Fogarty Scholar dies in Uganda traffic accident
October 2010 | Volume 9, Issue 5
Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University
Fogarty Scholar Sujal Parikh has died following a traffic accident
in Uganda. Above, he gave a scientific presentation during
orientation at NIH in July.
Fogarty Scholar Sujal Parikh has died of injuries sustained in a traffic accident in Kampala, Uganda. The University of Michigan medical student was in the country on a yearlong clinical research fellowship to study HIV/AIDS.
The Dallas native had previously volunteered with a public health and development organization in rural Uganda. He had also been involved in advocacy efforts focused on health and human rights, access to medicines, medical education and infectious disease issues. He served on student advisory boards for Physicians for Human Rights, the Committee for Global Health Education Consortium, the American Medical Student Association and on the board of the Uganda Village Project.
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