• 1992: Sharon Achilles served in Mauritania in Kamour beginning in 1992  Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 8:31 am [1]

1992: Sharon Achilles served in Mauritania in Kamour beginning in 1992



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Sharon Achilles can be contacted at sla3apittdedu

Country of Service: Mauritania

Training Group: Kiffa

Cities you served in: Kamour

Arrival Year: 1992

Departure Year: 1994

Work Description: Forestry/Dune Stabilization

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:

After returning to the US in 1994, I entered graduate school at Johns
Hopkins. In 2000, I graduated with a PhD in Biology having spent those six
years researching the transmission of sexually transmitted disease and
working on new biological methods of prevention. After graduation, I began
school again (perpetual student). I began medical school at University of
Pittsburgh and I have recently completed (May 2002) my second year as a
medical student. This will be my last degree...only two more years to go! My
intent is to become a practicing OB/Gyn as well as continuing research on
prevention of STDs and unwanted pregnancies.

Originally posted: May 21, 2002

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