Hitchhiking to Madness

Hitchhiking to Madness is Dr. Carol "Susie" Hamilton's first work of creative non-fiction. She is an Internal Medicine physician and Infectious Diseases specialist by training, and her career has featured over one hundred peer-reviewed scientific publications and numerous awards including the D. A. Henderson Award for a lifetime of achievement in global public health from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Her 35 years at Duke University included patient care, research and teaching. She spent the last 10 years of her career with FHI360, nurturing research skills among physician scientists in Africa and Asia and helping improve care for people with TB and AIDS. She is now an emeritus professor at Duke and works with younger doctors training in infectious diseases.
She considers herself a lifelong learner and enjoys delving into new topics like Astrophysics and the history of Soul music! She also loves teaching, including with Duke's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. She is a gardener, conservationist, and birder, now serving as the President of the New Hope Audubon Society. She also enjoys more creative hobbies including oil painting and sewing. She and her husband have four children and three grandchildren and enjoy living in North Carolina.