Fellowship Opportunity: US Embassy Policy Specialist Program
Deadline: March 14, 2012
IREX is pleased to announce the competition for the 2012-13 U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist Program (EPS). The U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist Program provides funding for U.S. scholars and professionals to travel to Eurasia and serve U.S. Embassies or USAID Missions as policy specialists on a research topic proposed by the Embassy/Mission. Researchers are able to directly contribute to the formation of U.S. public policy by conducting research on topics vital to the policy-making communities, as well as increase their understanding of current regional issues and develop and sustain international networks. The fellowship provisions include: logistical support, international airfare, visa support, in-country housing and workspace, a living expenses stipend and emergency evacuation insurance.
To find out more about this opportunity and its requirements, click here!
Learn more about IREX here.
MPH Alum requesting first aid kits in Afghanistan
Women for Afghan Women (WAW) Family Guidance Center & Children’s in Kunduz Afghanistan is in need of first aid kits. The regional manager of WAW says these kits are necessary to treat women who come to the shelter with injuries or other medical emergencies until they receive proper medical care/assistance. Our own alum Kerry Brown is now working with this organization through USAID. She is hoping BUSPH may have connections to getting free first aid kits sent over to WAW.
Please contact the DIH Program Assistant, Emily Morin at emorin@bu.edu if you have any leads.
WAW Background
The US Department of State supported Family Guidance Center (FGC) provides legal advice and counseling to women who have sought refuge from domestic abuse and other related crimes. FGC has a staff that includes a Director, Legal Advisor, Case Worker, Prosecutor and Shelter Supervisor. The Center also serves as a safe haven while a victim’s case is being processed by case workers and legal staff. After this preliminary processing, women are transported to an undisclosed location that serves as the WAW Women’s Shelter. During a woman’s time at the shelter, her children can live at the Children’s Support Center (CSC) that currently accommodates over 58 children comprised of boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 15 from Kunduz, Baghlan, Badakshan and Takhar. The CSC provides transportation to public schools, focused tutoring, meals and lodging. The facility has a full staff consisting of caretakers, guards, cooks, janitors and drivers.
Kerry Brown, MPH –BUSPH (IH)’08: Kerry is a DIH graduate now working in Afghanistan with USAID. She also holds a MPA focusing in Organizational Management from American University and has experience with gender based violence research and counter-trafficking programming in Moldova and the unstable Caucasian oblasts in Russia.
Ghana Summer Internship with Vestergaard Frandsen
Are you interested in the following…
· Finding a 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?
Come and meet with Vestergaard Frandsen Thursday morning, January 26 about their fully funded practicums to work with their regional team in Accra, Ghana this summer.
Vestergaard Frandsen is a European company that operates under a unique “humanitarian entrepreneurship” business model. It 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.
Vestergaard Frandsen has partnered with BUSPH and the BUSM to fund three practicums in Accra, Ghana for the summer of 2012. These practicums present an excellent opportunity to develop and use public health assessment and planning skills to improve point of source water quality and to learn how to integrate public health with private sector business strategy.
Please contact Steven Crimaldi at crimaldi@bu.edu if you would like to schedule an interview for this Thursday, January 26.
Want to practice your Spanish?
Join us for our January Spanish lunch meet-up!
All language levels are welcome. Just bring your lunch and we can sit around and chat - even better if it doesn't have to do with school. We just want to provide a safe, non-threatening space for you to come and practice.
The only rule is - once you walk in the door, no English allowed!
Joanne Wilkinson, MD, MSc, Associate Director of Predoctoral Education at BUSM and Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the BU School of Public Health will also be joining us.
Other faculty will also be invited and will join if their schedules allow. In addition to practicing your Spanish, we hope this will be a fun way to get to meet other classmates and faculty at the BU School of Medicine and the School of Public Health!
Bring your lunch and join us!
Date: Friday, January 27
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Location: L-201
\Please feel free to contact us with any questions! Esther Han (han@bu.edu), Caroline Mullin (cmullin@bu.edu), Hugo Carmona (hcarmona@bu.edu)
Global Health & Engineering Cocktail Hour Spring 2012
Join us for an hour of short presentations by students and staff from engineering and public health, followed by a cocktail hour for networking and discussions! For this event, we are excited to have:
- Rahul Vedula (Tufts Medical, BU BME)
- Dr. Jacqueline Linnes (MIT D-Lab)
- Dr. Sarah Fortune on challenges in developing a POC diagnostic for tuberculosis (Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health)
Where: 9th Floor Photonics Center Colloquial Room, 8 St Marys St, Boston Ma
When: Friday, January 27th, 4:00pm to 6:30pm (refreshments at 3:45p)
Who: Anyone who is interested in learning about global health projects from
engineering and public health standpoints!
Visit our site! http://blogs.bu.edu/ghecho/
Please RSVP here:
http://blogs.bu.edu/ghecho/rsvp/
Sponsors of GHECHo are:
Center for Global Health & Development (CGHD)
BU Photonics Center
BU School of Public Health
Dr. Cathie Klapperich (BU BME, ME)
Dr. Muhammad Zaman (BU BME)
Dr. Selim Unlu (BU ECE, BME, Physics)
Did you leave your gloves at crosstown?
Did you leave your gloves and shades after class the other day?
We have a pair of black gloves and betsy johnson sunglasses at the IH front desk. If they are yours, stop by to claim them!
Kenya Field Practicum Info Session Jan. 23rd!
We will hold one more info session where you can come have your questions answered about this amazing practicum opportunity. It will be on January 23 from 5 – 6pm in CT305.
RSVP to this event here.
Have all of your questions answered about this practicum opportunity, speak with students who have previously been on this trip, and learn about the great scholarships available. Applications are available and due by February 16th. Space is limited so apply soon!
IH Concentrator’s Meeting!
Making the Journey - Tales of international practica
Wednesday, January 25th 12-1:15 in CT462A
We’ve invited several IH Students/Alum to share about their experience in arranging their practica. The focus won’t be so much on what they did, but how they did it and the lessons and suggestions they have for others.
Speakers include:
Leslie Verploegen – Uganda Village Project
Danielle Payne – BU CGHD Zambia
Tom Cotter - WHO, Manila
Ehimen Ameni – PharmAccess Foundation, Namibia
Come enjoy some Burrito’s from El Triunfo & some tales of setting up practicums. Please RSVP here!
To Spray or Not to Spray: Malaria and DDT
BUSPH Practice Office Presents: Public Health in Action Series "To Spray or Not to Spray: Malaria and DDT"
Thursday, January 26, 11:45am-1:30pm, Hiebert Lounge – Pizza will be served!
The insecticide is an environmental hazard. Should all use be banned worldwide, or might the benefits outweigh the risks? How do you decide and who should decide?
They will be joined by BUSPH faculty and staff: David Ozonoff, Madeleine Scammell, Jon Simon, Jim Wolff and Rob Schadt, who will role-play and elicit student discussion.
- See how public health concepts and practice intersect
- Interact with the Practice Office and BUSPH faculty
- Delve into the real world of public health
- EAT PIZZA!
RSVP to Joanna Brown jvbrown@bu.edu, if you’d like to attend.
Culminating Experience Reminder
If you will be working on your CE during the Spring semester, be sure to submit your CE contract and Problem Purpose Statement via the online form by Tuesday Jan. 24th! For CE Guidelines and a link to the online form, check the CE tab on the IH Blast: https://www.bu.edu/ghblast/ce/
