Beth Ebel, A-Entry's new tutor, has travelled around the world helping other people while studying international health and tropical medicine.  Here at MacGregor, she hopes to help residents enjoy life, and she looks forward to exploring Boston and the surrounding areas with those living here.
Born in Denver, Beth majored in physics at Williams and received a masters in development from Oxford.  She has spent two years in Italy studying the cost of children's health care.  Following this, she completed her thesis in Sudan, and worked in Ecuador for a year, trying to bring street kids back together with their families.
Beth is currently in her first year studying at HST (Health Sciences and Technology), a joint program between MIT and Harvard.  For the past three years, she has been working for UNICEF.  One of her current projects is a vaccine trial in Brazil.  "High tech solutions to health problems are introspective," she believes.  They may apply to well-developed countries, but don't always take into consideration factors which exist in lesser developed regions such as the costs of and difficulties in administering such things as vaccinations.  One of her interests is health policy, and she hopes that her research will be of benefit to a lot of people.
Beth really likes the "strong student organization" within A-Entry and she loves meeting the students here.  She said, "It is important to spend time having a good life and doing fun things while in college."  Beth would like to spend time with A-Entry, helping the residents and exploring Boston.
She also enjoys playing ice hockey and hopes to play on the IM teams here.
In addition, Beth would like to help MacGregor in addressing issues such as living space and overcrowding, and says she will provide an "extra punch when working with the administration."
_ Erik Nygren