 Michael Herce, MD, MPH began working to alleviate health disparities at the age of 21, when he served as a volunteer case manager in a homeless shelter in El Paso, Texas. The health difficulties faced by his clients, who were mainly undocumented migrants and native Texan poor, inspired him to become a patient advocate for Boston’s AIDS Action Committee and then a physician. Volunteering with Partners In Health as a medical student, he aided in constructing and equipping a primary care clinic in rural Mexico, where he also conducted scholarly research and trained local community health workers. By entering the Global Health Equity residency, Dr. Herce hopes to gain the skills and field experience necessary to make an impact in reducing the health inequalities that plague the poor of the world. Following his residency, he hopes to complete an Infectious Disease fellowship and to conduct clinical and operational research that identifies barriers for underserved populations in accessing medical care. Dr. Herce earned his BA in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Virginia in 1999. In 2005, he earned his MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health and his MD from the Yale University School of Medicine. His research experience includes studies of alcohol-related risk factors for liver injury in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy, social conditions contributing to the increase of dengue transmission in the Americas, and the role of Mayan community health promoters in tuberculosis control in Chiapas, Mexico. |
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