During the summer session, these Fogarty short-term scholars will attend a series of lectures and seminars organized specifically for the group, dealing with subjects such as hazardous waste management, tobacco and health, agricultural health and safety, medical ethics, hazardous waste operations, responsible research, and principles of epidemiology in rural populations. During the fall semester the scholars will take a variety of courses in the UI College of Public Health and other departments. Scholars are assigned to faculty mentors who will involve them in ongoing research and in developing new collaborative projects. Once the scholars return to their home countries, the continuity of the training program is maintained through the workshops and collaborative research projects.
Mentors travel to the scholars' home countries to team-teach the workshops with the scholar.
She is currently engaged in a Familial Hypercholesterolemia project. Kollarova graduated from Comenius University, department of microbiology and virology in 1998. Her current work at the institute involves research on the factors of virulence and pathogenity of enteric bacteria. Mikulski is part of a team of experts at the Nofer Institute working to create a new specialist training program for Polish physicians in order to meet the demands of a new occupational healthcare services market, as well as the educational requirements of the common European market. Mikulski is particularly eager to learn about the U.S. system of post-graduate specialist occupational medicine training of physicians, and, in particular, the organization, methods, and scope of training, as well as methods of training evaluation.