dec 9th, 2008,  Dr. Harvey Kayman and

       Lixia took Guowei and Chunsheng to San Francisco, visited the Mission Delores, the Mission Culture Center,

       enjoyed the neighborhood.  01/27/09 - 02/02/09,  Chunsheng and Guowei joined a tourists group and visited Los

       Angeles, Universal Studio, Disney Land, San Diego, Death Valley, Solvang California, Las Vegas, Grant Canyon; 

       On Feb 12th (the California State Holiday) Harvey, Lixia, Guowei and Chunsheng went to the Museum of Legion of

       Honor, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Sausalito; The last trip they made was Muir Woods, Muir Beach and hiking on  

       the Pacific coast line.   Please visit Current Trainee Event Photos  and enjoy the wonderful

       pictures .

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