River blindness is caused by parasitic worms that live just underneath the skin.
Mitchell is one of 13 participants chosen out of about 100 applicants for this prestigious program, which offers students research traineeships in international public health issues in Ghana, Jamaica, Guatemala, Peru, Bangladesh, and Trinidad. Mitchell is going to Legon, Ghana, to work at the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research for three months, which was his first choice. I just never thought that I would have an opportunity to do research in another country so early in my career. Mitchell will conduct research on a parasitic disease called onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness. River blindness is caused by parasitic worms that live just underneath the skin.