It started with a virtual health camp presentation
But Louhan Dembele didn't just listen — she reached out
that bold move launched her into a world where innovative technology meets global health challenges
The Virginia Tech senior is helping revolutionize how doctors diagnose a deadly parasitic disease in Malawi
Through TEAM Malawi — Technology
Medicine — Dembele found her calling: The Leading Innovation in Global Health Technologies (LIGHT) Collaborative that mobilizes undergraduate Hokie engineers and scientists to solve the challenges presented by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through team science
With 64 students from 19 majors tackling real-world challenges in resource-limited settings
the program embodies Virginia Tech's motto
It is well-positioned to address these complex problems and contribute to achieving the SDGs through teaching
Louhan represents public health as part of a team of microbiology
and biomedical engineering students solving global problems through collaborative research
Now aiming to graduate a year early with dual public health and international studies degrees, Dembele recently earned the Leslie Geraldine Sherman Memorial Scholarship from Virginia Tech's Honors College. The award will fund another research trip to Malawi this spring
“Louhan is very passionate about public health and works hard to find opportunities for learning and research
Her dedication to constantly exploring opportunities and finding solutions for helping people in need could be an excellent example for other undergraduates seeking opportunities”
associate professor of Public Health at Virginia Tech
"I knew I wanted to go into healthcare, but I knew I couldn't stomach being a physician," Dembele said, recalling how a presentation by Alasdair Cohen, assistant professor of environmental epidemiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
about public health and environmental health lit a spark
"It sounded right up my alley — combining health and people without having to do clinical work."
As one of the TEAM Malawi projects
Dembele's team is testing Raman spectroscopy to detect schistosomiasis
can reduce cancer rates in endemic areas to levels seen in non-endemic regions
Current testing in Malawi relies on standard microscopes in hospital labs
"The current testing system requires a qualified technician and takes about an hour to process a sample," Dembele explained
If a bunch of college students can use this technology
cuts diagnosis time to 10 minutes and boasts 98% accuracy
and precision could revolutionize care where resources are limited
Walking through Malawi's hospitals in May 2024
Dembele saw firsthand how their work could make a difference
The team connected with Malawi Liverpool Welcome Trust
"They told us if we can get them this technology
they'd love to work with us," Dembele said
"Going on that spring trip made me realize that's what I want to do for a living," Dembele said
"That type of research where you combine public health and engineering
and see how you can work together to make this technology work and have different solutions for global health problems."
plans are underway for a spring trip in which Dembele and the team will bring a device to Malawi Liverpool Welcome Trust's lab for extensive testing
Her passion for epidemiology was sparked by another mentor
"It was really inspired by Dr. Corey in her class that I took," Dembele said, referring to Corrine W. Ruktanonchai
collegiate assistant professor of population health sciences
"I fell in love with epidemiology then and there
and I'm also a teaching assistant for her right now
which has been a really cool experience."
For students wondering about their own path in public health
Dembele shares what she's learned: "You never know what email is going to come in and say
would you like to do this opportunity?' The right opportunities will come your way."
Louhan’s student team has taken ownership of a major global health challenge through the LIGHT program
They have established collaborations with international research organizations
and conducted research vital to the deployment of a portable system in Malawi that has the potential to have a great impact on the disease management of schistosomiasis by increasing capacity for point-of-care screening and diagnosis
They will present their research at the annual international conference of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health
Virginia Tech demonstrates impact as a global land grant – progressing sustainability in our community
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Linda Zanetti (Switzerland) won the sprint on the second stage of the Tour de l'Avenir Femmes
emerging from the bunch on the final bend and carving out such a solid gap that she could start her celebration before the line
Zanetti topped Julie De Wilde of Belgium and Fem van Empel (Netherlands) in the bunch sprint on the 91.8km stage from Charolles to Louhans Chateaurenaud
“Today was quite an easy stage because there weren’t many attacks and we raced all together with my team always in the front
They did a really good job for me and I could finish with the win in the sprint,” said Zanetti in a post stage interview.
Paris, Jan 2, 2022 (AFP) - Saint-Etienne beat fourth-tier Jura Sud 4-1 to reach the French Cup's last 16 after the game was halted during the first-half on Sunday as fireworks were thrown onto the pitch by the Ligue 1 side's fans.
Referee Bastien Dechepy ordered the players back into the changing rooms after just four minutes of the game due to thick smoke on the field after an object was thrown near the hosts' goalkeeper, Cedric Mensah.
The fixture, in the round of 32 of the French cup, was held in Louhans, 80 kilometres from Jura Sud's home ground near the Swiss border, as the National 2 outfit's ground failed to meet regulations .
The match restarted after an almost 20-minute delay with Les Verts leading 2-0 after a quarter of an hour thanks to efforts from Mickael Nade and Arnaud Nordin.
Midfielder Bakary Sako and playmaker Ryad Boudebouz then made it a rout in the final eight minutes after Tiago Cardoso Moura scored for the eastern side.
"To a certain extent we have to remain impervious to these situations," Jura Sud's coach Valentin Guichard said.
"It played a part without a doubt but I don't think it explained why we started poorly after the game restarted," he added.
Last month, Lyon and second-division side Paris FC were thrown out of the competition after crowd trouble caused their last 64 tie in the French capital to be stopped at half-time.
Elsewhere on Sunday, future new Monaco coach Philippe Clement watched from the stands as his side overcame Ligue 2's Quevilly-Rouen 3-1, three days after the sacking of former Bayern Munich boss Niko Kovac.
Scotland U21s striker Fraser Hornby's 93rd minute strike helped Reims avoid a possible shock to fifth-tier Thaon-les-Vosges, with a 1-0 win.
Marseille also reached the next round at the expense of lower-division opposition easing past National 3 outfit Chauvigny 3-0.
Earlier in the day, Bordeaux were knocked out of the cup in a 3-0 defeat at Brest after being forced to play despite registering 21 positive Covid-19 cases.
The visitors were soundly beaten after coach Vladimir Petkovic had to make seven changes to his starting line-up, with six reserves on the teamsheet.
Bordeaux president Gerard Lopez had denounced a "lack of respect" towards his club before the match, but the French football federation ordered the match to go ahead.
The Girondins started promisingly, but fell behind when 18-year-old defender Tijany Atallah, on his senior debut, conceded a penalty which was converted by Brest forward Steve Mounie.
Romain Faivre and Jeremy Le Douaron both scored in the second half as Brest eased into the last 16.
Elsewhere, fourth-tier side Versailles progressed with a 4-0 victory over La Roche, while Nantes and Toulouse also booked their places in the next round.
The number of new Covid cases in France has topped 200,000 a day this week.
The one-time Birmingham City and Portsmouth star took up the role in March 2015
Cisse has orchestrated two of the Lions of Teranga’s three successful qualifying campaigns after reaching Qatar 2022
the 46-year-old will look to improve on their group stage exit at Russia 2018
The West Africans returned home after taking one win in three games
FIFA has drawn Senegal against host nation Qatar
Ecuador and the Netherlands in Group A for the 2022 World Cup
Cisse’s side start their tournament against Oranje on November 21 at 16:00 GMT before facing the home side
The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) will hope Cisse can improve on their record from 2018 in Qatar
The Lions of Teranga achieved their best finish at a World Cup to date back in 2002 whilst making their debut with a run to the quarter-final in Japan and South Korea
Cisse is now blessed with an array of talent ahead of travelling to the Arabian Peninsula for the first World Cup held in the Middle East
Senegal lifted a first Africa Cup of Nations title in February with Kalidou Koulibaly
Idrissa Gueye and Ismaila Sarr in the team
The FSF hired Cisse as the new manager of the Senegal national squad in March 2015 after parting with Alain Giresse
He was Giresse’s assistant for 22 games and before that
Cisse was also Amara Traore’s right-hand man in 2012
Cisse had only previously worked as an assistant manager with French minnows Louhans-Cuiseaux – now a fourth-tier side – before joining Traore
Yet he stepped in for one match as the Lions of Teranga’s caretaker boss in 2012 and took a 0-0 draw against South Africa
Impressing from the touchline over a three-year period eventually saw the Ziguinchor-born coach get the big gig
Cisse has since overseen 79 matches across all competitions for 51 wins
His Senegal sides have also struck 134 to 52 goals allowed
The Netherlands will face a Senegal squad enjoying a dominant stretch when they meet in Qatar
Cisse has only suffered one defeat since October 2019
Egypt took a 1-0 win in their CAF World Cup qualifying play-off first-leg tie in March but Senegal advanced on penalties
Cisse turned his hand to coaching with Louhans-Cuiseaux in 2010 following one year out of the game after retiring
He had enjoyed a 14-year career across eight teams as a midfielder between 1995 and 2009
The deep-lying anchor also made 33 appearances for his country
LOSC Lille brought Cisse through to first-team football after developing his talents in their academy during the early 1990s
He would remain with Les Dogues to 1997 and joining CS Sedan
But Cisse only spent a year with Les Sangliers before joining Paris Saint-Germain
His time in Paris lasted until 2002 and included a season-long loan spell with Montpellier in 2001/02
Birmingham then came calling and gave Cisse his first chance to play in England as they returned to the top-flight
St Mary’s proved to be a happy home to the midfielder
But Cisse would only call St Mary’s home for two years and 37 games before the Senegal manager joined Portsmouth
Yet he struggled to settle on the south coast and only played 28 games during a stop-start career
A return to France and Sedan then followed in 2006
Cisse was on the move soon after as he joined Nimes Olympique in 2008
It would prove to be the final transfer of his career as the midfielder retired at the end of the season
Ending a career which saw Cisse captain Senegal to the AFCON final in 2002
Steve Bruce was key to getting Cisse to join Birmingham in 2002 after the midfielder blew the former Blues boss away with his performances for Senegal at the World Cup
The 46-year-old left the coach in awe with his dominant work against Arsenal icon Patrick Vieira
“As soon as I saw his performance against France we confirmed that we would go ahead with the deal,” Bruce once said, via quotes by Birmingham Live
“When I saw his performance against possibly the best midfielder in the world in Vieira it made me push all the buttons to try and make the deal work.”
Cisse played a crucial role in Birmingham avoiding an instant return to the second-tier in 2002/03. But a spate of injuries saw his St Andrew’s career peter out before Portsmouth paid £300k
Yet he did not forget the affection that the Blues fanbase had shown him
“Birmingham is my former club and I will never forget it. Especially the supporters, they helped me when I had the most difficult moment in my life,” he said, via Birmingham Live
“I am disappointed because I didn’t play many years in Birmingham
The people who helped me the most were the fans
Jungels: We'll have a different TTT squad at the Tour de France
Team Sky set a time of 36:33 beating BMC Racing by 37 seconds
The time gaps mean Kwiatkowski is back in the leader's yellow jersey after he lost it to Daryl Impey after stage 2
He leads teammate Gianni Moscon by three seconds
with Castroviejo third at nine seconds and Geraint Thomas fourth overall at 21 seconds
Many of Team Sky's overall rivals are already more than a minute behind
Team Sky fielded a tried and trusted seven-rider squad for the 35km team time trial
and Castroviejo all national time trial champions
Geraint Thomas is an excellent time triallist and won the opening time trial at last year's Tour de France
Tao Geoghegan Hart and Dylan van Baarle are all skilled rouleur riders
Team Sky set the fastest times at the 14km and 24.5km time checks
continually increasing their advantage as their rivals suffered and lost riders
They were calculated to have covered the tailwind assisted 35km course at an average speed of 57.456 km/h
with times showing they rode a negative split – going faster in the second half than they did in the first
Quick-Step Floors tried to start fast but soon lost two riders
limiting their performance despite the presence of Bob Jungels
Geoghegan Hart and van Baarle briefly lost contact in the final two kilometres but fought to get back in case of any problems amongst their teammates
Kwiatkowski pulled on the yellow jersey but was happy to have won as part of the team
especially after his late crash on Tuesday
I came up with no major issues after yesterday's crash
If I had picked one stage that I would like to win in this Dauphine
It's always a wonderful feeling to win together with the team
I think we rode a perfect stage," the Polish rider said
We used all the guys throughout the entire course
The prologue showed us that on paper we were probably the strongest
but it's a different thing to be out there and perform well
The team time trial results shook up the overall classification
putting four Team Sky riders in the top four positions but also distancing many of Team Sky's overall rivals
with the BMC leader 52 seconds down on Kwiatkowski
Jungles is at 1:08 and Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) is at 1:17
Romain Bardet and his AG2R La Mondiale teammates limited their losses by finishing seventh at 1:29
Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) lost time and 14 places in the overall classification and is now 40th at 2:28
Dan Martin and his UAE Team Emirates squad lost 2:28
putting the Irishman a significant 2:57 down overall
Team Sky's dominance against the clock will no doubt set off alarm bells amongst their rivals for the Tour de France
35km team time trial comes on stage 3 around Cholet
If Team Sky can gain similar time gaps in just over a month's time
their rivals will be in a handicap race for the rest of Grand Boucle
At the Critérium du Dauphiné
Team Sky will no doubt work on their race and nutrition strategy for the next four mountain stages in the hope that Kwiatkowski or Thomas can match the climbing prowess of Bardet
Thursday's mountain stage finishes in Lans-en-Vercors after a tough 181km
The final 50km includes the 17.5km hors categorie Col du Mont Noir
with the finish atop a short but steep 7.5 per cent climb
Solutions Credits0:02:5344Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates0:02:5545Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates0:02:5746Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis
Solutions Credits0:03:0447Neilson Powless (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo0:03:0548Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale0:03:0749Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis
Solutions Credits0:10:20100Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida0:10:27101Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb0:10:51102Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team0:11:05103Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-AlpecinRow 102 - Cell 2 104Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale0:11:12105Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ0:11:43106Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data0:12:11107Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis
Solutions Credits0:12:12108Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale0:12:13109Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic0:12:26110Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ0:12:45111Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept Club0:12:54112Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Cofidis
Solutions Credits14Row 9 - Cell 3 11Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis
Solutions Credits8Row 2 - Cell 3 4Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team3Row 3 - Cell 3 5Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale2Row 4 - Cell 3 6Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky1Row 5 - Cell 3 7Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ1Row 6 - Cell 3 8Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Cofidis
Solutions Credits0:03:5416Wanty-Groupe Gobert0:04:5117Fortuneo-Samsic0:04:5418Bahrain-Merida0:05:4319LottoNl-Jumbo0:07:1620Dimension Data0:07:5721Vital Concept Club0:24:3522Team Sunweb0:31:40
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Born in Saint-Denis (France) on March 5 1987
Sebastien De Maio is a defender who first played within the youth ranks of Auxerre
shortly switching to Louhans-Cuiseaux soon after
before he was then signed by Brescia on a permanent deal back in 2006
This Italian transfer led to an initial introduction to the Primavera side
with his full Serie B debut coming on June 17 2007 in a match between Rimini and Brescia (2-0)
During 2007-08 he spent the season on loan with Celano Marsica
before then returning to the Brescia first team the following season
as a broken ankle kept De Maio out for a total of 10 weeks
Recuperation from injury soon led to an additional loan stint with Celano Marsica
during which he made a total of 12 appearances for the Italian club
The player returned to Brescia to make his Serie A debut on September 19 2010
coming on for the final few minutes of a 1-0 win over Chievo Verona
In January 2011 he returned to Serie B through a loan move to Frosinone
The player was snapped up by Genoa prior to the 2013-14 campaign
where he then went onto to make 84 appearances in three seasons with the club
Anderlecht were the next team to come calling
as they signed him on a four-year deal back in 2016
before he was then sent on loan to Fiorentina
De Maio joined Bologna on a permanent deal
He is a physically imposing yet pacy defender
while his obvious height makes him an impressive aerial threat from set-pieces
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