Christine Jamjian, 2016

File — Box: 1, Folder: 7

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Scope and Contents

Christine Jamjian was born in Lebanon and grew up there during the civil war. She talks about the difficulties her family faced living in Beirut during wartime. Jamjian studied biology and architecture in Lebanon but eventually decided to study pharmacy in America. Her brother, who lived in California, helped her with her decision to attend the University of Utah. Jamjian talks about transitioning to living in the US. She excelled in school and eventually earned a Pharm D degree. Jamjian worked at the University of Utah, as well as in Iowa, Charlottesville, Virginia, and San Francisco. She compares her work in each place and talks about treating HIV/AIDS patients in each job. Jamjian loved working in Kristen Ries and Maggie Snyder’s clinic because it felt like a family and she was able to make a difference with her patients. Jamjian also compares the treatment and medications for HIV/AIDS now to treatment and medications when she started treating patients.
Interviewed by Chris Dunsmore.

Dates

2016

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