| Akmola State Medical Institute Department of Social Medicine Mira St. 51 a Telephone: (317-2) 75-07-49
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| During the 1996-1997 academic year, Leonid Karp was a visiting research professor at The George Washington University, affiliated with the Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning. His stay in the USA was supported by the Regional Scholars Exchange Program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. His mentor at GW was Professor Charles Jacobina.Dr. Karp is a assistant professor in the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health at the Akmola State Medical Institute in Kazakhstan.
He has been a general practitioner since 1971, after receiving his degree from the Akmola Medical Institute. Between 1980 and 1984 he worked in the public health field at the All-Union Research Institute of Social Hygiene and Organization of Public Health, in Moscow. In 1986 he received his doctorate. He has traveled on several occasions to Germany, Finland and Switzerland, and he often participates in Scientific Conferences. His primary research interest is the problems facing public health reforms in Kazakhstan. Publications Social Aspects of Cardio-Vascular Pathology and Procedures of Its Study. (Crimea Medical Institute, Kharkov: 1977). Diagnostics and Organization of Case Follow-up in Patients with Diseases of the Cardiovascular System. (Public Health of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata: 1981). On the Role of Risk Factors in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Among the Inhabitants of Collective Farms in Northern Kazakhstan. (Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata: 1983). On the Study of Hospital Aid to Agricultural Workers of Collective Farms. (Ministry of Health of the USSR, Kiev: 1984). The Efficiency of Early Detection of Cardiovascular Disease in Case Follow-up of Workers of Collective Farms. (Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata: 1986). Reduction in Temporary Disablement of Agricultural Workers in Terms of Case Follow-up. (Public Health of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata: 1988). Mortality with Temporary Loss of Capacity for Work of Drivers in the Country of Russia. (Ministry of Health, St. Petersburgh: 1992). The Immediate and Long-term Results of the Use of Lasers with the Purpose of Primary Prophylaxis of Lung Diseases. (Public Health of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata: 1993). |
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