Ye Lu and Xi Zhang Activities  

  1.  Taking classes at School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley.  For the spring semester of 2008, our  

       scholars Xi Zhang and Ye Lu are attending the Professional Development Workshop Series, sponsored by: 

       Pacific Public Health Training Center (PPHTC);  The workshop is on Tuesdays, 4-6pm.  Some topics of the

       workshops are: 1). Knowing Your Management Style;  2). Introduction to Finance and Budgeting I, II and III.

       3). How to Improve Your Presentation Skills etc.

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

        software applications.

  3.  Dr. Rick Kreutzer meets with Xi Zhang, Ye Lu and Lixia Zhang every other week on Monday 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.  Ye Lu and Xi Zhang 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. 

       Event Summary Report              Ye Weekly Activity Report        Xi  Weekly Activity Report

       English Class at Berkeley                      Ye Lu  Week Apr 21-27                     Xi Zhang Week Apr 21-27       

       Cal Day                                                Ye Lu Week Apr28-May3                 Xi Zhang Week Apr28-May3        

       EHIB Branch Retreat                            Ye Lu Week May4-10                       Xi Zhang Week May4-10

       Earth Day                                             Ye Lu Week May11-17                     Xi Zhang Week May11-17

       Impression of 'Memorial Day'                Ye Lu Week May18-30                     Xi Zhang Week May18-24

       Fun with American Food Cooking         Ye Lu Week June1-7                         Xi Zhang Week May25-31  

       Hike in Muir Woods                              Ye Lu WREN Presentation                Xi Zhang Week June1-7  

       Oregon Caves Tour                               Ye Lu Week June8-14                       Xi Zhang Week June8-14               

       Public Transportation in USA                 Ye Lu Week June15-21                     Xi Zhang Week June15-21    

       The US Independence Day                    Ye Lu Week June23-July11                Xi Zhang Week June15-21

       Coorperation Solves Problems               Ye Lu Week July 14-18                      Xi Zhang Week June22-28

       Summary of Training                               Ye Lu Week July 21-27                     Xi Zhang Week July 6-19               

       Ye Lu Training Time Line                       Ye Lu Week July 28-Aug1                 Xi Zhang Week July 20-27

       Ye Lu Final Paper                                  Ye Lu Week Aug 4 - 8                      Xi Zhang Week July 28-Aug9

       Xi Zhang Training Time Line                   Ye Lu Week Aug 11-15                           

       Xi Zhang Final Paper                              Ye Lu Week Aug 18-22                 

  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,  Xi and Ye go to the

       Berkeley First Presbyterian Church to attend the English/Culture class.  Like our previous trainees, they enjoy 

       learning both English and the American culture very much.  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. They have visited the city of San Francisco including China Town, Fish men's Warf, Union Square,

       etc; University of  California Berkeley Campus;  Stanford University; Sacramento;  On March 31,  2008, Lixia took

       Xi and Ye to Cross Country Ski in Royal Gorge;  Ye also visited Muir Woods National Monument with Lixia, Tom

       & Jane Kelley; May 14-18, Xi and Ye attended the WREN conference in Ashland, Oregon.  After the meeting they

       visited Oregon Caves National Monument, The Redwood National Parks, and the California coast; June - August,   

       Dr. Harvey Kayman and Lixia Zhang took Ye Lu and Xi Zhang to Napa Valley visited 5 beautiful wineries; walked 

       in the beautiful Piedmont area - one of the rich cities in the United States;  Our trainees also enjoyed the Lake Chabot,

      San Francisco Mission district, etc. Please visit Current Trainee Event Photos to enjoy the wonderful pictures .

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