TropicalClinics for Rural Health: Princeton

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Last but not least, meet our wonderful chapter President, Cassie!!

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Name: Cassie Crifase
Class Year: 2017
Major/Certificates: I’m concentrating in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs with an emphasis on Health and Wellbeing
Hometown: Addison, IL

How many years have you been involved in TCRH?: 4 years – I joined TCRH as a freshman, served as Fundraising Chair my sophomore year, Chief Community Liaison my junior year, and I’m currently serving as our President
What is the best thing about TCRH in your opinion?: The best thing about TCRH in my opinion is being able to actively engage with and make a difference in the lives of people despite my position in the Orange Bubble.

What were you up to this summer?: This summer I spent 8 weeks in Peru and 7 weeks in South Africa. In Peru, I worked on a public health research project all around the country to address the teen pregnancy rate, and in South Africa, I was working at a rural hospital and following up on research I did for my junior Task Force regarding stillbirths and perinatal deaths.

What do you want to do in the future?: My greatest interests in the field of medicine are global and rural health, access to healthcare, and health policy, and I aspire to work particularly with women and children.

Meet Hajrah!

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Name: Hajrah Hussain
Year: 2017
Major: English
Hometown: Jersey City, NJ

How many years have you been involved with TCRH?: 3 years
What is the best thing about TCRH in your opinion?: The best thing about TCRH is that it allows the community of Princeton University to directly help the community served by the TCRH clinic in Kakamega, Kenya.

What were you up to this summer?: I was interning at a global health strategy company working on research into resilient health systems and various health campaigns going on in the field of global health. I was also conducting thesis research in Hudson County.

What do you want to do in the future?: I would like to participate in a community-health initiative serving my local community of Jersey City before studying family medicine in medical school.

The reports that the life expectancy of a Kenyan male at birth is 60 years - that's 16 years less than that of an American male.