Hepatitis Expert to Report on Risk Among Hispanics
March 31, 2008
A liver disease expert will discuss the problem of hepatitis infection among Hispanics at a UT Dallas Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies lecture on Monday, March 31.
Dr. Rita Lepe specializes in liver diseases in the Hispanic population, hepatitis C and transplant hepatology. Her talk is at 7 p.m. in the Erik Jonsson Academic Center (JO 4.614).
She works at Baylor University Medical Center-Dallas Clinic. She is a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the American Association of Gastroenterology.
Lepe’s lecture, “The Prevalance of Hepatitis in Hispanics: Implications for Future U.S. Mexico Health Care,” is co-sponsored by the UT Dallas Pre Health Program and Office of International Student Services.
Dr. Lepe has published in specialized journals and frequently lectures on the challenges of health care in the context of the Hispanic population impact in the United States.
Lepe pursued her medical studies at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; residency at the Chicago Medical School; and a fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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More information: Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies, UT Dallas, ( 972) 883-6401
Media contact: Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, newscenter@utdallas.edu
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