Olga Joos, a DrPH candidate in International Health, is a technical assistant and consultant at CREDOS— Centre for Research and Documentation on Child Survival in Mali. She is helping write a report on a formative research study conducted in that country for the Catalytic Initiative. "Not only do I hope to gain insight and skills on conducting field work, but also a better understanding of the challenges at a behavioral and structural level. I hope that through this introduction to health information system field work I will focus in on my specific area of research to continue developing my academic and professional careers." | 
