MGH Center for Global Health Seminar Series tomorrow!
MGH Palliative Care Grand Rounds: The Unmet Need for Palliative Care in Africa
Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell, Director, African Palliative Care Association
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Ether Dome, Bulfinch Building – 4th Floor at Massachusetts General Hospital
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The Unmet Need for Pain Relief and Palliative Care in Africa: Lecture, Film and Panel Discussion
Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell, Director, African Palliative Care Association
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Harvard Medical School
TMEC, Walter Amphitheater
260 Longwood Avenue, Boston
Join the Oxfam Action Corps
Join the Oxfam Action Corps to support women farmers, fight global hunger, and build a better food system! You will meet great people and work together to change laws that can save lives, defend the rights of the world’s poorest farmers, and protect communities from rising food prices and climate change. You will gain leadership skills, have fun, and change the world!
Anybody can join the local effort! All levels of experience are welcome. You can also apply for Oxfam’s free four-day leadership training in Washington D.C. May 12 – May 15. Apply here http://www.oxfamactioncorps.org by February 14.
How to Make the Most of an Informational Interview Feb. 8th
HPM Beyond the Classroom Series: How to Make the Most of an Informational Interview
How to Make the Most of an Informational Interview
Wednesday February 8th, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., R115 BUSM Instructional Building
The third workshop in the Beyond the Classroom series will focus on how you can make the most of an informational interview. Through audience participation in “mini” mock informational interviews with workshop facilitator, health care consultant and adjunct faculty member Craig Nesta, JD, MBA, participants will gain firsthand experience and learn strategies for success in informational interviewing.
Note: The workshop will count towards the Practicum Professional Development Skills requirement. Make sure you sign in at the workshop and when selecting your second practicum workshop please choose a topic unrelated to career development.
RSVP online by clicking here. Space is limited.
Please email sloh@bu.edu if you would like to be an interview “volunteer”.
Positions available at Pathfinder
Two full-time positions are available at Pathfinder in Watertown, MA. Please see the job descriptions below:
Special Assistant to the President
Executive Assistant to the President
Pathfinder International’s mission is to ensure that people everywhere have the right and opportunity to live a healthy sexual and reproductive life. To learn more about Pathfinder, click here!
Bringing Torture Home: American Soldiers and the Legacy of Torture
None of Us Were Like This Before
Global Lawyers and Physicians and the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights at Boston University School of Public Health are proud to bring the following event to the Boston University Medical Campus:
Bringing Torture Home: American Soldiers and the Legacy of Torture
Date: Wednesday February 14th
Time: 12:00 – 1: 00 PM
Location: Room L-112, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord Street, Boston
BUSPH Pharmaceuticals Symposium…Feb. 3rd!
"The Changing Landscape of Pharmaceutical Innovation: Implications for Drug Discovery and Access"
Presented by the Pharmaceuticals Program at BUSPH
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2012 (1:00- 7:00pm in Hiebert Lounge).
To RSVP, click here!
This event brings together a diverse selection of industry and academic experts from the Boston area for an afternoon symposium. It encourages discussion about challenges and innovations in the financing and collaboration of pharmaceutical research and development, as well as improving the access to medicines around the globe. The first session will highlight opportunities of academic-industry partnerships and other new, innovative approaches to drug discovery. The second session focuses the discussion on new approaches to improving medication access around the world. The speakers and panelists will represent diverse viewpoints to stimulate discussion on how industry and academia can forge new partnerships and new models to overcome challenges and improve the public's health.
At Any Price? Negotiating Access to Crisis Zones Feb. 1st at 7pm
Please join Monica Onyango and other MPH students for a visit to the Boston Public Library on Wednesday, February 1st at 6pm for a panel discussion with Doctors Without Borders. This is a Managing Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Emergencies Emphasis Area meeting.
At Any Price? Negotiating Access to Crisis Zones
Wednesday, February 1st
7pm (Refreshments served at 6pm)
Boston Public Library
Rabb Lecture Hall
700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
While humanitarian aid organizations and human rights groups often work in the same crisis situations, they have different approaches for reaching their respective goals. Both approaches, however, require negotiations with a variety of actors and armed groups, government authorities, community leaders, and civil society groups, each with their own vested interests – and sometimes the price of action may compromise basic principles.
Join panelists from Doctors Without Borders, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), Tufts University's Feinstein International Center, and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative for a discussion of these questions and dilemmas: How different are the humanitarian and human rights approaches? Are they compatible on the ground? How are decisions made about starting projects in complex environments? Who is being served by our actions and how do we listen to their voices? What are the costs of speaking out or remaining silent? What compromises are acceptable?
To learn more about this event and to register, please click here!
IH Film Series Event…Communications and Development: Strengthening the Connection
IH Film Series Special Event- Jamil Simon
The Department of International Health presents: A Special IH Film Series Event
Communications and Development: Strengthening the Connection
Monday, February 6th, 12-1:30 CT462A
Jamil Simon, President, Spectrum Media, will present approaches for promoting reform and getting practical information to stakeholders in developing countries. He will also talk about the various tools that are available to disseminate information. The talk will feature case studies with videos and other media made for projects in Malawi, the Central African Republic and Haiti.
Spectrum Media: Documentary Films and Communication Strategies for a Global Audience, has worked on a number of successful projects in developing countries– promoting sustainable agriculture in Malawi, environmental conservation in Madagascar and crisis communications in Haiti. Mr. Simon has also designed communications strategies to promote democracy in Mali, water conservation in Tunisia, capital markets in Indonesia and conflict resolution education in Jordan.
Please RSVP here!
Fully Funded Practicum Opportunity
Vestergaard Frandsen
Vestergaard Frandsen is a European company that operates under a unique "humanitarian entrepreneurship" business model, and is dedicated to creating and deploying technologies that improve the health of people in developing countries. This approach has turned corporate social responsibility into Vestergaard Frandsen’s core business, and includes strong support of the MDGs.
If you are interested in:
• Finding a fully funded practicum in Africa.
• Learning how the private sector can support public health goals?
• Improving water quality by assisting in the assessment and development of plans to improve water quality and Household Water Storage and Treatment (HWST) of water supplies?
Then:
• Come and meet with Vestergaard Frandsen, Thursday Morning, JANUARY 26 to learn more about their fully funded practicum to work with their regional team in Accra, Ghana this summer.
• Email Steven Crimaldi at Crimaldi@bu.edu to schedule an appointment.
Senior Research Associate position in Zambia
Global Health Corps and ZCARHD will be hiring a Senior Research Associate who will provide technical support to the Research Unit of the Ministry of Health headquarters in Zambia. Please follow this website to learn more about the application process and the position requirements.
After the application deadline, February 17th, the selection process will proceed in 3 stages:
- Application Review, Feb 17 - March 6 [GHC]: Global Health Corps will review applications and identify 10-12 semi-finalists for each position. Candidates are judged based on a scoring rubric that covers relevant skills and experience, leadership potential, and strength of character.
- Semi-Finalist Interviews, March 12-30 [GHC]: Semi-finalists are interviewed by GHC (staff, fellows, and alumni). The top 3-4 candidates from these interviews are identified as finalists.
- Finalist Interviews, April 2-13 [Your Organization]: Partner organizations will receive contact information and application materials for the 3-4 finalists from the American pool of candidates and 3-4 finalists from the Malawian pool. Your team will have until April 13 to interview the candidates, and return your ranking of preferences for both positions.
