Global Health & Engineering Cocktail Hour Friday, Feb. 24th
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:
– Marcy Monroe on Synergetic Aid: Fusing community, agency, and professional technologies into disaster response (http://www.synergeticaid.net/) ( Masters Program in Architecture, University of California Berkeley)
– Dr. John Connor on fever viruses and the immune system (Microbiology BU School of Medicine.
– Dr. Ramesh Raskar on EyeNetra, CATRA, and other low-cost eye care devices (MIT Media Lab).
Where: 203 ERB, 44 Cummington St, Boston University Biomedical Engineering Department
When: Friday, February 24, 4:30 pm to 6:30pm (refreshments at 4:15p)
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/ Thank you!!
Internship available through MGH: Initiative to End Child Malnutrition
Malnutrition is a major cause of child morbidity and mortality in under-resourced areas. The Division of Global Health and Human Rights is undertaking a unique program in rural Uganda that aims to address this problem. The Initiative to End Child Malnutrition involves students from the Harvard College Global Hunger Initiative (GHI) working under the direction of Division Global Health Fellow Keri Cohn to establish a referral center for the treatment of severe malnutrition and develop an outpatient treatment plan and training for moderate and mild malnutrition. In January of 2010 GHI students travelled to Uganda with Dr. Cohn to implement a child malnutrition protocol and trained physicians, nurses and communith health workers.
In the summer of 2010, our team returned to Nyakibale to refine the malnutrition treatment program, providing a continuing medical education program for the trained staff. Our team also worked to establish a social enterprise in the form of a hospital canteen to generate revenue that would subsidize the cost of treatment, allowing the hospital to offer patients a low flat-rate fee for malnutrition care. We also assessed and expanded our local community outreach, awareness, and education programs traveling to health centers, villages, and community centers.
Intern with GlobalPost for Global Health Blog
GlobalPost 'Special Reports' is looking for a part-time intern to assist with the administration of and writing for a blog on global health issues titled GlobalPulse. They hope to find a student with a passion for the issues surrounding global health who wants to learn the skills needed to do admin on a blog. The position would also include working with a top editor on writing for the blog and editing guest posts. GlobalPost's coverage of global health is supported by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
This would be an unpaid internship that would require an initial two full days of training in our offices in Boston at Lewis Wharf. After that, the schedule would be one half day per week in the office and approximately two hours per day of flexible time to get the daily blog post published. They are looking for a self-starter who wants to be a journalist and are hoping to find someone who might be able to start as soon as possible. Folks interested in applying should speak with IH Prof. Jen Beard.
“South Africa Rising” – Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool on BRICS Countries, Friday at 12
South Africa Rising: South Africa joins BRIC Countries as the leading African emerging economy
You are invited to join an open dialogue about the progress and challenges on the African continent. Boston University’s Center for Finance, Law & Policy and the African Presidential Center will host Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, South African Ambassador to the United States for a discussion about South Africa as an emerging market in the developing world and as an economic leader in Africa.
EVENT DETAILS
South Africa Rising: South Africa joins BRIC Countries as a leading emerging economy
Date: Friday, February 17, 2012
Time: 12:00PM-1:30PM, lunch will begin at 12:00 PM lecture to follow at 12:45 PM
Location: Trustee's Ballroom, 9th Floor, 1 Silber Way, Boston, MA 02215
This event is open to the public. Limited seats available, RSVP is required.
Please RSVP to the Center for Finance, Law & Policy by Wednesday, February 15.
Phone: (617) 358-6770 or bucenter@bu.edu
In cooperation with the African Studies Center, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and the Global Development Policy Program.
Global Health Corps’ positions…applications due FRIDAY
Positions for Global Health Corps' 2012-2013 class of Fellows have been posted! They are offering a wide range of placements and skillsets - from Procurement and Logistics Coordinators with Partners in Health in Malawi, to Design Fellowships with MASS Design Group in Rwanda. Check out http://ghcorps.org/apply/placements for details. THeir current Fellowship positions are in Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and the US beginning in July 2012.
Help GHC to build a community of committed young leaders who share a common belief: Health is a human right.
To apply, go to http://ghcorps.org/apply. Applications are open now through February 17, 2012.
Physicians for Haiti: Summer Intern Applications Now Available!
Physicians for Haiti is offering unique opportunities to two motivated individuals who are interested in global health and non-profit organization development to join our team as a Summer Interns....
Term
June-August 2012 (flexible)
Hours
10-15 hours a week
Location
Boston, MA
Summer Intern Position Titles
1. Medical Education Logistics Intern
2. Outreach & Development Intern
Application
Please see the individual Internship descriptions below. If you meet our qualifications, please submit a cover letter that addresses your specific interest in Physicians for Haiti, your language skills and level of fluency as well as your ability to meet the time commitment of the internship.
Please also submit your Curriculum Vitae.
Qulified applicants will be contacted for a phone interview at a mutually amenable time.
Commitment to Education
P4H is committed to helping individuals attain their academic goals, and to that end we are willing to work with those currently enrolled in college or graduate programs to meet requirements for practicum or other commitments in terms of supervision, documentation and time requirements.
Submission
Please submit your cover letter and CV by February to Chris Curry (ccurry@physiciansforhaiti.org) no later than March 11th.
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PHYSICIANS FOR HAITI: Summer Intern Position, Medical Education Logistics Intern
Report to: James Hudspeth MD, Michelle Morse MD, Chris Curry MD PhD
Description:
We work with several organizations in Haiti to help provide continuing medical education, to ‘train the trainers’ and to facilitate opportunities for healthcare workers to attend conferences and workshops on various medical topics. Physicians for Haiti is looking for an individual to help coordinate the logistics of our rapidly growing medical education work in Haiti. This will involve assistance with maintenance of databases of available professors who are available for teaching opportunities. The Intern will liaison and coordinate with a Haiti-based colleague to arrange logistics of travel, room and board for professors in Haiti.
As our Haitian counterparts identify learning needs, we create online and problem based learning tools to facilitate continuing education and opportunities to create medical educators. The intern will assist in editing and formatting of problem-based learning cases as well as powerpoints and online learning tools. There will also be components of monitoring and evaluation of ongoing projects in Boston and Haiti that the intern will assist with.
Skills Desired:
Attention to details, ability to work independently, quick uptake of new material and concepts, basic medical knowledge, dedication to improving medical educational opportunities in Haiti
Preference will be given to applicants fluent in French or Haitian Creole or those with a background in global health or medicine. An ability to work independently is a must.
PHYSICIANS FOR HAITI: Summer Intern Position, Outreach and Development Intern
Report to: Wit Davis MPH, Manouchka Jacques
Description:
Physicians for Haiti is a Boston-based organization that works with organizations in Haiti and the US to support medical education in Haiti. We are looking for an individual to work with our Outreach and Development Committee to identify and solicit philanthropic support from individual donors with interest in medical education in Haiti. This intern would coordinate closely with P4H partners to identify potential partners and donors who are integral to P4H’s work. This person will assist with grant writing and application submission.
Physicians for Haiti also has local partners who are in need of support and coordination for ongoing activities, events, fundraising and awareness raising programming. This intern will help expand our fundamental connections to community groups and develop ongoing relationships.
Skills desired:
Outgoing nature, comfort in multicultural and multilingual settings, grant writing experience, and a dedication to bolstering Physicians for Haiti’s capacity to work successfully with partner organizations.
Preference will be given to applicants fluent in French or Haitian Creole or those with a background in global health or medicine. An ability to work independently is a must.
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Questions?
Contact ccurry@physiciansforhaiti.org
Reminder: last day to apply for the Kenya Field Practicum Feb. 16th!
For all information relating to the Kenya program and the application process, click here!
Global Health in Focus Exhibit 2/9-3/24
Global Health in Focus
Photographs by Kristen Ashburn, Dominic Chavez, & David Rochkind
February 9 – March 24, 2012
Through arresting images, three photographers document the heavy toll that global health issues take on the developing world. Their poignant photographs invite us beyond the grim, faceless statistics and bring us in close contact with people—mothers, fathers, children —confronted by enormous hardship.
Reception: Wednesday, March 7, 7:30 pm., PRC Gallery, 832 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Gallery Hours Tuesday–Friday: 10 am – 5 pm Saturday: noon – 4 pm Sunday & Monday: Closed
Panel Discussion: Why Global Health Matters
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 6:00 pm
BU George Sherman Union Conference Auditorium, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
Panelists: Jennifer Beard, PhD, MPH (BU School of Public Health); Dominic Chavez, featured photographer; Jonathan D. Quick, MD, MPH (President and CEO, Management Sciences for Health); David Rochkind, featured photographer
Moderator: Stefanie Friedhoff, Special Projects Manager, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University
Student Program:
Professional Practices in Visual Journalism
Friday, February 24, 9:00 am - noon
Boston University, College of Communication, Room 217
Presenters: Bill Greene, Boston Globe; Dina Rudick, Boston Globe; Dominic Chavez, independent documentary photographer.
Limited to 50 students. Registration required. To register, send email to pasouth@bu.edu with name and institution. Free and open to all students with a valid ID card.
Call for Papers, Journal of Global Health Perspectives
Dear Students, Alumni and Faculty,
I am pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the Journal of Global Health Perspectives, a high-quality, peer-reviewed research journal focusing on healthcare across the globe. We are confident that your research and experiences in the fields of healthcare and global health will make for very interesting articles in the Journal of Global Health Perspectives.
The goal of the Journal of Global Health Perspectives is to provide a peer-reviewed, open-access, online educational resource for the global health community. We are striving to be a world leader in the spread of ideas and research through the establishment of a venue where research and experiences like yours can live on, so that others in the world can learn from your work. This journal meets an unmet need in the global health community, and is an excellent venue to publish articles that otherwise may not fit the narrow criteria of other journals.
We're seeking the following types of articles from students, alumni and faculty for our first edition, which will be published online at jglobalhealth.org:
(1) Original research articles.
(2) Original clinical investigations.
(3) Review articles.
(4) Case reports.
(5) Meta-analysis articles.
(6) Editorials that deal with current topics in healthcare or global health and/or produce recommendations for future study or action.
(7) Journal articles detailing experiences, observations, or reflections on global health issues.
(8) Photo journal articles detailing experiences, observations, or reflections on global health issues.
These articles can focus on either domestic or international healthcare issues, and do not need to be limited solely to international medical work.
To have your article selected for publication, you must first become an approved author for this issue of the Journal of Global Health Perspectives. To do this, please email either (1) your article, (2) a concept paper or draft, or (3) an abstract of your article along with your educational degrees and institutional affiliations, to submissions@jglobalhealth.org. Please indicate which of the eight categories of submissions listed above best describes your work. Your submission will then be reviewed by our editors. If your work is selected, you will be given password protected access to our website to upload your article for peer-review. Our review process will be timely and efficient.
Important information regarding submission:
1. The deadline to become an author for this issue is March 15, 2012. Submit all documents to submissions@jglobalhealth.org
2. In this introductory phase of the Journal of Global Health Perspectives, there is no charge to submit or publish an article.
If you have any questions or want to discuss details please do not hesitate to email. Also, please feel free to forward the content of this email to colleagues who may be interested in submitting an article.
Best,
Alex Fogel
Founder, CEO | First Aid WorldWide | alex@firstaidworldwide.org
New Global Health Fellows Program II Position Available: Technical Advisor II: Research Advisor, App due March 5th
Research, Technology and Utilization Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Global Health Bureau, United States Agency for International Development
Location: Washington, DC
Assignment: Two year fellowship
GHFP II-P1-028
SALARY AND BENEFITS: Salary based on commensurate experience and earnings history. The Public Health Institute offers a comprehensive benefits package including professional development programs http://www.ghfp.net/docs/2012_Benefits_Booklet_GHFP.pdf
TO APPLY: All applicants are required to apply for this position through GHFP-II's online recruitment system at https://www.ghfp.net/recruitment/, which allows you to store your CV, profile and bio data form in our database. A separate cover letter describing your qualifications and experience, interest and familiarity with issues relating to this position, and how this position relates to your career goals is required for each application. All applications must be submitted by 5:00 pm Eastern Time on March 5, 2012.